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Learning Adventures in Citizenship
Episode 2Walt Whitman's City
Noise, chaos, and crowds -- Walt Whitman loved it all.
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Poetry of the City

POETRY OF THE CITY -- What's your vision of where you live? You can be a "city poet," too!

 


Illustration: Walt Whitman, from the frontispiece of LEAVES OF GRASS, first edition, courtesy of the Library of Congress.



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