Episode 4: "Travel" by Edna St. Vincent Millay

Published: Nov. 24, 2021, 1 p.m.

b"Read and more GoodPoetry at www.GoodPoetry.org, and listen on Audible, iTunes, Stitcher, Spotify, Anchor.Fm, iHeart, and GooglePlay Music and connect with us @itsGoodPoetry on Facebook, and Twitter.\\n----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------\\nPhotograph Info:\\nEdna St. Vincent Millay in Mamaroneck,\\xa0NY, 1914, by Arnold Genthe.----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------\\nThe Poem:\\n\\nTravel\\n\\nThe railroad track is miles away,\\xa0\\xa0 \\xa0 And the day is loud with voices speaking,\\xa0Yet there isn't a train goes by all day\\xa0\\xa0 \\xa0 But I hear its whistle shrieking.\\xa0All night there isn't a train goes by,\\xa0\\xa0 \\xa0 Though the night is still for sleep and dreaming,\\xa0But I see its cinders red on the sky,\\xa0\\xa0 \\xa0 And hear its engine steaming.\\xa0My heart is warm with the friends I make,\\xa0\\xa0 \\xa0 And better friends I'll not be knowing;\\xa0Yet there isn't a train I wouldn't take,\\xa0\\xa0 \\xa0 No matter where it's going."