Wednesday, July 3, 2019

Show Me the Place, 92


“Show me the place.”
Duke Senior in As You Like It (2.1)

92: Walt Whitman; Camden, NJ; July 14, 2002

We found a home where Whitman lived—
In Camden—near the street.
A sign outside confirmed the place—
A literary treat.

Not far away is Whitman’s tomb*—
A mass of local stone.
I stood there, thinking Whitman’s words
Make sure we’re not alone.

*in Camden’s Harleigh Cemetery





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