Walt Whitman
Walt Whitman's Homosexual life and Poetry Give to me the drench of my passions! Give me life coarse and rank!To-day, I go consort with nature's darlings- to-night too, I am for those who believe in loose delights- I share the I dance with the dancers, and drink with the drinkers, The echoes ring with our indecent calls, I take for my love some prostitute- I pick out some lowHe shall be lawless, rude, illiterate- he shall be one condemned by others for deeds done; I will play a part no longer- Why should I exile myself from my -Walt Whitman, Leaves of Grass Walt Whitman- homosexual before there was such term, and gay when the word was merely underground slang. Walt Whitman shattered the world of tennis and tea, the stuffy drawing rooms of decorous morality.
Some say that Whitman is America's greatest embarrassment, because if what he says about democracy is true, that gay liberation is inevitable, then the American ideal of universal equality is inherently homosexual, and homosexual love is the physiological basis of democracy. Whitman was seldom completely at ease with himself as a homosexual, in spite of efforts at self- acceptance. lovers, continual lovers, only repay me"; and at other times he says that just holding hands or kissing is enough. He resigned himself to the hope that others would take up the flag of his disposition, that someday the world would finally attain some understanding. Whitman fell in love with many of the American young men, including a certain Tom Sawyer and Lew Brown, with both of whom he proposed a domestic three some after the war, but eventually they went their own ways. His poetry was banned several times from the United States, and was accused to be about ". For celebrating reality, a reality that included sex, he was branded as an obscene writer throughout his lifetime. But it was not until 1860, when he produced his Calamus cluster of poems about his second male lover that he opened his own closet door to celebrate his basic message, gay love. In spite of his robustness, and probably because of his internal struggles and efforts to make a hostile society understand him, Whitman grew old prematurely, and suffered many strokes. " His most famous volume of poetry, Leaves of Grass, reflects the way in which America has systematically mutilated its details, and Walt Whitman's personal life suffered much at the hands of the American taboo against sex and homosexual love. Whitman's symbol for gay love is the Calamus plant, whose long pointed leaves, yellow-green spikes, and huge sprawling roots closely resemble penises.
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