Glad to share here the livestream of the event I recently took part in at #LighthouseBooks.

https://lnkd.in/esrJSKQA

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.

https://thecuriousastronomer.wordpress.com/2016/03/11/pa-beth-yw-dyn-what-is-man-by-waldo-williams-poem/

#WaldoWilliams #WelshPoetry #NicSais

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/

#WelshPoetry #PoetryOfPlace

"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.

https://buff.ly/3VGCR8u

#rae #shortpoem #awdlgywydd #welshpoetry #nostalgia #poetry

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

#haikufeels #lost

Lifeless and broken
In the rush of life's rapids
I've lost who I am.

#Haiku #tinypoem #poetry #welshpoetry #poem #poet #micropoetry #smallpoems #PoetryOnMastodon #morninghaiku #dailyhaiku

Heavy droplets fall
A momentary monsoon
Then clouds are parted

#Haiku #tinypoem #poetry #welshpoetry #poem #poet #micropoetry #smallpoems #PoetryOnMastodon @haiku

#haikufeels #tranquil

Sandy sunlit shore
Secluded from life's bustle
Tranquil paradise

#Haiku #tinypoem #poetry #welshpoetry #poem #poet #micropoetry #smallpoems #PoetryOnMastodon

#haikufeels #content #merry

Merryness subsides
Excitement is mellowed
To blissful content

#Haiku #tinypoem #poetry #welshpoetry #poem #poet #micropoetry #smallpoems #PoetryOnMastodon