Glad to share here the livestream of the event I recently took part in at #LighthouseBooks.
It's always a joy to spend time with other writers working in #MinoritisedLanguages and #CommunityLanguages, and my thanks to Mohamed and Màiri for creating this space for is both to read, speak and share lived experience.
#Gàidhlig #Cymraeg #ScotLit #WelshLit #Poetry #ScottishPoetry #WelshPoetry
Just been trying to check the quotation from one of Waldo Williams' most famous poems, that I used in the previous toot (about how I’m thinking of posting here a bit more often in “the thin language”) and came across this blog post from 2016, which includes background on Waldo's life, and some translations of his best known poems.
Mari Ellis Dunning speaks about the role of Welsh identity and myth in her evocative poetry.
📖 Explore her insights:
https://thebrokenspine.co.uk/2022/06/29/broken-asides-with-mari-ellis-dunning/
"My birthday began with the water birds
And the birds of the winged trees flying my name
Above the farms and the white horses.
And I rose in rainy autumn,
And walked abroad in a shower of all my days."
- Dylan Thomas, "A Poem in October"
#BookWormSat #BookChatWeekly #31DaysofHaunting #Literature #Poetry #Wales #WelshLiterature #WelshPoetry #Celtic #CelticLiterature #CelticPoetry #DylanThomas
𝑭𝒓𝒐𝒎 𝑾𝒂𝒚𝒘𝒐𝒓𝒅𝒔: "𝑹𝒂𝒆" - 𝒂𝒏 𝑨𝒘𝒅𝒍 𝑮𝒚𝒘𝒚𝒅𝒅 -
The Awdl Gywydd (owdl gów-wid) is an old Welsh form, where the 7-syllable-line quatrains lean on harmony of sound even over sensibility.
For those who are already "Reading Wales" this month, or for those who might still have time to participate if curious, Paula kicks off the month with this bit of Welsh literature:
A Poem by Albert Cynan Evans-Jones
https://bookjotter.com/2024/03/01/a-poem-by-albert-cynan-evans-jones/
#dewithon24, #Aberdaron, #AlbertCynanEvans-Jones, #Cynan, #Dewithon2024, #FirstWorldWarPoets, #NationalEisteddfodOfWales, #ReadingWales2024, #WarPoet, #WelshPoetry, #WelshPoets
Lifeless and broken
In the rush of life's rapids
I've lost who I am.
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Heavy droplets fall
A momentary monsoon
Then clouds are parted
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Sandy sunlit shore
Secluded from life's bustle
Tranquil paradise
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Merryness subsides
Excitement is mellowed
To blissful content
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Provoked to madness
A desperate bid for normal
To take back control
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The sound of sweet persuasion
An echo in your ear,
Those words that start the doubting
Until your spirit disappears.
The whisper of a stranger
Worming at your soul,
Their aim, to start you doubting,
Their victim, your resolve.
#poetry #writersofmastadon #PoetryOnMastodon #welshpoetry #poem #poet #micropoetry #smallpoems @poetry
Oh, they notice me
Now that I'm gone, finally,
Appreciated.
#Haiku #tinypoem #poetry #welshpoetry #poem #poet #micropoetry #smallpoems #PoetryOnMastodon #morninghaiku #dailyhaiku
A long road.
A short walk.
My heavy feet despair.
Each step.
Along a street
I'll never see the end.
Before me light,
I stand
At the edge of night
Longing to take
One more step
On this long road,
Before turning back to pain.
#poetry #writersofmastadon #PoetryOnMastodon #welshpoetry #poem #poet #micropoetry #smallpoems
Gleaming before me
A frost coated wonderland
I gaze, overwhelmed.
#Haiku #tinypoem #poetry #welshpoetry #poem #poet #micropoetry #smallpoems #PoetryOnMastodon #morninghaiku #dailyhaiku
From the hand of mighty Zeus
Flies forth destruction, as he looses
Thunderbolt and lightning strike
'Mongst fields of heathens, causing blight
On those who shun his noble name
As we his faithful watch, in vain
We told them so....
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Roused every morning
By birdsong and the bitter
Whiff of strong coffee.
#Haiku #tinypoem #poetry #welshpoetry #poem #poet #micropoetry #smallpoems #PoetryOnMastodon
Into the river
Adorned with some concrete shoes
It is accomplished
#Haiku #tinypoem #poetry #welshpoetry #poem #poet #micropoetry #smallpoems #PoetryOnMastodon @haiku
Flourish, in the rays of fame
Light that floods into your life
Open up, come blossom, bloom
Whilst your face remains in sight.
Every rose must die too soon
Robbed through young and vibrant life.
#acrostic #poetry #welshpoetry #poem #poet #micropoetry #smallpoems #PoetryOnMastodon @acrostic
You say
I'm yours,
We're meant
Together
Made for
Each other
To stay
Forever.
I hear
I listen
Your words
Don't fit.
My head
Won't let
My heart
Be happy.
I hear
But stay
Forever
Uncertain.
#poetry #writersofmastadon #PoetryOnMastodon #welshpoetry #poem #poet #micropoetry #smallpoems @poetry
