Chris Abraham

Song of Myself, V by Walt Whitman: "Loafe with me on the grass, loose the stop from your throat," is one of my favorite lines of poetry.
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Song of Myself, XI by Walt Whitman: One of Walt Whitman's most innocently sensual poems indeed.
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Song Of Myself, XVI by Walt Whitman: This poem is an essential read as American is broken apart by people who believe themselves to be better—superior even—than their fellow citizens, "I resist any thing better than my own diversity, / Breathe the air but leave plenty after me, / And am not stuck up, and am in my place."
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Song Of Myself, XXIV by Walt Whitman: This poem contains one of my favorite stanzas, "Unscrew the locks from the doors! / Unscrew the doors themselves from their jambs! / Whoever degrades another degrades me, / And whatever is done or said returns at last to me."
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St. Francis And The Sow by Galway Kinnell: This may very well be my favorite favorite poem by poet Galway Kinnell. It encompasses the heart of what I feel the poet was. His poetry elevates the base as divine, something with which I both agree and appreciate.
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summertime duvet (cheese cloth melody): In 1996, Anne Brossard and I traveled around the globe. Anne was in the last stage of freedom before attending graduate school at Columbia, and I a photographer. And I wrote this poem about the oppressive heat of Singapore, which is nothing compared to DC funk.
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Sweatshirt: Love poem written for and about my English Rose.
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The Blight of the City at Night: I wrote this when I was sitting on a bench outside my Sophomore dorm.
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