Today in Welsh history... 29 March 1913, the poet R. S. Thomas was born in Cardiff and raised from the age of five in Holyhead, Anglesey.
Thomas was a poet and a priest who was noted for his national pride, spirituality and deep love of the nation of Wales. He was nominated for a Nobel Prize and awarded the Queen's Medal for Poetry. He is regarded as one of Wales's finest poets, with a career spanning fifty years. He was also a prolific campaigner on issues such as holiday homes, the Welsh language, and nuclear disarmament.
It seems wrong that out of this bird,
Black, bold, a suggestion of dark
Places about it, there yet should come
Such rich music, as though the notes'
Ore were changed to a rare metal
At one touch of that bright bill.
(From A Blackbird Singing)
