R.S. Thomas
Welsh poet and clergyman whose spare, austere verse explores the Welsh landscape, rural Welsh life, and the silence of God. He is considered the greatest Welsh-language English poet of the twentieth century.
Works
- Song at the Year's TurningPoetry meditating on Wales, landscape, and spiritual renewal
- PietàPoems exploring religious experience and compassion for the vulnerable
- H'mSparse contemplative verse interrogating faith, language, and human suffering
- Laboratories of the SpiritDeeply introspective poems on the nature of faith and spiritual seeking
- Collected PoemsComprehensive retrospective of a contemplative Welsh poet's career