The Runner

Biography Walt Whitman

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On a flat road runs the well-train'd runner,
He is lean and sinewy with muscular legs,
He is thinly clothed, he leans forward as he runs,
With lightly closed fists, and arms partially rais'd.

Walt Whitman 1867

Poem sourced from: http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/the-runner/

Picture from: http://www.flickr.com/photos/hamed/258971456/