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"Dave Lewis is a unique voice in the poetry world. His new collection is filled with a range of vivid, often quirky, word pictures. He is adept at making every word count. Despite its brevity, the haiku is anything but an easy option at its best, this short and fairly formal poem should make the reader look anew at an everyday event. This Dave does to perfection, for example, "Chain gangs of electricity/on the green mountain/armies marching". His haiku dont always conform to the traditional 5,7,5 syllable format he goes his own original way, as in a favourite of mine, "Consultants waiting room/the plant in the window/dead". Who else would have the temerity to finish on that single-beat word, dead? His thought-provoking images have some surprising last lines that take your breath away and will remain with the reader for a long time." - Moira Andrew
"Unconventional, unapologetic, unpretentious! Dave Lewis' Haiku gives us an interesting taste of outside-the-box thinking and reminds us that while we breathe, we can embrace change, bend the rules and though we walk the same path as many others before us, we can make our own tracks." - Jolen Whitworth
Dave is from Pontypridd, has published five previous books and also runs the international Welsh Poetry Competition.
To buy a copy just visit Daves web site, or go to Amazon, Waterstones or other good booksellers.
Authors web site www.david-lewis.co.uk
Estynodd ei law ataf
Offrymais yn araf heb chwildroi
Heb gymlethdod y groth.
Estynodd ei law eto
Ac estyn yn dawel nid gyda bloedd y tarw
Na thwrw sws gwefus mewyn gwyn.
Estynodd ei law unwaith eto
Archwilio'n dyner nid rhuthro mlaen
Na thyhmestlog droi o ferw'r ewyn llwyd
Ac fe lawenhaodd mor rhwygiedig.
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Portland Poet,David Cooke Returns To Defend His Title - West Coast Eisteddfod 2012
By Ceri Shaw, 2012-06-30
Portland poet David Cooke , the winner of the 2010 West Coast Eisteddfod Live Poetry Competition will be returning to defend his title this year. Think you can beat him? Come and 'ave a go if you think you're 'ard enough
About David
"DAVID COOKE writes his poems in Portland, Oregon. His debut poem Edges won the Ruth Stone Poetry Prize and was nominated for a 2010 Pushcart Prize. His poem Meat Puppet won second in theWinning Writers War Poetry Contest. Most recently his work appeared in Toe Good Journal of Poetry . Additional work appears in Flatmancrooked , Hunger Mountain , A River & Sound Review , Heavy Hands Ink , Neglected Ratio and in performances at the Blackbird Wine Shop , Show and Tell Gallery , Stonehenge Studio , and KBOOs Talking Earth . Find him on Facebook at David Cooke or Poetry Box . He is also known as The Lawn Guy throughout Portland and Lake Oswego for his lawn maintenance business. Much of his current work is included in his forthcoming chapbook, Discretion."..more HERE
West Coast Eisteddfod 2012 Live Poetry, Storytelling and Comedy Competitions
The 2012 West Coast Eisteddfod will be held at the Multnomah Arts Center in Portland on Saturday October 13th between 5 and 11pm. More details of the program can be found HERE Meanwhile anyone interested in the Story-telling, Poetry or Comedy competitions should contact americymru@gmail.com for more details asap. At the moment the WCE is planned as a one day event with satellite events at other locations but this may change as our plans evolve. Keep checking back for further details.
Official Event Poster by Peter Lewis of Wales Ireland Design
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New bilingual performance Iechyd Daby Heddus Wyn Blackwell
8,000 raised after Seren Nadolig Rhos - cast hope to raise more, Oh yes they Do!
DATE: July 13th and 14th 2012
LOCATION: Theatr Stiwt, Rhosllanerchrugog, Wrexham
Rhos Theatre Company are going from strength to strength since being established after the resounding success of the S4C television programme Seren Nadolig Rhosin 2011. Members of the colourful community pantomime that was broadcasted over Christmas 2011 on S4C decided to continue performing, therefore Rhos Theatre Company was founded.
