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‘Biography’ - #RSThomas
(Experimenting with an Amen, Macmillan 1986)
#Cofiant
#Bardd #Barddoniaeth #Cerdd
#Poet #Poetry #Poem

‘As Though’ - #RSThomas (Later Poems 1972–1982, Macmillan 1983)

I hear your 𝘣𝘰𝘭𝘥 𝘣𝘭𝘢𝘤𝘬𝘣𝘪𝘳𝘥, that slow singer,
alone at my desk yet walking with you
through your valleys and hills, that shining
stream bubbling notes of your music
your pure Welsh music…

—Sheila Templeton, “For R.S. Thomas”
Published in A Little Touch of Cliff in the Evening: New Writing Scotland 30 (ASL, 2012)

The Welsh poet R.S. Thomas (1913–2000) was born #OTD, 29 March

#Scottish #literature #poem #poetry #RSThomas

‘The Marksman’ - #RSThomas (‘Agenda, 36.2, Autumn 1998) #YrAnelwr #Bardd #Barddoniaeth #Cerdd #Poet #Poetry #Poem

‘Brethren’ - #RSThomas (The Poetry Book Society Anthology 1988-1989, Hutchinson) #Brodyr #Bardd #Barddoniaeth #Cerdd #Poet #Poetry #Poem

‘Boom’ - #RSThomas (‘Little Review’ 13-14, 1980) #Bardd #Barddoniaeth #Cerdd #Poet #Poetry #Poem

‘Saner than You Think’ - #RSThomas ("Night Ride and Sunrise” Celtion Poetry, Aberystwyth 1978) #Bardd #Barddoniaeth #Cerdd #Poet #Poetry #Poem

‘Eh?’ - #RSThomas (New Poems 1963 - A P.E.N Anthology of Contemporary Poetry - Hutchings & Co) #Bardd #Barddoniaeth #Cerdd #Poet #Poetry #Poem

‘Nativity’ 1992 - #RSThomas (Mass for Hard Times, @BloodaxeBooks) #Genedigaeth #Nadolig #Christmas

‘Carol’ - #RSThomas (Later Poems, 1972–1982 Macmillan London) #Nadolig #Christmas

#Advent ‘The Coming’ - #RSThomas (H'm, Macmillan)

‘Other’ - #RSThomas (H'm, Macmillan)

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‘Seventieth Birthday’ - #RSThomas (Between Here and Now, Macmillan) #Bardd #Barddoniaeth #Cerdd #Poet #Poetry #Poem

‘The Bright Field’ - #RSThomas (Laboratories of the Spirit, Macmillan)

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‘Aleph’ - #RSThomas (Between Here and Now, Macmillan) #Bardd #Barddoniaeth #Cerdd #Poet #Poetry #Poem

‘Fair Day’ - #RSThomas (Between Here and Now, Macmillan) #Bardd #Barddoniaeth #Cerdd #Poet #Poetry #Poem

‘Correspondence’ - #RSThomas (Between Here and Now, Macmillan) #Gohebiaeth #Correspondence #Bardd #Barddoniaeth #Cerdd #Poet #Poetry #Poem

‘Threshold’ - #RSThomas (Between Here and Now, Macmillan) #Trothwy #Threshold #Bardd #Barddoniaeth #Cerdd #Poet #Poetry #Poem

‘Return’ - #RSThomas (Between Here and Now, #Dychwelyd #Return #Bardd #Barddoniaeth #Cerdd #Poet #Poetry #Poem

‘Album’ - #RSThomas (Frequencies, Macmillan)

I hear your bold blackbird, that slow singer,
alone at my desk yet walking with you
through your valleys and hills, that shining
stream bubbling notes of your music
your pure Welsh music…

—Sheila Templeton, “For R.S. Thomas”
published in A Little Touch of Cliff in the Evening: New Writing Scotland 30

The Welsh poet Ronald Stuart Thomas (1913–2000) was born #OTD, 29 March.

#Scottish #literature #poem #poetry #RSThomas

‘Christmas’ - #RSThomas (Not That He Brought Flowers - Rupert Hart-Davis) #Nadolig #Christmas #Bardd #Barddoniaeth #Cerdd #Poet #Poetry #Poem

‘Blind Noel’ - #RSThomas (No Truce with the Furies, @BloodaxeBooks) #Bardd #Barddoniaeth #Cerdd #Poet #Poetry #Poem

‘Luminary’ - #RSThomas (Uncollected Poems, @BloodaxeBooks) #Goleuaethwr #Luminary #Bardd #Barddoniaeth #Cerdd #Poet #Poetry #Poem

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#RSThomas
#Bardd #Barddoniaeth #Cerdd
#Poet #Poetry #Poem

#Remembrance
‘For the Record’ - #RSThomas
(Pietà, Rupert Hart-Davis)

‘Self-portrait’ - #RSThomas
(Laboratories of the Spirit, Macmillan)
#Hunanbortread #SelfPortrait
#Bardd #Barddoniaeth #Cerdd
#Poet #Poetry #Poem

‘The Reception’ - #RSThomas
(Laboratories of the Spirit, Macmillan)
#Bardd #Barddoniaeth #Cerdd
#Poet #Poetry #Poem

‘Hallowe’en’ - #RSThomas
(No Truce with the Furies, @BloodaxeBooks)
#NosCalanGaeaf #Halloween 
#Bardd #Barddoniaeth #Cerdd
#Poet #Poetry #Poem