Singing American Labor

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. Get the full story at www.patreon.com/Literative. 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/ ---. About Us. ---. 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 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.