A collectible new series of Penguin Classics offers stunning, hardcover editions of ten favorite poets, presenting each poet's poetry book as it was originally published. Designed by the renowned Coralie Bickford-Smith and beautifully typeset, these slim A-format volumes are the ultimate gift for poetry lovers.

In 1855, Walt Whitman published his first collection of poems, "Leaves of Grass." The volume received great acclaim from leading transcendentalist poet Ralph Waldo Emerson. This encouragement sparked a lifelong project, as Whitman expanded and revised the volume until his death in 1892. Whitman's innovative use of free verse and observations of everyday life aimed to reach the ordinary American. This edition, based on the earliest published version from 1855, includes Whitman's most famous poem, "Song of Myself," an American epic inspired by his personal experiences.