POEMS FOR TRAVELLERS

Poems for Travellers transports you to lands far and near in the company of some of the world s greatest poets such as Walt Whitman John Keats and Christina Rossetti Part of the Macmillan Collector s Library a series of stunning pocket sized classics with ribbon markers These beautiful books make perfect gifts or a treat for any book lover 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