Today’s (frequently-paired) poems form an antiphonal song between Walt Whitman and Langston Hughes on the complicated ideal of “being American.” Happy Independence Day and Happy Reading!
Sean, I had not heard these poems paired before (how I didn't is a mystery!), but thank you. The juxtaposition helped me write a poem for the fourth, with Psalm 144.
Sean, I had not heard these poems paired before (how I didn't is a mystery!), but thank you. The juxtaposition helped me write a poem for the fourth, with Psalm 144.