S.L i R.S.
(Cyfarchiad dychmygol)
i
Let it be understood poets
Are dangerous: they undermine
The state: they thrust
Before congregations hymns
They would prefer not to hear.
Lyric terrorists disrupt
The best ordered families drive
Favourite sons abroad
In search of nameless ecstasies:
Incite wives and daughters to dance
Before the flickering images
Of unattainable desires...
Who knows what supernovae
Are detonated in
A universe of sleeping hearts?
ii
You arrived at an unexpected
Hour, emerged
From that Austin Seven
Like an ostrich stretching
His legs as he abandons
The mechanised egg
Eyes washed in primal light
Unused to blinking.
Integrity is a lyric gift
Not a virtue: be warmed for a lifetime
By the hammering of
Unfettered thought
On the anvil of your suffering.
iii
Plato should have consulted
Gwydion Ddewin before
.Sending your soul into exile.
Dar a dyf rhwng dau Iyn.
A poet can become a bird
So that intelligent pigs can feed
On the flesh as it drops
From the burning branches.
iv
Er gwaethaf neu oherwydd
Dy gathlau ysblennydd
leithwedd anorfod
Gorfoledd a chur
Yn dy galon y Gymraeg a orfu.
Dyna pam y saif cawr
Awenydd a'r oerwynt
Yn ymlid ei gydynnau gwyn
O fIaen Llys Barn yn erfyn
Ar y cenedlaethau achub
Ei cham: aderyn y gwyll
Yn ymarfer can y wawr.
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