Tag Archives: Dylan Thomas

Fighting Poetry #poem #poetry

Posted on Jun 11, 2018 by TanGental

Once again I’ve taken a famous first line, spun out a sonnet and come up with this Do not go gentle into that good night, Said his gut, after the tall tattooed prat Began to give him a load of … Continue reading →

Posted in poems, poetry | Tagged Dylan Thomas, poem, poetry, Sonnet | 5 Comments

F is for Fern Hill

Posted on Apr 7, 2015 by TanGental

Now as I was young and easy under the apple boughs About the lilting house and happy as the grass was green… I’m no longer young and easy, certainly not after a day on pond reconstruction (as to which more … Continue reading →

Posted in A to Z blogging challenge, miscellany, poems, poetry | Tagged A to Z blogging challenge, Andrew Young, Dylan Thomas, Norman Nicholson, poem, poetry | 13 Comments

Sonnet Saturday (5)

Posted on Jun 28, 2014 by TanGental

This Saturday I thought we would look at some aspects of nature through the eyes of one of the great sonneteeers and a young man who never had the chance to fulfil his potential. As I have said before, one … Continue reading →

Posted in miscellany, poetry, sonnets, writing | Tagged Dylan Thomas, Gerald Manley Hopkins, God's Grandeur, High Flight, James Lovelock; Gaia Theory, John Gillespie Magee, poetry, sonnets, The Windhover | 9 Comments

Bone tired (but happy)

Posted on Jun 13, 2014 by TanGental

June 11, 2014 prompt: In 99 words (no more, no less) write a story about exhaustion. Who is tired and why. This week’s prompt from Charli Mills at the Carrot Ranch contained a surprise treat – like a Kinder chocolate … Continue reading →