A collection of more than thirty poems by American poet Devin Johnston.

Throughout life's journey Are gathered from joy and sorrow Trials and tribulation These thoughts now put into words May the reader of this collection of poems Experience a rose that was born Amidst a bed of thorns.

Though through this poetry the author has written in this as he call ́s it a poetry novel. From when he were a child of his life his own time, with and around the most inspirational, influential people and things the author knew though he wrote this poetry as a blessing to all the author ever knew. That spoke the wisdom the memorable words the author knew to write in this book of poetry. Though in the days of innocence and blissfulness of the authors sight and heard the life the author here has lived and sometimes thought that he would die. To write this became not just a job, it ́s an adventure a life the author would never forget. For the smart and wise way and ways the author did and still hears from the people around him he writes not for himself but for the things he see ́s and hears from the dreams, hopes and the vision ́s and the imagine of himself the author of The Book of Poems of That Traveler.

More than 80 poems by 50 American and British masters celebrate real and metaphorical journeys. Poems by Whitman, Byron, Millay, Sandburg, Langston Hughes, Emily Dickinson, Robert Frost, Shelley, Tennyson, Yeats, many others.

From a bleak bus ride through Glasgow at midnight, to a trans - Californian road trip, from summer in Dubrovnik and finding peace in a Spanish paradise, to a bumpy bus ride to Kampala and the Paris Metro at night... TRAVEL, the third of the Collections of Poetry and Prose book series, features 97 contributions from 46 writers and poets around the world, all writing in their own unique, wonderful and occasionally quirky way about their travels and experiences travelling. From rural towns and villages in Africa, Asia and India, and the tiny islands of Bahrain and Shetland, to the bustling metropolises of Europe, the Americas and Australasia, with many of the contributions reflecting the diverse backgrounds and cultures of the writers, TRAVEL explores the world and its people and culture in an undeniably unique and fascinating way.

Poems for Travellers transports the reader to lands far and near in the company of some of our greatest poets such as Walt Whitman, John Keats and Christina Rossetti. Part of the Macmillan Collectors Library series, featuring expert introductions for your favourite classics. As internationally acclaimed author Paul Theroux writes in his introduction, ‘Here is a collection of travel poetry composed by real travellers, weekending tourists, feverish fantasists, bluffers, dreamers, brave adventurers and resolute stay-at-homes. It succeeds in what poetry does best – inspires and consoles, reminds us of who we are, where we’ve been, and where we might want to go next.’

Travelers Leaving for the City is a long song of arrivals and departures, centered around the murder of the poet’s grandfather in 1955 in a Pittsburgh hotel, exploring how such events frame memory, history and language for those they touch. The poems probe the anonymity of cities, and the crucible of travel. The historical impact of arousal, rage, regret, and forgiveness is seen in visions of interrogations and hotels. These poems explore how family bonds, and disruptions shape, the mind and language, all the while urging the reader to listen for traces of ancestors in one’s own mind and body.