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Walt Whitman’s expensive tomb is right here in N.J. — under your boot soles
Star Ledger ^
| 03.25.23
| Richard Cowen
Posted on 03/28/2023 3:12:03 PM PDT by Coleus
Walt Whitman spent half his life writing and revising “Leaves of Grass,” his epic poem of a young man’s journey of self-discovery in a young country, America as it grows into a democracy.
Whitman was 35 years old when he self-published the first edition of “Leaves of Grass” in 1855, and he was still adding to it when he died in Camden, New Jersey on March 26, 1892, at the age of 72.
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TOPICS: Books/Literature; Education; History; Local News; Poetry; Society
KEYWORDS: camden; homosexualagenda; nj; poetry; waltwhitman
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posted on
03/28/2023 3:12:03 PM PDT
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Coleus
To: Coleus
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posted on
03/28/2023 3:26:33 PM PDT
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Larry Lucido
(Donate! Don't just post clickbait!)
To: Larry Lucido
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posted on
03/28/2023 4:10:37 PM PDT
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gundog
(It was a bright cold day in April, and the clocks were striking thirteen. )
To: Coleus
There are several things I hope are not in my obituary.
Motel six
Autoerotic asphyxiation
Camden
New Jersey
To: AlbertWang
But you’re OK with “Wang” ?
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posted on
03/28/2023 4:23:16 PM PDT
by
fieldmarshaldj
(America Owes Anita Bryant An Enormous Apology)
To: gundog
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posted on
03/28/2023 4:33:16 PM PDT
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Larry Lucido
(Donate! Don't just post clickbait!)
To: Coleus
Was not “Leaves of Grass” BJ Clinton’s thoughtful, romantic gift to his bimbo?
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posted on
03/28/2023 4:43:58 PM PDT
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Jumpmaster
(U.S. Army Paratrooper. I am the 0.001%.)
To: Coleus
Remember the Northern Exposure episode about him?
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posted on
03/28/2023 5:01:51 PM PDT
by
struggle
To: Coleus
I liked his chocolates better
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posted on
03/28/2023 5:05:22 PM PDT
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JZelle
To: AlbertWang
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posted on
03/29/2023 4:56:30 PM PDT
by
Coleus
(250K attend the March for Life, no violence, break-ins, stealing of podiums/laptops, etc., peaceful)
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