In the latest edition of “Village Voice,” Boston Public Radio’s recurring conversation about how poetry can help us understand the news of the day, poet Richard Blanco shared his favorite poems about traveling — and what going away can teach us about what it means to be home.

“Nothing really evokes questions of home like traveling, because we’re always comparing where we are to where we travel to, to what home is and where we come from,” Blanco explained.

This episode aired on July 16, 2018.