Brythonic bards rolled sing-song tales around
an archaic tongue. Grandiloquent.
Sleek syllables, a petal perfect sweep
still keeping the faith with consonant
No wonder then, in voice and verse, is Welsh
so well regarded. Such measured tones!
What melody! And poetry so
soul-filled still, to rattle Druid bones
- title taken from R.S. Thomas’ “Perspectives”. Slate being almost synonymous with Wales
- Brythonic – from Brython meaning Ancient Britons as opposed to an Anglo-Saxon or Gael
- Druids – the learned class of ancient Celts. Ancient verse was amongst their studies
For Merril’s Poetics prompt, we are writing a Toddaid – a Welsh quatrain form of poetry with 1 end rhyme and 2 internal syllabic rhymes
PoetryPix 