Lea Ehret By this poet Lesson PlanPoetry and The Odyssey Lesson PlanCanada in 2016 Walt Whitman A passionate believer in the ideals of democracy, Walt Whitman first published his life’s great work, the American epic Leaves of Grass, in 1855, at… Letitia Elizabeth Landon Letitia Elizabeth Landon (1802-1838) was born in London, England. A precocious child who read from an early age, Landon published her first poem at… Alootook Ipellie Alootook Ipellie was an Inuit poet born in Nuvuqquq on Baffin Island, in what is now known as Nunavut. Throughout his youth, Ipellie moved all…