I Am a Pilgrim Who Lost Homeland
In this poem, Cong Do pays tribute to Portomarín, a town on the Camino Francés, whose residents in the 1960s were forced to abandon the original site of their hometown and rebuild on higher land.
In this poem, Cong Do pays tribute to Portomarín, a town on the Camino Francés, whose residents in the 1960s were forced to abandon the original site of their hometown and rebuild on higher land.
A woman embarks on a Holy Week Camino longing for resurrection hope to restore her weary spirit. Through a chance encounter with a bird enthusiast along the way, she begins noticing the birdsong all around her, praying her into Easter Joy.
Amidst physical challenges and spiritual tests, a woman experiences a sense of divine grace through the kind words and gestures of local people and fellow pilgrims, restoring her faith in humanity and carrying her safely to Santiago.
In this poem, Luci Kegley considers how a pilgrim journey fosters a new way of seeing oneself and way of life.
As a woman reflects on her Camino, she considers poet Antonio Machado’s lines, “Walker, there is no path. The path is made by walking.” She would take it a step further: the path is made by the people you meet along the way.
A woman feeling deep loss after a friend’s death is surprised and comforted to sense her friend’s presence as she walks, imagining what might have been points of interest on her friend’s own Camino. As the woman sits in front of the Catedral de Santiago de Compostela, backlit by the loveliest blue sky, tears flow freely as she finally lets go of the painful loss, confusion, frustration, fear, and anxiety she had been carrying.
Preparations are well underway for the 2026 Gathering of Pilgrims planned for April 9-12, 2026, at Mo-Ranch in Hunt, TX.
A review of Colleen O’Toole’s Camino memoir Restoring Joy. Reviewer Joe Curro calls this deeply spiritual and at times humorous account “magical, hopeful, uplifting.”
In the natural sights and sounds she observes while walking, poet Suzanne Doerge discovers a benediction for all who walk the pilgrim’s path.
At the end of his Camino journey, a man writes down the lessons he brought back from Camino.