tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2498371790929841790.post4263871442056011276..comments2023-10-23T11:15:04.114-05:00Comments on Coffee With Clark: "When lilacs last in the dooryard bloom'd...."@okieprofhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16086009522200494002noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2498371790929841790.post-79963144110691065532009-12-06T19:37:50.444-06:002009-12-06T19:37:50.444-06:00I forgot to include how much I admire your wife...I forgot to include how much I admire your wife's sketch of Walt. She really captured the essence of him!K.Lawson Gilberthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11204234196229710524noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2498371790929841790.post-30304370439332355542009-12-06T19:35:04.858-06:002009-12-06T19:35:04.858-06:00Well, this was certainly a special post for me to ...Well, this was certainly a special post for me to read. I do believe this poem was one of his best for many reasons, and one of the best in American Literature. I think you are right...tears mixed with ink wrote those words on paper. I remember reading, that when Walt spent time in Washington, tending to the soldiers in the hospitals there, he saw President Lincoln almost everyday out walking - "We have got so that we exchange bows." he said.<br />I always love thinking about that.K.Lawson Gilberthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11204234196229710524noreply@blogger.com