Walt Whitman has been played on NTS in shows including SHAPE+, featured first on 31 August 2016. Songs played include Give Me The Splendid Silent Sun and Pioneers! O Pioneers! (From Birds Of Passage).

Walter Whitman (Walt for short) was an American poet. He was born March 31st, 1819, around Huntington, Long Island. Walt Whitman was born the second son of his family and had eight siblings. Whitman alternated between printing and writing jobs for about 15 years, working also for various newspapers. He then ventured to become a teacher and published several essays during that time. In 1846, he wrote his first and only…