Category: Bromyard to Anglesey

Dilynen adartiau gwyn y gwylain

‘We follow the restless seagulls’ white darts’ from ‘Glas, by Bryan Martin Davies

Cawsom wlad i’w chadw

‘We were given a country to keep’
from ‘Etifeddiaeth’ by Gerallt Lloyd Owen

Dyfal donc y dyr y garreg.

Welsh Proverb: Slow and steady wins the race.

Carreg a dreigla, ni fwsoga

Welsh proverb: ‘a rolling stone gathers no moss’

Heb ddwr, heb ddim

Welsh Proverb: ‘Water is everything’

Sight itself had grown a harsh membrane
Against glare and particles

Ted Hughes, ‘Rain Charm for the Duchy’

…the walker’s bones
Melt

Ted Hughes, ‘Heatwave’

A body that as the breeze touches it glows

Ted Hughes, ‘A Casualty’

You ate that first one and its flesh was sweet
Like thickened wine: summer’s blood was in it
Leaving stains upon the tongue and lust for
Picking.

Ted Hughes, ‘Blackberry-Picking’