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Sections 11 & 12 – “By Blue Ontario’s Shore” by Walt Whitman

Apr 21, 2025

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Aesthetics, The Anarcho-spiritualist Broadcast, Uncategorized

Sections 8-10 – “By Blue Ontario’s Shore” by Walt Whitman

A message from the past: We interrupt the regularly scheduled eternity for a message from Walt Whitman, the poet of America, who considered his book to be America itself. Hundreds of millions of citizens and immigrants all together the leaves of this grass, the growth and maintenance of these States,… Listen ⇢
“Over The Carnage Rose Prophetic A Voice” by Walt Whitman

We’re in a constitutional crisis and I need Walt Whitman right now. In this episode I take a break from reading “By Blue Ontario’s Shore” to become possessed by a barking, chanting, deliberate spirit of Whitman, who arrives as a voice from the past to tell us how from over… Listen ⇢
Sections 4-6 “By Blue Ontario’s Shore” by Walt Whitman

Part two of my reading of “By Blue Ontario’s Shore” by Walt Whitman. Leaves of Grass editor Karen Karbiener notes about the sequence “By Blue Ontario’s Shore”: “From its first appearance in 1856, this poem has functioned as Whitman’s definitive social statement. In 1856 it constituted a broad directive for… Listen ⇢
“By Blue Ontario’s Shore” by Walt Whitman

I return to my first love and my last love, the poem of America, the incomparable Leaves of Grass by Walt Whitman. This post covers sections one through three, Leaves of Grass Deathbed Edition. Listen ⇢
Part 2 – God Is Pure Openness, the Essence of Unlimited Infinities

In part 2 I do bible quotes and then wrap it all up with a profound flourish. Listen ⇢
God Is Pure Openness, the Essence of Unlimited Infinities

In truth, I started this blog because there is a coherent value system I wanted to elaborate which I termed anarcho-spiritual, a silly name, honestly, but one I live with now because at one time I thought it sounded kind of cool and made it a .com on WordPress. In… Listen ⇢
Loosely Connected Yous Part 3.5 – The Boat Room – In memoriam

I continue my lyric poetry sequence, Loosely Connected Yous, with this new part, which is actually directly connected to the previous one. Thank you for listening. Listen ⇢
Psalms 1 – 6

Here I start a new track and begin scripture readings, beginning with the Book of Psalms, Psalms 1 through 6. The edition I use is the New American Bible Revised Edition, which is a reliable, middle of the road English translation, which also has some good footnotes. I quote from… Listen ⇢
Loosely Connected Yous Part 3

Well I’m back to my own readings, after being so rudely interrupted by the likes of R.M. Rilke, and his elegies so artfully rendered by Stephen Mitchell. Loosely Connected Yous is my first book, so be gentle with me, it’s probably not very good poetry. But it’s a lyric sequence… Listen ⇢