To the States, by Walt Whitman
By Galway KinnellGalway Kinnell performs the poem "To the States" by Walt Whitman at the 2008 Split This Rock Poetry Festival.
Calling poets to a greater role in public life and fostering a national network of socially engaged poets.
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we gather round them in the dark room
& they make their noise while drums
ricochet against their bodies & thin air
By Sheila Maldonadoyou come from greatness
remember that
you are the descendant of great kings
remember that