“Step by step, we walk the path

For fitness, fun, and lively chat

With friends we stroll, in sun or rain

Our spirits lifted, we feel no pain

Together moving, side by side

In motion, we share, our worlds collide

Through fields and forests, cities wide

We walk for health, with joy and pride

So let’s lace up our shoes and hit the street

For walking brings us a world of treats

To sweat, to laugh, to connect with glee

Walking for fitness, fun, and sociality.”

There is a strong association between walking and poetry, as evidenced by the phrase Solvitur ambulando, which means ‘it is solved by walking’.

Arthur Hugh Clough, a Victorian poet, used this phrase as the epigraph for his epistolary poem Amours de Voyage.

Noel Coward was once quoted as saying, ‘I like long walks, especially when they’re taken by people I dislike.’

My little ditty highlights this long-standing and deep-rooted relationship between walking and poetry. Do you need inspiration for fitness, motivation and writing?