Short Welsh Poems

Mae hi yn yr un
hi yn yr un i caru
hi yn unig un...

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Rhiannon gives birth.
Dark flees at point of roughness. 
Light grows strong again....

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rich voices sing out

       from  chapels each Sunday;

       welsh valleys resonate...

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According to traditions
Celtic and Welsh ideas
Masks to cover the living
To hide from the dead

Russell Sivey...

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Italian risotto
A welsh rarebit
Californian salad
with Hoolandaise sauce
Mandarin gateaux
with Swedish
Toast!...

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Welsh poet Henry Vaughan
the metaphysical was his form
He saw ' Eternity one night'
bringing him back into the light...

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Scottish Arbroath smokies
Slow cooked Irish stew
Cornish pastie in gravy
A Welsh rarebit
Cerphilly cheese scones
Drambuie
Aye!...

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Reach for memories of England,
Reach for the stars over Scotland,
Reach for the top of Welsh mountains,
Reach for that,
That memory....

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I guess we missed chapel again
But rugby is never a sin!
We pray for the ball
If that don't beat all
We pray our opponents won't win!...

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Vegetables now ready
Peeled and so fresh
It's potato and Welsh leek
Mm, stepping stone soup
Delicious in taste
Expressive
Wow!...

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A pub that's typically Welsh
Has music the English can't squelch
Hymns and arias rule
But, like any gene pool,
The loudest is always a belch!...

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Welshcakes

Stolen straight from the bakestone*
Was a taster we all proclaimed

* cast iron griddle

Penned 5 November 2015...

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A Welshman with a little wick
Stood accused of hiding a stick
It caused Nuns to faint
They made him a Saint
And the faithful queued to pat Rick...

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A Welsh Girl who loved Rock 'N Roll
Had little or no self-control
She flew off to France
Where she split her pants
Astraddle Le Grand Merhin Dol...

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A Welsh corgi in Kalamazoo
has a whole lot of explaining to do
With no beef or potatoes
or leeks or tomatoes
there’s nothing much left in the stew!...

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On Sundays, Welsh wives go to chapel
Each one of them ready to grappel
Not for an hymn book
Nor Minister's look
They just want a bite of Eve's apple!...

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Roast Welsh mutton from Brecon
a Yorkshire pudding
A Melton Mowbray pork pie
Wensleydale cheese straws
Bakewell Tart and cream
Draught Bitter
Beer !...

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A
world
of white,
fair,happy
holy,blessed,light


Qwynfd the Welsh for paradise-ie white world from the word Gwyn -white,fair,happy,holy and 
blessed....

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A pretty Welsh girl in Caerphilly
Was invited to play ball with Willie
One kick to his ball
Caused Willie to fall
So she thought the game was quite silly!...

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There is a young girl known as Sass
Who is a bonny wee lass
No Scottish blood though 
She is Welsh that we know
That bonny wee lassy known as Sassy
© 30/12/2012...

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Thou Awen shines forth,
All three rays of vibrant gold,
Wisdom upon them.
             /|\

(Awen is a Welsh, Cornish, and Breton word for (poetic) inspiration)...

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Listen to My voice
Listen to the word,
      love's a choice
and by grace,is heard


After the fquatrain form 5/5/3/5 abab by George Herbert the Anglo Welsh poet...

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Welsh poet Dylan Thomas
His imagery and writing skills showed promise.
His readings in the U.S.A brought him more fame.
Those who study poetry should know well his name....

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warm human story
Welsh coal-mining family-
beat Citizen Kane






Copyright © 2018 by Mark Toney. All rights reserved. 
First published 2018 in Hollywood Haiku via wattpad.com...

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Ingenious,humerous and proud
Born to write words to be read aloud;
'I saw eternity the other night..
like a great ring of pure & endless light'
Line ever remembered upon first sight.

Tribute to this Welsh master poet...

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