Shortlisted for the Ted Hughes Award for New Work in Poetry 2017'Here at the turn of the leaf a horseman is ridingthrough the space between one world and another .
Shortlisted for the Ted Hughes Award for New Work in Poetry 2017'Here at the turn of the leaf a horseman is ridingthrough the space between one world ...
Delightful new versions of the great Welsh medieval poet's lyrics - intimate, urgent and timeless Dafydd ap Gwilym, the pre-eminent poet of Wales, explored love, desire and the natural world with startling frankness and virtuoso wit. In a sequence freely adapted from Dafydd's work, Matthew Francis brings him to life for the modern English-speaking reader: as he waits in the woods for his lover, ogles the girls in church or causes chaos during a midnight assignation. Plants, birds and animals are fondly invoked while weather and the elements - wind, waves, fog and ice - play their part....
Delightful new versions of the great Welsh medieval poet's lyrics - intimate, urgent and timeless Dafydd ap Gwilym, the pre-eminent poet of Wales, ex...
