POEM OF THE DAY : O CAPTAIN! MY CAPTAIN! BY WALT WHITMAN

 O CAPTAIN! MY CAPTAIN! BY WALT WHITMAN

(READ BY TOM O'BEDLAM)

1,021,331 views

Aug 9, 2009

SpokenVerse

108K subscribers

 

According to Walt Whitman, this is about the assassination of President Abraham Lincoln.  It is hard to see anything particularly relevant to that occasion but the American people accepted this poem as a suitable tribute and it became very popular. I suspect it owes a lot to Moby Dick - Melville was the same age as Whitman.

 

Afternote - "relevant" means having some real connection with the matter being discussed.  There may be a metaphorical connection but if Walt hadn't said that this was about Lincoln's assassination then nobody would have guessed.  The meaning of "relevant" is a trivial issue.  I suggest you don't knock yourself out trying to make any points about it having some direct relevance.

 

Here's Vincent Price reading it:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MbLvv6...

 

PostScript, 21st November 2011

I'm not the only one to notice the resemblance to Moby Dick.  Melville was the same age as Whitman and Walt had not only read his works, he had also written reviews.  Coincidentally,  he wasn't only born in the same year as Melville, he also died in the same year.

 

Here's a passage from Moby Dick.

"Oh, my Captain! my Captain! noble soul! grand old heart, after all! why should any one give chase to that hated fish! Away with me! let us fly these deadly waters!.. etc"  Had Whitman already written this poem before Lincoln was assassinated, then made the most of the opportunity?  I wouldn't be in the least surprised...

http://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/4...

 

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POEM OF THE DAY : I THANK YOU GOD - e. e. cummings

WHY SHOULD YOU READ SYLVIA PLATH?

WHY SHOULD YOU READ SYLVIA PLATH? -

ISEULT GILLESPIE

980,783 views

Mar 7, 2019

TED-Ed

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Explore the haunting and intimate works of poet Sylvia Plath, who digs into issues of mental health, trauma and sexuality in works like “The Bell Jar.”

 

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POEM OF THE DAY : THINK HAPPY THOUGHTS

THINK HAPPY THOUGHTS -

AN UPLIFTING POEM 

FOR WHEN YOU NEED IT MOST

130,439 views

May 13, 2021

RedFrost Motivation

1.12M subscribers

 

Read by Shane Morris

Written by EDGAR ALBERT GUEST

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Think happy thoughts!

Think sunshine all the day;

Refuse to let the trifling worries stay,

Crowd them with thoughts of laughter from your mind.

Think of the good, forget the bad you find,

Think of the sun behind the clouds; the blue

And not the grey skies that you view.

Think of the kindness not the meanness shown,

The true friends not the false ones you have known;

The joy and not the hatred of the strife,

The sweetness not the bitterness of life.

Think happy thoughts!

 

Think happy thoughts!

Think always of the best,

Think of the ones you love, not those that you detest;

Think of your victories and not your failures here,

The smile that pleased and not the hurtful sneer,

The kindly word and not the harsh word spoken,

The promise kept and not the promise broken;

The good that you have known and not the bad,

The happy days that were and not the sad;

Think of the rose and not the withered flower,

The beauty of the rainbow, not the shower.

Think happy thoughts!

 

Think happy thoughts!

This is true happiness!

That life is sad that feeds on its distress;

That mind is gloomy that subsists on gloom,

And is as dismal as a curtained room,

Where daily comes the sunshine, but to find

It cannot enter through the close-drawn blind.

Fling up the curtains of your mind today

And let the morning sunshine in to play;

Dwell on the joys and not the sorrows here,

Master your thoughts and you have mastered fear.

Think happy thoughts.

 

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POEM OF THE DAY : THE STRANGE BY CHARLES BUKOWSKI

 THE STRANGE BY CHARLES BUKOWSKI

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Oct 26, 2019

illneas

208K subscribers

 

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The Strongest of the Strange

you won’t see them often

for wherever the crowd is

they

are not.

those odd ones, not

many

but from them

come

the few

good paintings

the few

good symphonies

the few

good books

and other

works.

and from the

best of the

strange ones

perhaps

nothing.

they are

their own

paintings

their own

books

their own

music

their own

work.

sometimes I think

I see

them– say

a certain old

man

sitting on a

certain bench

in a certain

way

or

a quick face

going the other

way

in a passing

automobile

or

there’s a certain motion

of the hands

of a bag—boy or a bag—

girl

while packing

supermarket

groceries.

sometimes

it is even somebody

you have been

living with

for some

time—

you will notice

a

lightning quick

glance

never seen

from them

before.

sometimes

you will only note

their

existance

suddenly

in

vivid

recall

some months

some years

after they are

gone.

I remember

such a

one—

he was about

20 years old

drunk at

10 a.m.

staring into

a cracked

New Orleans

mirror

facing dreaming

against the

walls of

the world

where

did I

go?

 

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POEM OF THE DAY :

Serene breeze...

Stoic moon...

Shimmering stars,..

Solemn

Peace...

It's a midsummer

night's dream.

Crushed dreams...

Crumbled

desires...

Crafty

poetry,..

Classic

painting...

It's a midsummer night's dream.

Hefty thoughts...

Hectic

life...

Hilarious

game...

Hissing

anthropoids...

It's a midsummer night's dream.

Achromatic life...

Assimilated

letters...

Assorted

colours...

Assertive

talent...

Anasthetic mind...

It's a midsummer night's dream.

- Priya

POEM OF THE DAY

She walks in total blissfulness 

You see She seeks nothing 

She wears a peasants coat

Within, She is priceless Jade

She does not display outwardly 

Within She has three treasures 

First, She has Compassion 

Second, She displays Frugality 

Thirdly, She explains that 

one should not put oneself 

first, but rather develop 

the leadership of others 

These Three Treasures 

compliment one another 

It blends other’s energies 

to fit in perfectly with the 

Heavenly Way ~

She walks this because ~

She is Heavenly’s Way~

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