by Meilyr | Oct 3, 2024 | new publications
It was a pleasure (if bittersweet because of the ongoing war) to deliver the annual Waldo Williams lecture at Aberystwyth University last Friday. 120 years has passed since the birth of Waldo Williams, magnificent poet and pacifist. His work is as precious and...
by Meilyr | Sep 20, 2024 | new publications
This autumn, Theatr Genedlaethol Cymru will present a package of work to raise awareness of the current humanitarian crisis in Gaza and to forge new creative connections between young people in Wales and Palestine – with a new Welsh-language translation of the play My...
by Meilyr | Sep 18, 2024 | new publications
First published in a fortnightly column in the Western Mail, 12 September 2024. ‘Ti’n gwybod lot o eiriau a ti’n eu cofio nhw i gyd’ medd fy wyres un noson ar ôl gorfod dod i wrando arnaf yn darllen barddoniaeth yn rhywle. Wrth gwrs cofio geiriau yw rhagamod a hanfod...
by Meilyr | Sep 11, 2024 | new publications
‘The Rowan’ a poem for Ilhan Sami Comak, the Kurdish award winning poet who has been in prison in Turkey for 30 years....
by Meilyr | Aug 28, 2024 | new publications
First published in a fortnightly column in the Western Mail, 29 Awst 2024. Mae’n ddiwedd haf. Ac yn dechrau teimlo’n hydrefol eto. Ond i un cyfaill i mi, bardd o’r enw Ilhan Sami Comak, mae pob tymor yr un fath – achos bu yn y carchar yn Nhwrci am 30 mlynedd. Yn...
