And your very flesh shall be a great poem. Auteur: Walt Whitman Copy Quote More from Walt Whitman “The road to wisdom is paved with excess. The mark of a true writer is their abi…” “I HAVE said somewhere that the three Presidentiads preceding 1861 show’d how th…” “Give me such shows--give me the streets of Manhattan!” “I exist as I am. THAT IS ENOUGH. If no other in the world be aware, I sit conte…”