| Introduction | |
| A Note on Poetic Selection | |
| Whitman Selection, with Source and Companion | |
| 1 | Traveling Souls from "Song Of The Open Road" | |
| 2 | Earth, My Likeness "Earth, My Likeness" (Calamus) | |
| 3 | World Garden "To The Garden The World" (Children Of Adam) | |
| 4 | Fools from "We Two, How Long We Were Fool'd" (Children Of Adam) | |
| 5 | Roots & Leaves "Roots And Leaves Themselves Alone" (Calamus) | |
| 6 | Formed From This Soil from "Song Of Myself" | |
| 7 | What Is The Grass? from "Song Of Myself" | |
| 8 | Caressing Life from "Song Of Myself" | |
| 9 | Earth Lover from "Song Of Myself" | |
| 10 | Perspective from "Song Of Myself" | |
| 11 | Anima-Animal from "Song Of Myself" | |
| 12 | What Do You See Walt Whitman? from "Salut Au Monde!" | |
| 13 | Inhaling from "Song Of The Open Road" | |
| 14 | The Float of Things from "Song Of The Open Road" | |
| 15 | Flow On, River, Flow from "Crossing Brooklyn Ferry" | |
| 16 | Myriads Unnoticed from "Our Old Feuillage" | |
| 17 | O The Joy from "A Song Of Joys" | |
| 18 | Common Destiny from "Song Of The Exposition" | |
| 19 | Chant Of The Seasons And Time from "Song Of The Redwood-Tree" | |
| 20 | Apple-Shaped Earth from "A Song For Occupations" | |
| 21 | Workshop Of Souls from "A Song Of The Rolling Earth" | |
| 22 | I Swear from "A Song Of The Rolling Earth" | |
| 23 | The Seed Is Waiting from "Song Of The Universal" (Birds Of Passage) | |
| 24 | Walking The Walk Of Dreams from "To You" (Birds Of Passage) | |
| 25 | Island Shore from "As I Ebb'd With The Ocean Of Life" (Sea-Drift) | |
| 26 | Trans-Parent from "On The Beach At Night" and "On The Beach At Night Alone" (Sea-Drift) | |
| 27 | Be Thou My God "Gods" (By The Roadside) | |
| 28 | Eagles "The Dalliance Of The Eagles" (By The Roadside) | |
| 29 | Hungering Gymnastic from "Rise O Days From Your Fathomless Deeps" (Drum-Taps) | |
| 30 | Star Camp "Bivouac On A Mountain Side" (Drum-Taps) | |
| 31 | At The Foot Of A Tree "As Toilsome I Wander'd Virginia's Woods" (Drum-Taps) | |
| 32 | Primal Sanity from "Give Me The Splendid Silent Sun" (Drum-Taps) | |
| 33 | Every Leaf A Miracle from "When Lilacs Last In The Dooryard Bloom'd" (Memories Of President Lincoln) | |
| 34 | O Wondrous Singer! from "When Lilacs Last In The Dooryard Bloom'd" (Memories Of President Lincoln) | |
| 35 | Mystic Ocean Currents from "As Consequent, Etc." (Autumn Rivulets) | |
| 36 | Calm Annual Drama from "The Return Of The Heroes" (Autumn Rivulets) | |
| 37 | Mother Of All from "The Return Of The Heroes" (Autumn Rivulets) | |
| 38 | What Chemistry! from "This Compost" (Autumn Rivulets) | |
| 39 | Thou Soul Unloosen'd from "Warble For Lilac-Time" (Autumn Rivulets) | |
| 40 | Thy Name An Earth from "Outlines For A Tomb" (Autumn Rivulets) | |
| 41 | Wonderfulness "Miracles" (Autumn Rivulets) | |
| 42 | Constructing The House "Kosmos" (Autumn Rivulets) | |
| 43 | Storm Music from "Proud Music Of The Storm" | |
| 44 | The True Child Of God from "Passage To India" | |
| 45 | Hoist The Anchor from "Passage To India" | |
| 46 | Interweb "A Noiseless Patient Spider" (Whispers Of Heavenly Death) | |
| 47 | Upon Heaven's Lake from "The Mystic Trumpeter" (From Noon To Starry Night) | |
| 48 | Wild Spirit "Spirit That Form'd This Scene" (From Noon To Starry Night) | |
| 49 | Wonderful To Be Here! from "Song At Sunset" (Songs Of Parting) | |
| 50 | My Windows My Eyes from "Song At Sunset" (Songs Of Parting) | |
| 51 | Tents Of Green from "Camps Of Green" (Songs Of Parting) | |
| 52 | Of Joy, Sweet Joy "As They Draw To A Close" (Songs Of Parting) | |
| 53 | Let Go The Ropes "Now Finale To The Shore" (Songs Of Parting) | |
| 54 | Nothing Can Be Lost "Continuities" (Sands At Seventy) | |
| 55 | Rain "The Voice Of The Rain" (Sands At Seventy) | |
| 56 | Simple Shows "Soon Shall The Winter's Foil Be Here" (Sands At Seventy) | |
| 57 | Sunset "A Prairie Sunset" (Sands At Seventy) | |
| 58 | Touch Of Flame "Old Age's Lambent Peaks" (Sands At Seventy) | |
| 59 | I Feel The Sky "To The Sun-set Breeze" (Good-Bye My Fancy) | |
| 60 | Strangely Hidden "A Persian Lesson" (Good-Bye My Fancy) | |
| Afterword: You Shall Be A Great Poem from "Preface" (Leaves Of Grass, 1855 edition) | |
| Sources | |
| Photo Credits | |
