Dickinson's poems are like finely-cut gems, whereas Whitman's are like big woolly sweaters. No doubt there's a lot of hocus pocus in Whitman, something I'm sure Dickinson's austere gimlet eye could have skewered deftly, but it's deeply comforting hocus pocus nonetheless.― o. nate, Thursday, May 18, 2017 8:44 PM (four years ago) bookmarkflaglink
― o. nate, Thursday, May 18, 2017 8:44 PM (four years ago) bookmarkflaglink
this is why i like whitman -- he celebrates mess. one of my students today said that whitman would get cancelled if he was alive today. he was too open and seemed to lack a filter, in their view.
― treeship., Thursday, 10 March 2022 01:54 (two years ago) link