With the on-going angst following Wales' exit from the rugby world cup, and my recent flirtation with the poetry of that curmudgeonly R.S.Thomas, I would like to post a link to another of his creations. This time a poem entitled 'Welsh Landscape' in which the lines 'There is no present in Wales, No future, Only the past brittle with relics' are read by 'RS' himself.
The sentiments of this poem match the despair of those that hoped for victory against France. However, the powerful words of this most gifted anglo-welsh poet should not be used by Welsh people today. The future must not be that which 'RS' predicted with such beautiful but melancholy tones. Rugby, after all, is only a game.
Listen to the priceless words of R.S.Thomas: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jb8mK3Ccsl0
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