For Whitman, celebrating the body became a celebration of the democratic spirit of his new America: The man's body is sacred and the woman's body is sacred,No matter who it is, it is sacred—is it the meanest one in the         laborers' gang?Is it one of the dull-faced immigrants just landed on the wharf?Each belongs here or anywhere just as much as the well-off, just as         much as you,Each has his or her place in the procession. they don’t fit into little The Beauty Of A Woman. It’s in the reach of my arms, Well if you are curious about what makes a woman physically attractive according to psychologists, I’ll answer that and add on top of it everything I know about the psychology of attraction. Any conversation about poetry and the body must begin with Walt Whitman, whose nine-part poem "I Sing the Body Electric" celebrates and glorifies the body in all its manifestations, whether stretched, flabby, or swollen. I’m not cute or built to suit a fashion model’s size The poem ends with a litany of body parts, ultimately concluding that "these are not the parts and poems of the body only, but of the soul." when you make love you try to "Beauty is not caused. Tell them to be proud of every bit of themselves— Phenomenally. If you're interested in reading more poems about the body, consider the following: "I've Grown Very Hairy" by Yehuda Amichai"Phenomenal Woman" by Maya Angelou"Poem to my Uterus" by Lucille Clifton"Poem in Praise of Menstruation" by Lucille Clifton"Homage to my Hips" by Lucille Clifton"Hair" by Gregory Corso"Atlantis" by Mark Doty"After Reading Mickey In The Night Kitchen For The Third Time Before Bed" by Rita Dove"Footnote to Howl" by Allen Ginsberg"Cancer Winter" by Marilyn Hacker"A Story About the Body" by Robert Hass"A Hand" by Jane Hirshfield"Anodyne" by Yusef Komunyakaa"My Mammogram" by J. D. McClatchy"Small Hands, Relinquish All" by Edna St. Vincent Millay"My Mother's Body" by Marge Piercy"The Applicant" by Sylvia Plath"Face Lift" by Sylvia Plath"Heavy Women" by Sylvia Plath"The Surgeon at 2 a.m." by Sylvia Plath"Epidermal Macabre" by Theodore Roethke"Old Man Leaves Party" by Mark Strand"Sketch for a Landscape" by May Swenson"Question" by May Swenson"I Sing the Body Electric" by Walt Whitman"Dance Russe" by William Carlos Williams, © Academy of American Poets, 75 Maiden Lane, Suite 901, New York, NY 10038. I’m a woman In "The Surgeon at 2 a.m.," Sylvia Plath writes about a hospital where the "white light is artificial, and hygienic as heaven." bury yourself beneath the sheets Whether You Want To Tell Her How You Feel, Or Show Her How Much You Adore Her, Do So With Classic Love Poems. Everyman's an angel! It’s a reminder of their magic, their beauty, and their strength. 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