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Ceri Wyn Jones is one of the few poets to ‘do the double’, winning the National Eisteddfod Chair in 1997 and then the Crown in 2009. A familiar face within poetry circles, his first collection of poems, Dauwynebog (two-faced), was short-listed for the Welsh Book of the Year in 2008, where he was described by the judges as “one of the best poets of his generation”. He has previously been Wales’ Children’s Poet Laureate of Wales, as well as adjudicator of the National Eisteddfod Chair competition, in 2006 and 2009. He is currently a Publishing Editor with Gomer Press and lives in Cardigan with his wife and three sons.
Announcing the appointment BBC Radio Cymru Editor, Sian Gwynedd said:
“I’m very pleased to announce that Y Talwrn’s new Meuryn is Ceri Wyn Jones. Talwrn is an important programme in the Radio Cymru schedule and Ceri is enthusiastic, eloquent and a master in the field of poetry. We’re confident that he’ll be a popular choice among series followers. He is highly regarded by his fellow poets and is bound to bring his own ideas and style to the programme.”
“Following in the footsteps of a national treasure is a challenge,” says Ceri Wyn about succeeding Gerallt Lloyd Owen. “But it’s a challenge that’s also a huge and exciting honour, an opportunity to nurture a new generation of poets and listeners, as well as ensuring that the current poets remain central to the success of the series.”
Ceri will record his first Talwrn as Meuryn on home turf, in Caffi’r Emlyn Cafe, Tanygroes, on Tuesday, January 10, which will be the first in a new series, broadcast on January 15.
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School children from five primary schools in the Wrexham area have explored the wildlife living on their doorstep; back in the classroom, they will re-capture their experiences through poetry, which they will present at this year's National Eisteddfod in Wrexham.
More than 100 pupils joined countryside officers from Wrexham County Borough Council to explore the natural wonders of Ponciau Banks Park in Rhosllanerchrugog, Nant Mill on the river Clywedog, and Ty Mawr Country Park in Cefn Mawr. At this time of year, the nature sites are bustling wildlife.
Read more: Young Poets Find Eisteddfod Inspiration At Wrexham Beauty Spot
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To mark Twitter's fifth birthday, an item on S4C's Wedi 7 programme on Monday 21st March, featured the creative use that a member of Bangor University staff makes of the popular social networking service.
Dr Llion Jones, Director of Canolfan Bedwyr, and a chaired poet, has adopted Twitter's contemporary platform in order to practice the ancient craft of 'cynghanedd' – a complex system of internal assonance, alliteration and rhyme.
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Selected poems from Flintshire Library and Information Service's Poetry Power competition will tour the county's libraries over the coming months, starting at Mold Library & Museum. The prize-giving ceremony for this year's poetry writing competition took place at Mold Library & Museum on Thursday 7th October. From 120 entries, twenty English and five Welsh poems were selected. The poems were chosen by poets Joy Winkler and Eurig Salisbury, who also gave readings of their own work. The shortlisted and winning poets read their work and were presented with certificates, with the top six poems earning their authors a cash prize.
Councillor Nigel Steele-Mortimer, Flintshire County Council Executive Member for Education and Youth, presented the prizes.
The winners were:
English:
1st 'The Heron' by Maureen Coppack
2nd 'An Area the Size of Wales' by Christine York
3rd 'Footpath' by Maureen Coppack
Cymraeg/Welsh:
1af/st 'Dirgelwch' gan Eluned Edwards
2il/nd 'Drysau' gan Eluned Edwards
3ydd/rd 'Y Darlun' gan Eirys Buckland-Evers
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As part of the Voice of Youth project, the poet Meirion MacIntyre Huws recently worked with children form Caernarfon's schools to create poetry. The poems prepared by pupils - from the schools Syr Hugh Owen, Hendre, Maesincla, Gelli, Santes Helen and Pendalar - were transformed into colourful posters and became works of art. The artists were Meirion Ginsberg, Siân Green, Huw Erddyn, Yvonne Tsang, Sevan Garo and Gethin Wavell.
Gwen Lasarus, Gwynedd Literature Promoter for Gwynedd, said: "I'm very pleased that the poems these children have written have been produced into attractive posters with delightful art work by young, local artists and will be displayed in the schools. The children will remember the experience for a long time."
The Voice of Youth project is a partnership between Gwynedd Council, Academi and Dafydd Hardy Art Gallery in Caernarfon.
One of the poems composed was "Cofi For Ever":
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Fifty five years after the publication of the first modern edition of Dafydd ap Gwilym's poems, Bangor University's links with the work of Wales' most prominent medieval poet continue.
In 1952 Sir Thomas Parry, then Professor of Welsh at Bangor, published 'Gwaith Dafydd ap Gwilym', which is considered an academic masterpiece. Recently published is a new edition of the poet's work, 'Cerddi Dafydd ap Gwilym', and Dr Sara Elin Roberts, a lecturer in the School of Law at Bangor, was a member of the team of scholars who prepared the volume.
Dafydd ap Gwilym is the most well known and most original of Wales' medieval poets and is considered by many to be Wales' greatest poet of any age. His main themes were love and nature and his poems convey intensely personal responses with a combination of playful humour and a depth of sensitivity. He was a poetic innovator who extended the boundaries of the Welsh language and the craft of strict metre poetry. In this volume the paraphrases in modern Welsh and the notes are an invaluable aid to help the reader appreciate the rich poetry of the original texts.
Read more: Bangor University and the poems of Dafydd ap Gwilym
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