Poets.org provides a brief biographical overview of Walt Whitman including information on his life and links to selected poems. A column of links to additional reading information on Whitman is also provided.

Biographical note on Walt Whitman that discusses his verse form, his life, and the influence of his poetry. Includes link to Leaves of Grass.

This site from Bibliomania houses a transcription of the full and complete text of Walt Whitman's classic "Leaves of Grass."

Poet laureate Robert Hass writes about Walt Whitman and the controversies that have often surrounded his writing and life.

This article focuses on selecting a poem to memorize and ways to memorize the poem. It includes two poems that would be good choices to memorize, Robert Frost's "Fire and Ice" and Walt Whitman's "Oh Captain! My Captain!"

This site provides the online text for "I Hear America Singing" by Walt Whitman.

This site from the Library of Congress provides comments on a poem written by Walt Whitman at the death of Abraham Lincoln. Image of the manuscript available at this Library of Congress site.

On this site learn more about "I Hear America Singing" and listen to a recording of it being read by Billy Collins.