Leaves of Grass

‘Failing to fetch me at first keep encouraged, Missing me one place search another, I stop some where waiting for you.’ - Song of Myself First published by Walt Whitman in 1855, Leaves of Grass introduced the world to a new and uniquely American form of poetry. Alive with the mythical strength and vitality that epitomised the American experience in the nineteenth century, and published here with rarely collected illustrative woodcuts by Rockwell Kent, Leaves of Grass continues to inspire, uplift and unite. About the Author Walt Whitman was an American poet, essayist, and journalist. A humanist, he was a part of the transition between transcendentalism and realism, incorporating both views in his works. Whitman is among the most influential poets in the American canon, often called the father of free verse.