There are many poems written by Walt Whitman and we have read many of them in class, but sitting here reading many more of them, I came across one i quite rather enjoyed. "A Farm Picture" is the poem that I believe to be my favorite poem. "A Farm Picture" is a very short poem but I do not think that the length of a poem determines its importance or fame. I like this poem for that reason actually. I am not the type of person who wants to read a poem with twenty stanzas that has to be analyzed for an hour. That is not poetry to me because it seems like it is too much of a story. Poetry should be short, sweet and beautiful and with this poem being only three lines it is rather short.
I also like this poem because it reminds me of being a kid. When I was younger we had cattle at home and I can remember getting up early with my dad to go and feed the cows and fill their water troughs. And the poem also speaks of standing in the doors of a "peaceful country barn". When I think of a peaceful country barn I think of the barn we use to have that the baby calves were born in. A peaceful country barn is just like our one we had. It was old, open spaced, and made of wood. These new barns are made of metal and do not give you the same feeling of that country type of barn. This poem brought back good memories because as my brother and I got older and started playing travel baseball it was impossible to keep the cattle and travel at the same time. We ended up having to get rid of the cattle we had for this reason and it is nice to remember the good old days. Sure the cows smelled awful and are big dumb animals but they really are funny animals to watch. My family also has pictures of my siblings and I with baby cows and we were all so happy then and as you get older it is harder to have times like the ones we had. I hope to one day be able to have a small group of cattle so that my children can experience the same great things that I did. This poem brought back some great memories and that is why it is my favorite poem by Walt Whitman.
http://whitmanarchive.org/published/LG/1891/poems/133
I also like this poem because it reminds me of being a kid. When I was younger we had cattle at home and I can remember getting up early with my dad to go and feed the cows and fill their water troughs. And the poem also speaks of standing in the doors of a "peaceful country barn". When I think of a peaceful country barn I think of the barn we use to have that the baby calves were born in. A peaceful country barn is just like our one we had. It was old, open spaced, and made of wood. These new barns are made of metal and do not give you the same feeling of that country type of barn. This poem brought back good memories because as my brother and I got older and started playing travel baseball it was impossible to keep the cattle and travel at the same time. We ended up having to get rid of the cattle we had for this reason and it is nice to remember the good old days. Sure the cows smelled awful and are big dumb animals but they really are funny animals to watch. My family also has pictures of my siblings and I with baby cows and we were all so happy then and as you get older it is harder to have times like the ones we had. I hope to one day be able to have a small group of cattle so that my children can experience the same great things that I did. This poem brought back some great memories and that is why it is my favorite poem by Walt Whitman.
http://whitmanarchive.org/published/LG/1891/poems/133
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