Welcome to La Concha. Immerse yourself in our member’s original poetry featuring their experiences of the Camino.
In these song lyrics by Robert Bain, set to the tune of The Mamas & The Papas’s “California Dreamin’,” a solo pilgrim discovers he’s not alone for long and now has friends from different countries and a chance to bond with them on the Camino de Santiago. This makes his adventure more spiritual and meaningful.
This poem by Katherine January resonates with a sense of continuity and common experience that connects pilgrims across the centuries.
In this prose poem, Shoshana D. Kerewsky reminds us that a pilgrim is grateful even when they don’t feel like being so, and that gratitude is a practice.
In this poem song, Tom Friesen describes that particular feeling that is the Camino’s call.
In this poem, Cathy Hollister reflects on what each day on the Camino holds for a pilgrim, to begin anew with anticipation for the joys and challenges on the long road ahead.
In this poem, Taryn Deckard captures a slice of the pilgrim experience through what she observes and feels on one specific day on the Camino.
In this poem, Jen Manglos captures a fleeting moment on Cape Finisterre as the sun slips beyond the horizon, marking the end of one journey and the beginning of another.
In this poem, Suzanne Doerge finds, thanks to the pilgrim lessons we hold on to, that even in returning to the busy highway we left behind, we can continue to stroll with all the souls of the Camino to the ends of the Earth.
In this poem, Rebecca Conrow-Bayles recognizes that in bidding farewell so soon after arriving in the city long-sought by pilgrims, that her Camino continues for as long as the journey takes.
