April Book Club - Leaves of Grass

On Wednesday, April 20, in recognition of Poetry Month, eight of us discussed Walt Whitman and some of the poems in “Leaves of Grass.” We liked Whitman’s spirit: enthusiastic, optimistic, honest, egalitarian, with a reverence and sense of wonder about nature. To us, his poems have an interesting combination of big cosmic ideas and nitty-gritty detail, expressed in straightforward language that employs a vast vocabulary. Most of us found the poems somewhat tough going but were glad we’d persevered to know him a bit better.

Upcoming:

• May 18: “Band of Sisters” by Lauren Willig

• June 15: TBD