I hear your bold blackbird, that slow singer,
alone at my desk yet walking with you
through your valleys and hills, that shining
stream bubbling notes of your music
your pure Welsh music…

—Sheila Templeton, “For R.S. Thomas”
published in A Little Touch of Cliff in the Evening: New Writing Scotland 30

The Welsh poet Ronald Stuart Thomas (1913–2000) was born #OTD, 29 March.

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‘Farming Peter’ - #RSThomas
(Laboratories of the Spirit, Macmillan)
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#Remembrance
‘For the Record’ - #RSThomas
(Pietà, Rupert Hart-Davis)

‘Self-portrait’ - #RSThomas
(Laboratories of the Spirit, Macmillan)
#Hunanbortread #SelfPortrait
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‘The Reception’ - #RSThomas
(Laboratories of the Spirit, Macmillan)
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‘Hallowe’en’ - #RSThomas
(No Truce with the Furies, @BloodaxeBooks)
#NosCalanGaeaf #Halloween 
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‘Welsh Summer’ - #RSThomas
(Laboratories of the Spirit, Macmillan)
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‘He is sometimes contrary’ #RSThomas
(What is a Welshman? - Christopher Davies Publishers, Llandybie)
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‘On a diet of warmed-up music’ - #RSThomas
(What is a Welshman? - Christopher Davies Publishers, Llandybie)
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‘Harvest End’ - #RSThomas
(Experimenting with an Amen, Macmillan)
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‘He has the vote’ - #RSThomas
(What is a Welshman? - Christopher Davies Publishers, Llandybie)
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‘He lives here’ - #RSThomas
(What is a Welshman? - Christopher Davies Publishers, Llandybie)
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‘Drive’ - #RSThomas
(Young and Old, Chatto & Windus)
#Gyrru #Drive
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‘The Bush’ - #RSThomas
(Later Poems, 1972–1982, Macmillan London)
#Llwyn #Bush
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‘The Seasons’ - #RSThomas
(Mass for Hard Times, @BloodaxeBooks)
#YrHydref #Autumn
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RS Thomas & ME Eldridge Society
AGM weekend 1st-3rd November
at Ellesmere College Shropshire.
Open to non-members & members
Special events include viewing Elsi’s Dance of Life panels, talk by Mike Parker, recordings
Society members can view free online
#RSThomas @mikeparkerwales

'You' - #RSThomas
(Young and Old, Chatto & Windus)
#Chi #You
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Bu farw RS Thomas #ArYDyddHwn 2000. Dyma deyrnged gan Gillian Clarke…
RS Thomas died #OnThisDay in 2000. Here's a tribute by Gillian Clarke…
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