In 2016, John Delaney moved out to Port Townsend, WA, after retiring as curator of historic maps at Princeton University. He has traveled widely, preferring remote, natural settings, and is addicted to kayaking and hiking. In 2017, he published Waypoints, a collection of place poems. Twenty Questions, a chapbook, appeared in 2019, and Delicate Arch, poems and photographs of national parks and monuments, appeared earlier this year.