Jul
30
Walt Whitman: Make no puns
Make no puns
funny remarks
Double entendres
“witty” remarks
ironies
Sarcasms
Only that which
is simply earnest
meant, —harmless
to anyone’s feelings
—unadorned
unvarnished
nothing to
excite a
laugh
silence
silence
silence
silence
laconic
taciturn.
–Walt Whitman instructs himself in an 1855-56 notebook about the Second Edition of Leaves of Grass.
I love literature and poetry, they’re pure art. I love this text, never heard of it before but yet one of my favorites now. Thanks for sharing!
Im not sure im patient enough to get that. If the end all is simplicity and being earnest , i like it