Friday 14 December 2012

R S Thomas - Priest and Poet

WELSH COASTLINE


R S Thomas


It was a priest

in a seaside church

enclosed

within his restless verse

an echo

slowly

to return  





as ECHO.


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R S Thomas (1913-2000) was a Welsh poet (writing in English) as well as being a priest in Aberdaron and other locations in Wales. His works (published by Bloodaxe) include: No Truce with the Furies, Mass for Hard Times, Counterpoint. The blog searchbox will reveal more about this interesting man.


5 comments:

  1. One of my all time favourite poets Gwil. I well remember the first time I discovered Iago Prytherch. He had such a love/hate relationship with Welsh country workers.

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  2. Hi Pat, you can also click on the thumbnail of RST in the margin and read some of his stuff stuff at the Poetry Foundation.

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  3. his collected poems are great
    john

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  4. I hear the echo every couple of years or so - i.e., about as often as I go to Aberdaron.

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  5. Pat, Prytherch and the rest. Brilliant poetic work.

    John, and also not to forget the 'Selected' which he selected himself.

    Dominic, Aberdaron's as far as you can go. Next stop South America.









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