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Mediums

By Walt Whitman

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They shall arise in the States, They shall report Nature, laws, physiology, and happiness; They shall illustrate Democracy and the kosmos; They shall be alimentive, amative, perceptive; They shall be complete women and men - their pose brawny and supple, their drink water, their blood clean and clear; They shall enjoy materialism and the sight of products - they shall enjoy the sight of the beef, lumber, bread-stuffs, of Chicago, the great city; They shall train themselves to go in public to become orators and oratresses; Strong and sweet shall their tongues be - poems and materials of poems shall come from their lives - they shall be makers and finders; Of them, and of their works, shall emerge divine conveyers, to convey gospels; Characters, events, retrospections, shall be convey'd in gospels - Trees, animals, waters, shall be convey'd, Death, the future, the invisible faith, shall all be convey'd.

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About Walt Whitman

Walt Whitman (1819–1892) was an American poet who pioneered free verse with his collection "Leaves of Grass" (1855). His poem "Song of Myself" celebrates democracy, the body, and the interconnectedness of all life, and he is often called the father of modern American poetry.

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