Wanderlust is the topic of Edna St. Vincent Millay's poem "Travel." It is a strong urge or inclination to travel. Millay sees the train as a metaphor for embarking on new experiences with new people. Millay was an American poet who was born on April 23, 1892 in St. Louis, Missouri. She died on August 24, 1950 in New York City at the age of 50. Today she is considered one of the first women poets to use language freely and without concern for traditional rhyme or meter. Her poems are known for their simple language and direct speech. In "Travel," Millay uses the train as a metaphor for traveling into unknown territories where you will discover new things about yourself and your world. She also uses the train as a means of escape from her everyday life for a few hours. In the last line of the poem, Millay hints that even though we should travel experience more than once in our lives, it is still not enough: "There were days when the sight of a road made me tremble,/ I was so eager to get away!" This short poem is included in my list of top 10 poetry quotes because it expresses what many people feel when they hear news about someone wanting to travel forever: wanderlust. Someone who feels this way wants to see the world and try new things.