Poetry Book Club - Dylan Thomas

Dylan Thomas (1914 - 1953) was a Welsh poet and writer, becoming famous in his lifetime and still to this day for his inventive and ingenious fluidity and use of words. He seems to have encouraged a view of himself as a "roistering, drunken and doomed poet".

"Do not go gentle into that good night,
Old age should burn and rave at close of day;
Rage, rage against the dying of the light."

So come and join a lively, interesting reading and discussion of his poetry in a chilled out, dinner-party-like setting. We always have a fun time of it :)

We'll be focusing on these following poems (all easily available online), but feel free to include and consider anything else by him you wish:

-Fern Hill
-Clown in the Moon
-And Death shall have no Dominion
-In My Craft or Sullen Art
-Do not go gentle into that good night
-Under Milk Wood

For Under Milk Wood, as it is a whole play, we'll just be reading the opening few pages together, and these you can find here:
http://oedipa.tripod.com/thomas.html

Some of his poems you can find here, along with a biography:
https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poets/dylan-thomas

Looking forward to meeting you there!