A poem of the wanderlust one usually associates with the young and unattached, Vincent Millay reminds us that the voice beckoning us to adventure can be heard by anyone with ears to hear it.

Travel, by Edna St. Vincent Millay

Our lives are too busy, distracted and dissatisfying. Art can jolt us back to the moment, to the simple joy of living. Poetry especially awakens my “mind's attention from the lethargy of custom, and directing it to the loveliness and the wonders of the world before us.” Here I share with the universe those poems that for me best peel away “the film of familiarity and selfish solicitude,” pointing a way back to the life more abundant.

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Travel, by Edna St. Vincent Millay

Travel, by Edna St. Vincent Millay