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I see and that’s what I call an evolved culture. Thanks.......

posted by anib on June 4, 2019 at 5:27 AM | link to this | reply

Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Aba, Li'l Bro

I see and that’s what I call an evolved culture. Thanks.......

posted by anib on June 4, 2019 at 5:27 AM | link to this | reply

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It's all good and no worries. In my culture elders are afforded reverance also.

posted by Sea_Gypsy on June 3, 2019 at 3:08 PM | link to this | reply

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Dear sis, I wouldn’t ever in my dreams think of taking an offence. In our culture anyone elderhas to be afforded reverence, so to take offense would be sacrilege. Me very sorry

posted by anib on June 3, 2019 at 5:55 AM | link to this | reply

Re: Re: Aba, Li'l Bro

Yes, he was far ahead of his time. Please take no offense at my attempt at a compliment to you.

posted by Sea_Gypsy on June 2, 2019 at 11:00 PM | link to this | reply

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Yes, that rings a bell for me. Well, we wish hi a happy belated (lol) birthday. It was kind and thoughtful of you to post on his birthday as a tribute.

posted by Sea_Gypsy on June 2, 2019 at 10:59 PM | link to this | reply

Re: Aba, Li'l Bro to big SisPres

Yesterday was his 200tg birth anniversary. It was my way of affording him tribute. That you liked and appreciated the subtle nuances of his poem, makes me swell but not to be so bloated as to be called Sir Aba by my dear big sis Pres. He faced criticism for his overtly sexual overtones in his ‘Leaves of Grass’, but for me he was a humanist and far ahead of his time.

posted by anib on June 1, 2019 at 12:06 PM | link to this | reply

Re: Aba, Li'l Bro to big SisPres

He was a genius but at times quite controversial a figure after he wrote 'Leaves of Grass', because it was highly erotic for those timeSuch poets, I feel, are understood much later in time because of their forward-thinking ideas that do not really apply during their own times. And the more controversial the more the depth. Yesterday happened to be his 200th birth anniversary so I posted this poem as a tribute to the great one. Many thanks, sis. Me, Sir, Hahaha.

posted by anib on June 1, 2019 at 9:51 AM | link to this | reply

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i appreciate your valued reading and commenting. Thank you Corbin.

posted by anib on June 1, 2019 at 9:18 AM | link to this | reply

Aba, Li'l Bro

It's a deep poem, and thank you for your post to help us become enlightened, and understand the subtle points of Whitman's thinking in this poem. I find myself wondering how long he contemplated writing it before it came to fruition? And his praising of Death while celebrating Spring is quite clever and indeed double-edged. He's employed dichotomy as a device, to me. A fine post, Sir Aba Brother. Thank you.