On this, the last day of National Poetry Month, I am thinking of Walt Whitman’s volume of 12 poems “Leaves of Grass.” A perfect celebration of spring and the senses can be found in this collection in poems like “I Sing the Body Electric.” First published at a printing shop (not too far from BHS) on Fulton Street in Brooklyn, “Leaves of Grass” lives on in Brooklyn.
Leaves of Grass
The Brooklyn Historical Society library holds three early published editions of Whitman’s poem: the second edition (1856), third (1860), and seventh (1881-2). Read more about this collection highlight here and enjoy the poems!