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Tuesday, February 8, 2011

Weave in, Weave in, My Hardy Life. by Walt Whitman

WEAVE in! weave in, my hardy life! 
Weave yet a soldier strong and full, for great campaigns to come; 
Weave in red blood! weave sinews in, like ropes! the senses, sight weave in! 
Weave lasting sure! weave day and night the weft, the warp, incessant weave! tire not! 
(We know not what the use, O life! nor know the aim, the end—nor really aught we
know;
But know the work, the need goes on, and shall go on—the death-envelop’d march
of
peace as well as war goes on;) 
For great campaigns of peace the same, the wiry threads to weave; 
We know not why or what, yet weave, forever weave.


BY Walt Whitman




Poetry of the day review:
its like a motivational poem to me, keep pushing, keep fighting no matter what, and do it happily!


Reminds me of this youtube video..


BTW!!!!! WORD OF THE DAY IS..............



philomath

  \ FIL-uh-math \  , noun;
1.
A lover of learning; a scholar.

Nirvana is experienced only by the true philomath.
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28 comments:

  1. Candlej-February 8, 2011 at 8:03 PM

    i thought that video would be 40x more inspirational than a single quote, but i was wrong. it was exponentially greater...

    http://randomramblingggg.blogspot.com/

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  2. HopeFebruary 8, 2011 at 8:06 PM

    i am enriched just a little bit more because your inspirational post!
    thank you
    and thank you for your visit and comment

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  3. Travis CodyFebruary 8, 2011 at 8:21 PM

    I was not a fan of Whitman when I read him in high school. My appreciation came much later with maturity. Thanks for this one.

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  4. VaporFebruary 8, 2011 at 11:18 PM

    I love the video... and Walt.

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  5. PectoralFinnnFebruary 9, 2011 at 12:02 AM

    Nice video.
    http://pectoralfinnnreviews.blogspot.com/

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  6. MRanthropeFebruary 9, 2011 at 1:18 AM

    wow, the combination of the poem and that awesome video have gotten me all motivated/fired up @ 1:17am to achieve great things tomorrow! haha, thanks. I might steal this video for a future post or something.

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  7. Anon ReaderFebruary 9, 2011 at 1:56 AM

    Never heard of Whitman before, but i loved that.

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  8. BrutFebruary 9, 2011 at 4:23 AM

    I love the inspirational youtube video!

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  9. JordanFebruary 9, 2011 at 5:11 AM

    never give up!

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  10. RebeccaFebruary 9, 2011 at 6:32 AM

    good choice for a whitman poem and the video was good to

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  11. Ainsley C.February 9, 2011 at 9:32 AM

    Great way to start the day! Very inspirational indeed.

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  12. watchmanFebruary 9, 2011 at 10:04 AM

    good poem

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  13. AnonymouseFebruary 9, 2011 at 11:05 AM

    yeah good poem, i agree, it's quite motivational.

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  14. RawrFebruary 9, 2011 at 11:18 AM

    damn, this vid is awesome :D

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  15. RedHeadRobFebruary 9, 2011 at 11:18 AM

    That was excellent. I feel like going out and doing something today after reading that.

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  16. loveblogginFebruary 9, 2011 at 11:37 AM

    great poem!

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  17. shishimaruFebruary 9, 2011 at 1:05 PM

    Cute poem ^_^. That video is awesome too! Thought I was already following you, but I guess I wasnt??.... I am now!!

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  18. Bob lehcrorFebruary 9, 2011 at 1:09 PM

    I love your word of the day! Keep it up it's great!

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  19. YEP, GEDDON!February 9, 2011 at 2:48 PM

    Supportin!

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  20. GFebruary 9, 2011 at 3:18 PM

    Cool post - very motivational

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  21. AnonymousFebruary 9, 2011 at 10:26 PM

    love the video, I posted something similar the other day on my blog :)

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  22. Suciô SanchezFebruary 10, 2011 at 6:25 AM

    Structurally, it reminded me of Vitaï Lampada.

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  23. TsipiseFebruary 10, 2011 at 11:59 AM

    Weave in, Philomath. hehehe.

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  24. SoreLosersGamingFebruary 11, 2011 at 5:25 AM

    Nice poem, but better video! Philomath seems pretty obvious once you know what polymath means.

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  25. mademoiselle créativeFebruary 11, 2011 at 7:01 AM

    Thank you for your lovely comment!

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  26. Mike YangFebruary 11, 2011 at 7:58 AM

    That one's from Leaves of Grass, in 1891 -- here's one from 30 years prior:
    1861
    ARM'D year! year of the struggle!
    No dainty rhymes or sentimental love verses for you, terrible year!
    Not you as some pale poetling, seated at a desk, lisping cadenzas
    piano;
    But as a strong man, erect, clothed in blue clothes, advancing,
    carrying a rifle on your shoulder,
    With well-gristled body and sunburnt face and hands--with a knife in
    the belt at your side,
    As I heard you shouting loud--your sonorous voice ringing across the
    continent;
    Your masculine voice, O year, as rising amid the great cities,
    Amid the men of Manhattan I saw you, as one of the workmen, the
    dwellers in Manhattan;
    Or with large steps crossing the prairies out of Illinois and
    Indiana,
    Rapidly crossing the West with springy gait, and descending the
    Alleghanies; 10
    Or down from the great lakes, or in Pennsylvania, or on deck along
    the Ohio river;
    Or southward along the Tennessee or Cumberland rivers, or at
    Chattanooga on the mountain top,
    Saw I your gait and saw I your sinewy limbs, clothed in blue, bearing
    weapons, robust year;
    Heard your determin'd voice, launch'd forth again and again;
    Year that suddenly sang by the mouths of the round-lipp'd cannon,
    I repeat you, hurrying, crashing, sad, distracted year.

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  27. Opal WellsFebruary 11, 2011 at 1:46 PM

    My cat, Walter- we call him Walt, was named after Walt Whitman. I love his work.

    jenniwells.blogspot.com

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  28. M. RekaFebruary 11, 2011 at 2:34 PM

    I loved that, so beautiful!
    Short Poems

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