To a Young Poet (R S Thomas Poems)
For the first twenty years you are still growingBodily that is: as a poet, of course,You are not born yet. ...
R. S. Thomas Poems on Poetry (5 Poems)
Reservoirs (R S Thomas Poems)
There are places in Wales I don't go:Reservoirs that are the subconciousOf a people, troubled far downWith gravestones, chapels, villages ...
Praise (R S Thomas Poems)
I praise you becauseyou are artist and scientistin one. When I am somewhatfearful of your power,your ability to work miracleswith ...
Petition (R S Thomas Poems)
And I standing in the shadeHave seen it a thousand timesHappen: first theft, then murder;Rape; the rueful actsOf the blind ...
Poetry For Supper (R. S. Thomas Poems)
'Listen, now, verse should be as natural As the small tuber that feeds on muck And grows slowly from obtuse ...