What is walt?

Famous quotes containing the word walt:

    “I saw you, Walt Whitman, childless, lonely old grubber, poking
    among the meats in the refrigerator and eyeing the grocery boys.”
    —Allen Ginsberg (b. 1926)

    “I always knew in my heart Walt Whitman’s mind to be more like my own than any other man’s living. As he is a very great scoundrel this is not a pleasant confession.”
    —Gerard Manley Hopkins (1844–1889)