Happy Labor Day! We're celebrating with poems by Walt Whitman and Joseph O. Legaspi that honor the dignity of the individual laborer and the importance of working together to build a better world.
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Resources:
Academy of American Poets. https://poets.org/academy-american-poets
---. Joseph O. Legaspi. https://poets.org/poet/joseph-o-legaspi
Hughes, Langston. “I, Too.” https://poets.org/poem/i-too
Kundiman. Dedicated to nurturing generations of writers and readers of Asian American literature. 2004. https://www.kundiman.org
Legaspi, Joseph O. “The Red Sweater.” https://poets.org/poem/red-sweater
---. “The Red Sweater.” https://www.splitthisrock.org/poetry-database/poem/the-red-sweater
Split This Rock. Calling poets to a greater role in public life and fostering a national network of socially engaged poets. 2013. https://www.splitthisrock.org/
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---. The Quarry: A Social Justice Poetry Database.
Whitman, Walt. “I Hear America Singing.” https://poets.org/poem/i-hear-america-singing
---. “Song of Myself,” Stanza 16. https://poets.org/poem/song-myself-16
---. “Song of Myself,” Stanza 51. https://poets.org/poem/song-myself-51
Photo Credits:
Joseph O. Legaspi: https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poets/joseph-o-legaspi
Walt Whitman: Photo by George C. Cox, 1887. Restoration by Adam Cuerden, 2013. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Walt_Whitman_-_George_Collins_Cox.jpg
Music Credits:
“Feather and Stone.” Music licensed through Soundstripe. Code: ZEM4SZ3MNZIH2AAV
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