On The Map. Poem by Michael Walker
On The Map.
Last night I turned the pages of a new atlas,
for a change of direction, to revisit places
I had seen in New Zealand and overseas long ago.
There were those I had been to, like Edinburgh,
where I heard English spoken in an engaging accent.
Keswick, where I stayed in a youth hostel
so I could see the Lake District nearby,
as Wordsworth saw it, highs and lows of emotion:
'Through passes yet unreached, a brighter road.'
On a guided walk there, An Englishman told me:
' I walk a lot. My wife and I had coronaries'.
We talked about the benefits of exercise
and we were on the same page about that.
On other pages were towns and cities
that I may never see: the west coast
of the U.S. where cities are part of song titles.
Phoenix, San Jose, Pasadena, and San Francisco
have all been on the charts in the past.
-15 October,2015.
The songs associated with the cities are:
'It Happened In Monterey', sung by Frank Sinatra;
'I Left My Heart In San Francisco', by Sinatra;
'In Pasadena Town', sung by Maywood;
'Do You Know The Way To San Jose ', by Dionne Warwick.
Of course, there are many other examples of this in California.Even the cities I chose have other songs written about them. 'California Blue', by Roy Orbison, is agood song about the state, I find.
Line 9 is quoted from Wordsworth's poem, ' Lines Composed A Few Miles Above Tintern Abbey'.
Dear Mr. Walker, I am writing a book on Maps of Trinidad & Tobago from Columbian times to the present day. I self publish and do not have a sponser. this is my fifth book. I would like to include the following lines. Last night I turned the pages of a new atlas For a change of direction to revisit places
Interesting maps of your travels. Love the music theme. You made me think of Sweet Home Alabama Lovely to read. Thank You.
Walking a lot in life matters a lot with definite hope and attitudes. Very interesting sharing done....10
This poem has not been translated into any other language yet.
I would like to translate this poem
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Please convey to David that he can quote from 'On the Map'. M. Walker.