This collection is edited by Damian Walford Davies and the foreword by Rowan Williams .

'Read attentively; these are poems coming from an almost shocking vulnerability; think about love overflowing in "the interval of our wounding", a hauntingly ambivalent phrase from what is in fact a beautifully affirming poem.' Rowan Williams

This revelatory collection dramatises the changing dynamics of a complex and vitally creative relationship. Poems on marriage, cohabitation, birthdays, anniversaries, family and bereavement offer a candid portrait of emotional intimacy, desire, the painful process of ageing, and of loss. Elsi is a complex presence here: the 'to' in the title signifies not only 'addressed to' but also 'about', 'with an eye on', 'to be overheard by', and even in one case 'from'.Born in Cardiff on the 29th March 1913, this year will mark the 100th birthday of R.S.Thomas. Thomas and Elsi were married in 1940 and remained together until her death in 1991. Their son, Gwydion, was born 29 August 1945.

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