Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE WAY TO TRAVEL, by AMOS RUSSEL WELLS Poet's Biography First Line: Some people travel in their autos Last Line: Of course it is the pocketbook! Subject(s): Travel; Journeys; Trips | ||||||||
Some people travel in their autos, Some travel in the railway cars; But I've a better way to travel, Unbroken by your bolts and jars -- A better way than horse or cycle, Than biplane, steamer, or canoe; The quite ideal way to travel To Patterson or Timbuctoo. My way is swift as any eagle, Or tarries for a steady look -- The way of greatest ease and comfort: To wit, I travel with a book. I dread no storms, I mock at danger, I reach the farthest, know the near; I pierce the desert and the jungle, Without the tremor of a fear. I find the wisest of campanions, I get the sagest of advice, And all my travelling is buttressed With comforts of the highest price. What is the best of travel volumes, For highway, byway, hidden nook? The book with which I choose to journey? Of course it is the pocketbook! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...RICHARD, WHAT'S THAT NOISE? by RICHARD HOWARD LOOKING FOR THE GULF MOTEL by RICHARD BLANCO RIVERS INTO SEAS by LYNDA HULL DESTINATIONS by JOSEPHINE JACOBSEN THE ONE WHO WAS DIFFERENT by RANDALL JARRELL THE CONFESSION OF ST. JIM-RALPH by DENIS JOHNSON SESTINA: TRAVEL NOTES by WELDON KEES TO H. B. (WITH A BOOK OF VERSE) by MAURICE BARING A BATTLE SONG (WRITTEN IN THE WORLD WAR) by AMOS RUSSEL WELLS |
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