R S Thomas (poet)

Text of poem - Welsh Resort. R. S. Thomas. And always the south darkening for rain And the wind rising ... There are children here Who can sing. God knows their reason Not I, who see them making For manhood or womanhood with their heads] Empty, their hearts hardened against the Thrift, that in the old was counted For wisdom. They serve the machine Gladly, that takes their praise Like a god, smiling inscrutably To itself, doing the work They were meant for. In summer will come The manipulators of the machine With the dividends these cannot inherit.

‘Welsh Resort’ - #RSThomas
(Planet 1, 1970)
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‘No Through Road’ - #RSThomas
(Song at the Year's Turning, Rupert Hart-Davis)

Text of poem - Welsh Resort. R. S. Thomas. And always the south darkening for rain And the wind rising ... There are children here Who can sing. God knows their reason Not I, who see them making For manhood or womanhood with their heads] Empty, their hearts hardened against the Thrift, that in the old was counted For wisdom. They serve the machine Gladly, that takes their praise Like a god, smiling inscrutably To itself, doing the work They were meant for. In summer will come The manipulators of the machine With the dividends these cannot inherit.

‘Welsh Resort’ - #RSThomas
(Planet 1, 1970)
#Bardd #Barddoniaeth #Cerdd
#Poet #Poetry #Poem

That’s a real treasure!

For those who can’t find a copy of this CD set, it’s still accessible on Spotify and YouTube.

‘Pact’ - #RSThomas
(Uncollected Poems, @BloodaxeBooks)
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Haha, chwarae teg!🤣😂

RS Thomas & ME Eldridge Poetry & Arts Festival RS Thomas & ME Eldridge Gwyl Gelf a Barddoniaeth

Cytuno'n llwyr, er ei bod hi hefyd yn werth ymweld â hi ym mis Mehefin (llai tawel) ar gyfer Gŵyl flynyddol RS Thomas a ME Eldridge rsthomaspoetry.co.uk

It was published in 1975, about 3 years before he retired from Eglwys Hywyn Sant. You’re right about the sound of the sea there. Also it was a resting place for pilgrims on their way to Ynys Enlli.

‘Drowning’ - #RSThomas
(Welsh Airs, Poetry Wales Press)

‘The Welsh Hill Country’ - #RSThomas
(An Acre of Land, Montgomeryshire Printing Co)

‘The Moon in Lleyn’ - #RSThomas
(Laboratories of the Spirit, Macmillan)

‘Pact’ - #RSThomas
(Uncollected Poems, @BloodaxeBooks)
🕊️

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‘Drowning’ - #RSThomas
(Welsh Airs, Poetry Wales Press)

Dydd Gwyl Dewi Hapus i bawb!
Happy St David's Day to everyone!
"Gwnewch y pethau bychain - Do the little things"
'Llanddewi Brefi' by #RSThomas (Uncollected Poems, Bloodaxe Books)

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Dydd Gwyl Dewi Hapus i bawb!
Happy St David's Day to everyone!
"Gwnewch y pethau bychain - Do the little things"
'Llanddewi Brefi' by #RSThomas (Uncollected Poems, Bloodaxe Books)

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

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

Text of poem - Don't look up so we do and are guilty. The old fear of the castle lingers. We call a taxi and the taxis are mafia controlled. Where is the freedom we fought for? The bridal veils are rigid with frost. The clock bells are husky with calling upon the cuckoo to come back. Down tall streets we get lost among iron- faced buildings. In a corner a cockroach that was once a man crouches. We push its rations towards it, feeding it with averted eyes on the rottenness of Europe.

‘Don't look up…’ - #RSThomas
(Babel September 2023)
#Bardd #Barddoniaeth #Cerdd
#Poet #Poetry #Poem

Text of poem - Don't look up so we do and are guilty. The old fear of the castle lingers. We call a taxi and the taxis are mafia controlled. Where is the freedom we fought for? The bridal veils are rigid with frost. The clock bells are husky with calling upon the cuckoo to come back. Down tall streets we get lost among iron- faced buildings. In a corner a cockroach that was once a man crouches. We push its rations towards it, feeding it with averted eyes on the rottenness of Europe.

‘Don't look up…’ - #RSThomas
(Babel September 2023)
#Bardd #Barddoniaeth #Cerdd
#Poet #Poetry #Poem

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

‘Via Negativa’ - #RSThomas
(H'm, Macmillan)

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