Cerys Matthews - Matthew Francis and Deborah Bankole: Welsh Poetic Vision and Jazz Reimagined - BBC Sounds St David’s Day poetry with Matthew Francis and fresh jazz views with Deborah Bankole.

'Matthew Francis and Deborah Bankole: Welsh Poetic Vision and Jazz Reimagined' with Cerys Matthews.
#poetry
#WelshPoetry
On #BBCSounds 📻

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Photo of writing in a book and pen tip; "This is common in early Welsh poetry: e.g., two of the twelve poems of Canu Taliesin repeat this line opening." - from The Gododdin of Aneirin: Text and Context from Dark-Age North Britain by John Thomas Koch (1997) #wales #welsh #poetry #welshpoetry #taliesin #canutaliesin

"This is common in early Welsh poetry: e.g., two of the twelve poems of Canu Taliesin repeat this line opening."
- from The Gododdin of Aneirin: Text and Context from Dark-Age North Britain
by John Thomas Koch (1997)

#wales #welsh #poetry #welshpoetry #taliesin #canutaliesin

A temperate valley. Text overlayed on photo reads: concreted over cemetery, only eight bodies exhumed, Title reads: Watermarked. Bottom text reads: Elizabeth Wilson Davies (C)

Elizabeth Wilson Davies' 'Watermarked' reflects on the legacy of national resistance and protest in response, specifically the violence of forgetting.

Read it here: inksweatandtears.co.uk/elizabeth-wi... ‎

#WelshPoetry #InkSweatandTears #FeaturedPoem

Right, as you know, I’m obsessed with the #poet RS Thomas. For this week’s theme on TopTweetTuesday on Twitter ‘Great poets’, here’s ‘I had a Vision of R.S. Thomas’.

‘Bastard rain!’ Indeed. 🌧️ 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

Let’s get this week going.

#RSThomas #Welshpoetry #writing #God #seascape

Black & White photograph of top of hedgerow with isolated straight thin Hazel branches with a few remaining leaves

"The music ceased, the obnoxious wind
And frost of autumn picked the leaves
One by one from the gaunt boughs..."
The Tree @rsthomaspoet.bsky.social

#Wales #weather #StormBram #RSThomas #Anglesey #YnysMôn #poetry #Welshpoetry

Lighthouse | Poetry / Translation: Menna Elfyn’s Parch & more

Glad to share here the livestream of the event I recently took part in at Lighthouse Books.

lighthousebookshop.com/events/poetr...

#Gaelic #Gàidhlig #Cymraeg #Welsh #Poetry #ScotLit #ScottishPoetry #WelshPoetry #LighthouseBooks

@lighthousebks.bsky.social
@leamington.bsky.social

A book advert reading Punk Dust Poetry, Black Skies Die Starless, Jamie Woods. The main text reads: "“With Black Skies Die Starless, Jamie Woods spits in the face of nostalgia porn with a collection of direct and sincere poetry set against the backdrop of 1990s South London and South Wales. While this is poetry that tackles loss, loneliness, and the death rattle of small-town industry, salvation can be found shrieking in the battered cassettes of American musical angst, offering a gleam of light through the pitch-black valleys and suburban boredom of Woods’ youth. Hopeful poetry of a hopeless time.” — Dean Rhetoric"

"Hopeful poetry of a hopeless time"... Thanks Dean Rhetoric for truly getting to the heart of BLACK SKIES DIE STARLESS.
It's out tomorrow, all Punk Dust & Jamie's £ to charity.
Buy from our website punkdustpoetry.sumupstore.com or ask your fave bookshop

#WelshPoetry
#GenXPoetry
#The90s
#poetry

Thursday at the Elysium on Swansea High St, Jamie Woods will be reading from his new book BLACK SKIES DIE STARLESS.
Jamie should be reading from around 7.30, followed by an open mic, with book/badges/zines available to buy.
Book info: bit.ly/4k6hGWO
#welshpoetry
#punkpoetry

It's an advert for a book. On the left is a quote. It says "Ominous with small-town despair, Jamie Woods' Black Skies Die Starless is a stylish coming of age take, set in the 1990s. Punky and unfettered. Intense and cinematic. So evocative, a reader might glimpse themselves in the passenger seat of the next car at the red lights; spliff in hand, head back, blocking out the best years of their lives. Tracey Rhys"On the right are stylised words - Punk Dust Poetry, Black Skies Die Starless, Jamie Woods, 1st July 2025, punkdust.com and all good bookshops. In the background is a photo of a young man looking naive and lost.

