Walt Whitman, Words for America by Barbara Kerley

Walt Whitman, the poet, was also a United States Civil War nurse? Yes, and he used themes of the civil war in his poetry.

Have you ever created something that was based on a challenging experience you've had? Maybe you created a picture of it, or wrote about it. Do you think of that work of art, music, prose or poetry means more to you than other things you have created? Explain.

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