Meditations of Walt Whitman: Earth, My Likeness - Paperback

by Chris Highland (Author)

Carry Walt Whitman's wisdom with you in this inspirational guide that features 60 selections from his most insightful poems.

Walt Whitman, the great American poet of the 19th century (1819-1892), celebrated his body, the land, the commonest of people, the plants and leaves, and the cosmos in Leaves of Grass, first published in 1855. Working variously as a printer, journalist, teacher, and Civil War nurse, Whitman traveled across the continent, soaking the ink of the wilds and the urban into his pen. His poetry is an invitation into the wilds of Nature and human nature.

In Meditations of Walt Whitman, editor Chris Highland pairs 60 short selections from Whitman's poetry with a relevant quote from a historical or contemporary writer and thinker, from Aristotle to Alice Walker, Lord Byron to Arthur C. Clarke. Take this pocket-size guide with you on backpacks, nature hikes, and camping trips. Let Whitman's words enrich your experience as you ponder the wilderness from riverbank, mountaintop, or as you relax beside your campfire.

Inside you'll find:

• 60 inspiring selections of poetry from Walt Whitman


• Relevant text from other philosophical minds


• Short excerpts for convenient reading

This sampler from Whitman's poems draws from the heart of each passage. Let Whitman's words accompany you on your own trails of discovery and help you discover the earth, your likeness.

Author Biography

Chris Highland is an interspiritual chaplain, author, songwriter and poet. He completed his undergraduate studies in religion and philosophy in Seattle, Washington, before settling in the San Francisco Bay Area to complete his Masters degree. A passionate saunterer, he enjoys an intimate relation with Nature in forests, mountains and waterfalls. An avowed heretic ("one who seeks new paths"), Chris' writing reflects his exploration of the edges of human society and his playful search for what Emerson called "high, clear and spiritual conversation," to be had by each and every one of us as "beggars on the highway." Chris is the author of "Meditations of John Muir: Nature's Temple," "Meditations of Henry David Thoreau: A Light in the Woods," and "Meditations of Ralph Waldo Emerson: Into the Green Future," all from Wilderness Press.