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the old north still alive as a memory even in the fourteenth century

The Old North, still alive as memory even in the fourteenth century I have been redirected recently to return to the poetry of Ap Gwilym, the Welsh poet that stands within a European context as much as in a Cymric one. (I am thinking of the work of Chotzen). My reference is to the first few poems of Dafydd Ap Gwilym of the collection “Gwaith Dafydd ap Gwilym” by Thomas Parry. This places the poet in the traditional fabric of the concerns of 12th and 13th century bardic verse. Among these poems… Continue

Added by iain williams on September 5, 2009 at 10:18am — No Comments

notes on old welsh poetry of taliesin part of a work in progress

Who was Taliesin? Two Taliesins emerge within the corpus of modern scholarship. These need to be distinguished carefully. There is the Taliesin who as a figure appears in the medieval welsh tale Chwedl Taliesin, a shapeshifter that Taliesin . But it is the poet who is a professional poet that i am referring to, he who praised his patron, Urien, so prodigiuosly. He lived in the sixthe century and is believed to have originated in Powys.His sphere of operation is quite vast but it is a moot que… Continue

Added by iain williams on September 3, 2009 at 12:00pm — No Comments

Dic Jones is dead-obituary from The Independant

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Added by iain williams on August 25, 2009 at 10:16am — 1 Comment

A Cautionary Tale

A Cautionary Tale The young man hesitated before taking the challenge that Gwyn had offered. The sound of the flute had been moving and spoke of something that touched him but something he could not give full name to. Gwyn sat on his mound, his green silks about him, making his rock a special place. - Here the veil is torn and one can hear such music for ever… he said The young man stepped into the mist and he danced, oh how he danced, until he felt dizzy with the sound. And they feasted; wi… Continue

Added by iain williams on August 10, 2009 at 1:24pm — No Comments

tears and joy-rereading Pantycelyn

Pantycelyn was one of the main players in the Welsh Methodist movement. A hymn writer….but that is history. His words ring in my head, a solid reminder, a nod towards recollection to one who lives in a Post Christian world, as I do. I do not know if the poetry inspired the music of the hymns or whether it is the other way round. I only know that through redirection to them I seem to have a recollection of a more personal Christ. About joy Williams is emphatic….it will come with the attainment of… Continue

Added by iain williams on July 29, 2009 at 5:30am — 2 Comments

The Pain of Love-adaptation and abridgment of a short story by Kate Roberts

The Pain of Love Adaptation and abridgment by Iain Williams from “Poen wrth garu” by Kate Roberts Mair slipped down like a feather on to the pavement, not feeling her feet under it. She had had her first kiss ever from a boy and the thrill of that kiss remained. She had walked out with Glyn before and that evening had been the preamble when she listened with interest and in pity –her love had already begun- as he told her of his home that was dirty and untidy. She admired the lad who struggled… Continue

Added by iain williams on July 12, 2009 at 11:30am — No Comments

Kisses in the Rain

Kisses in the rain Some thoughts on “Welsh love”, its expression in writing and song. The man who feels love cannot always express it. I am looking at a few things that have stirred the Cymric imagination and these come from Welshmen who were able to express what they felt. There is a device used in medieval Welsh poetry that is called the llatai. Here a messenger symbol is used to relay love from one person to another through imagination. These symbols may be taken from the natural world and in… Continue

Added by iain williams on July 8, 2009 at 11:00am — No Comments

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