A Thing of Beauty: Free To Be Me
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For the final installment of A Thing of Beauty, I chose a poem that has meaning to me beyond just the written and verbal word. In 1848, at age 29, Walt Whitman visited Fresh Orleans. There he met a man, and the 2 briefly became lovers. When Walt looked back on his Fresh Orleans dalliance, he penned a poem titled "Once I Pass'd Thru A Populous City," and it was branded "obscene" when published. However, even the published poem hid its true meaning. In 1925, the original hand-written manuscript of the poem was discovered. It apparently flashed that Whitman had changed the gender pronouns before the poem was published. Here is the original version -- a delectable poem -- gripping a moment of queer enjoy from 160 years ago:
For the final installment of A Thing of Beauty, I chose a poem that has meaning to me beyond just the written and verbal word. In 1848, at age 29, Walt Whitman visited Fresh Orleans. There he met a man, and the 2 briefly became lovers. When Walt looked back on his Fresh Orleans dalliance, he penned a poem titled "Once I Pass'd Thru A Populous City," and it was branded "obscene" when published. However, even the published poem hid its true meaning. In 1925, the original hand-written manuscript of the poem was discovered. It apparently flashed that Whitman had changed the gender pronouns before the poem was published. Here is the original version -- a delectable poem -- gripping a moment of queer enjoy from 160 years ago:
Added: 2013-09-16 • Views: 8 • Duration: 32:43
