Poem A Day Open in app

Classic poem

This Moment, Yearning and Thoughtful.

by Walt Whitman

THIS moment yearning and thoughtful, sitting alone,

It seems to me there are other men in other lands, yearning and thoughtful;

It seems to me I can look over and behold them, in Germany, Italy, France, Spain—or far,

far

away,

in China, or in Russia or India—talking other dialects;

And it seems to me if I could know those men, I should become attached to them, as I do to

men

in my

own lands;

O I know we should be brethren and lovers,

I know I should be happy with them.

lovesolitudegriefidentitytimechoice
Public domain/Source

Read a new poem every day.

Poem A Day turns classic poetry into a quiet daily ritual, with saved poems and a calm reader built for returning.