Author: Marty Luster

I'm Marty Luster, a retired attorney and politician. In 2010 my wife, mother-in-law, dog and I relocated from Central NY to Gloucester. I hope my photographs and poetry(?) reflect my love for this place and her people. My picture-poem posts can be seen at http://matchedpairs.wordpress.com and selected black and white images can be found at http://slicesoflifeimages.wordpress.com

Out Of The Cradle Endlessly Rocking

Posted on by Marty Luster

A quiet walk on Coffin’s Beach this beautiful morning put me in the mood to again share a snippet of Walt Whitman’s haunting chant.

Walt was born on May 31, 1819 and died on March 26, 1892. Among his greatest poems is Out of The Cradle Endlessly Rocking. The first stanza is 24 lines long and consists of a single grammatically correct sentence. I have attempted to capture the mood and content of that stanza in this short (5 minute) video.