Thank you @traceyrhys.bsky.social for your kind words.

BLACK SKIES DIE STARLESS comes out in 10 days.
Pre-order from PunkDust.com or ask your local bookshop.
@jamiewoods77.bsky.social is reading at Elysium Swansea on June 26th, more dates tba.
#NewPoetry
#WelshPoetry
#BlackSkiesDieStarless

Looking forward to bringing the noise (poetry) at Elysium Swansea on Thursday 26th June. It's free entry. I'm on at 7.30 followed by an open mic and selling copies of my new book, hopefully.
#WelshPoetry
#poetry
#BlackSkiesDieStarless

A badge reading "punk dust poetry". A sheet of paper with the following groups of text: "six channels of numb saturation", "faster faster paparazzi cars kill! Kill! Kill!", and "no dignity live broadcasting in the rain".

FASTER FASTER PAPARAZZI CARS KILL! KILL! KILL!
paperback / ebook / zone / badges
Coming soon from @punkdustpoetry.bsky.social
#WelshPoetry
#NewPoetry
#BlackSkiesDieStarless
#IHateThe1990s

A badge reads 'Punk Dust Poetry'. A stack of papers - the top one reads "no more passion, no more hate, a dull run-through, laboured, stretched, emotionless, no movement, nothing left'.

NO MORE PASSION NO MORE HATE
Paperback / ebook / zine / badges
Coming very soon from @punkdustpoetry.bsky.social
#BlackSkiesDieStarless
#iHateThe1990s
#NostalgiaMustDie
#WelshPoetry
#NewPoetry

Image of a pin badge that says Punk Dust Poetry. There is a small stack of papers, the top one reads "you said that every great love song could be about heroin, I said that every great drug song could be about you".

EVERY GREAT LOVE SONG COULD BE ABOUT HEROIN
Paperback / ebook / handmade zine / pin badges
Coming very soon with @punkdustpoetry.bsky.social
#WelshPoetry
#iHateThe1990s
#BlackSkiesDieStarless
#NostalgiaMustDie
#NewPoetry

Latest up from Spoken Label (Spoken Word / Poetry Podcast) is Bethany Handley.

Full details of where to stream etc:
onewriterandhispc.blogspot.com/2025/04/beth...

#spokenword #poetry #wales #welshpoetry #walespoetry #ukpoetry #podcast #poetrypodcast #spokenwordpodcast

Broken Asides with Mari Ellis Dunning - The Broken Spine When did you first feel like a writer?

Mari Ellis Dunning speaks about the role of Welsh identity and myth in her evocative poetry.

📖 Explore her insights:
thebrokenspine.co.uk...

#WelshPoetry #PoetryOfPlace

Happy #WorldBookDay to all who celebrate but especially to Bethany Handley and her new poetry pamphlet Cling Film which is a brilliant and vivid insight into ableism and becoming a wheelchair user. Beth is 'One to Watch' right now - get it from Seren Books.
#disablitypoetry
#welshpoetry

#31DaysofHaunting #LiteratureSky #PoetrySky #WelshSky #CelticSky #Literature #Poetry #Wales #WelshLiterature #WelshPoetry #Celtic #CelticLiterature #CelticPoetry #DylanThomas

More information and booking details to follow!
Lovely to see our friends at Victoria Bookshop and delighted with our purchases @jessicajlee.bsky.social
#JackieMorris

#MaryMidgley #PhilosophyInTheWild #WelshAuthors #WelshPoetry
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