The company is pleased to announce their first performance since the television appearance, Iechyd Daby Heddus Wyn Blackwell, will be staged Friday and Saturday evening 13th and 14th of July at Theatr Stiwt, Rhosllanerchrugog.
Iechyd Da is a bilingual Comedy drama written by Heddus Wyn Blackwell. She is also one of the Directors along with Mel Drake and Dylan Glyn Williams.
Heddus said, This is a drama about Aled (Arwel Tanant Jarvis), a high school teacher and bachelor who believes hes met the perfect woman when Elen (Julie Jones) accepts a teaching job at his school. In order to catch her eye, he tries to live a healthier lifestyle with encouragement from his daughter Ceri (Iola Wright), and Bethan, his new friend (Llinos Ann Roberts). Will he successfully give up smoking? Will he enjoy the Zumba classes? Will he win Elens heart? Will his friend, James (Shaun Edwards) and Mali the dog cooperate with his plans? Come and see the performance for the answers!.
Stifyn Parry said, The initial idea of inviting S4C to film Seren Nadolig Rhos in the Stiwt was to resurrect the theatre company where I started my career. It has been encouraging to see the communitys perseverance in ensuring the future of the Drama Company. Every penny raised from ticket sales will go back to maintain the Stiwt as a center for the whole community. Our Christmas pantomime raised over eight thousand pounds which has been invested in resources for the Stiwt, and it is obvious that the good work will continue. Im looking forward to see the performance and to return to join in the fun!
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Last nightIdreamed I was at Harry Secombe's funeral. The next minute I was cheering on the England rugby team. That was the momentIknewit was definitely a dream.
You'd hardly know that there'd been a recent Wales rugby tour if you only read my blog .
The trouble is that the games (in Australia) haven't been live on television, at least not live as it happens. They're done live but 12 hours later and it's incredibly difficult to pass 12 hours without hearing the score. It becomes almost an obsession to not listen to the radio, not look at newspapers and, hardest of all, not go on Facebook.
The fact thatWaleslost all three test matches has nothing to do with my lack of blogging about it. (Okay, if they'd beaten Australia on Australian soil,Imight just have mentioned it. Once or twice.) As it was, Wales missed the best opportunities they've had in years to beatAustralia, apparently it seems, mainly through indiscipline. Thesecondgame was lost on the last kick of the 80 minutes and the final game lost in the last 5.
In all it's been a disappointing summer of rugby tours for the home nations. The best England could do was one draw with South Africa but nevertheless they've moved up the Rugby Nations Top Ten to 4th place whileWales, the current holders of the Six Nations championship title, has moved down to 6th.
Deprived thus of the opportunity to watch beefy men charging about the pitchIwas obliged to sit through the football of the England versus Italy quarter final onSundayevening.
It's been a long time since I watched a football match and most of the ones I have seen involved my sons as players while in junior school - and, frankly, they were more entertaining than Sunday's offering - if only because they involved shouting loudly and incessantly and occasionally stopping passing dogs poo-ing on the pitch.
I had forgotten just how boring football is. There's none of the action and interaction of rugby: in that even when no-one's close to scoring it can still be exciting. Sunday's game was just yawn-inducing. And this was during the Euro championships so presumably the best players the countries have to offer.
And they weren't even good-looking.
I'm wanting to learn the Welsh language and was wondering what the best way to learn it would be as there's obviously not very many welsh speakers in the US. Are there any Americans that have learned the language on their own?
Right need help tracing my line of family from Captain John Smith to sort out papers to get my Passport back to get home please any help would be brilliant!!!He is my great Great Great Great Granddad according to family I have left and was founded to be so ages ago have lost all my stuff and need help to present day with me to get sorted properly please and diolch yn fawr xxx
But it's partly due to the rain that we have such a beautiful country.
