We Could Be the Last: a Sci-fi Travel Poem
What if we could no longer travel around the earth but only to the earth. This poem teaches us to drink in what we have more fully. Continue reading
Single? Travel and Get Lucky: the Sunday travel poem
Single travel is often focused on bringing lonely hearts together. Ah, but there is so much more to be had. This travel poem gives new meaning to the term "getting lucky". Continue reading
Run Off and Join the Circus? The Sunday Travel Poem
The best of travel. Hang around when you want. Take off when the fancy strikes you - yes, you can run off with the circus. Continue reading
Against Travel Bags with Wheels: today’s Sunday Travel Poem
A rant and a tribute to the lugging of luggage and what it means to travel. Oh, I do like this poem. Continue reading
Poet, Ambassador, Dancer… Genius – the Sunday Travel Poem
Another reason to add to the "why I travel solo" list. Continue reading
Take Neither Camera Nor Notebook – a very short Sunday Travel Poem
Do you live your travels or document them? Do you have the balance right? This short poem evocatively puts the issue in its place. Continue reading
What If This Road – the Sunday Travel Poem by Sheenagh Pugh
I'm not sure if I agree fully with Sheenagh Pugh. Is it the road that presents surprises or the way in which we approach life? Continue reading
The World Won’t Miss You for a While – a Sunday Travel Poem by Kathryn Simmonds
Take a moment for yourself. The world will keep on spinning. Continue reading
Travel and Intelligence – not quite a Sunday Travel Poem
Travel infuses us with new intelligence. How's that for a premise - as a rationale for our need to travel. Well, poetry and science say it's true. Continue reading
Splendid Happiness and Solo Travel: the Sunday Travel poem is by Martha Medeiros
What is happiness and what isn't it. Pablo Neruda helps us understand and it does have value for solo travelers. Continue reading
The Lady in 38C – The Sunday Travel Poem is by Lori Jakiela
Today's travel poem reminds us to take joy in every aspect of our travels. Continue reading
“For the Traveler” – the Sunday travel poem is by John O’Donohue
Today's Sunday Travel Poem is rich with ideal to mine that are relevant to the solo traveler. Continue reading
Questions of Travel: a Poem by Elizabeth Bishop
The question of why.
Why do we travel? Why do I travel? Why have I wanted to since I was ten years old?
Why does it capture my imagination so. And is it, as Elizabeth Bishop suggests, a lack of… Continue reading
Poetry as Destination – Stanzas in Stone
Poetry offers delightful surprises along the walking paths of West Yorkshire. Continue reading
Punk Poem on Travel… Majorca by John Cooper Clarke
Poetry has been punked. It's been slammed. It's been turned into performance art. Here's a wonderful example AND it's about travel. Continue reading
A poem for Travelers… Simon Constam
Traveling is hard work. Since it's also optional, it needs meaning. But what? This is what today's travel poem is about. Continue reading
The Road Not Taken… Robert Frost
The choices we make in travel and life can make all the difference. Continue reading
You are arriving… “The Journey” by David Whyte
For the second week in a row, my poetry post is a poem named "The Journey". It offers a very definite solo point of view. Continue reading
A solo point of view: “The Journey” by Mary Oliver
Today's travel-poetry mashup is "The Journey" by Mary Oliver. It offer a very definite a solo point of view. Continue reading
About Janice Waugh and Tracey Nesbitt
I'm an author, blogger, speaker and traveler. I became a widow and empty-nester at about the same time. And then, I became Solo Traveler... Here's the full story. >>
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