Walt Whitman

I'm agnostic but I've recently found my equivalent to the Bible in poetry. I've had my share of torturous days in English class... and hours spent translating French Lit... but I never appreciated any of it really til I read it independently. School kills everything. Plus doesn't reading poetry sound so romantic!



A Clear Night

This is thy hour o soul, thy free flight into the wordless
Away from books, away from art, the day erased, the lesson done,
Thee fully forth emerging, silent, gazing, pondering the themes thou lovest best.
Night, sleep, and the stars.



"I've never let my school interfere with my education"- Mark Twain