Writing Poems About Your Holiday

Problem
What do I write a poem about on holiday?

Answers
Make a list of subjects. Number them. Throw a dice (or two or three, depending on the number of subjects).

For example:
You homeland compared with the country you are visiting.
PEOPLE
The new country's people.
The new country's historical characters.
A poem contrasting friends and enemies.
Tourist families.
Elderly tourists.
Tour guides.
Business success or disaster.

PLACES
Your destination's buildings.
A statue. (Ozymandias. My name is Ozymandias ...)
The sea. (John Masefield. I must go down to the sea again ...)
The land.
The birds. (Edgar Allan Poe. The Raven.)
The insects.
The trees.
The flowers.
The cars.
The boats,
The planes.
Trains. (See W H Auden: This is the night mail ...)
The passport or tickets.
The hotel.
A restaurant or pub.
Big cats. (Tiger, tiger, burning bright ...)
Moon
Sun
Summer
Winter
Your suitcase and the stories on the labels.
Your holiday clothes.
Your inappropriate clothes from home.

Reading my poems on a Writers' Holiday in Wales. Photo by Angela Lansbury. Copyright.

You could write a poem in praise of the destination, or a comic poem about holiday disasters. Ask everybody in your family or holiday group to write a poem to read on the last night. (If you can't write a poem, pick your favourite well-known poem.)

Travel Tips
https://www.visitbritainshop.com/world/ (trips, tours, offers: London; England, Scotland, Wales)

Angela Lansbury, travel writer and photographer, author, speaker, comic poet.