Forward Single Poem 2023 (Highly Commended)

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“Lyrical Invention” (prompted by Welsh language trolling on Twitter) was Highly commended in this year’s Forward Competiton It was originally published by Planet : The Welsh Internationalist and shepherded by the supportive editorship  of Emily Trahair. Dwi’n ddiolchgar ofnadwy i Emily a’i chefnogaeth cynnar. Rhaid cefnogi cylchgronau bach – weithie yr unig le ceir dadynsoddiadau   gwir annibynnol. Emily showed such support when it was needed at the early stages of making a book- Planet needs support as do all our small journals  and magazines. There we find true independent reflection and analytic enquiry. Precious — werth y byd.  Having Planet’s early support really helped me secure the volume REPUBLIC from seren. Diolch. x  … Read More →

Cyfweliad Golwg am y Weriniaeth/ Interview in Golwg (REPUBLIC)

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    Y bardd gafodd ei sbarduno gan y Sîn Roc Gymraeg “Roedd e’n creu ymwybyddiaeth bod sawl math o Gymreictod, a bod dim rhaid i chi fod yn hollol bur, bod dim rhaid i chi fod yn berchen ar garafán” NON TUDUR.       Linc GOLWG fyma- here

New volume and launch on 17th March in Goldstone Books Carmarthen 6-7:30pm

  Republic Nerys Williams   here  9781781726969 •  Poetry • Paperback • £9.99 “Republic is the explosive new poetry collection from Nerys Williams. In it she opens a window on life in rural west Wales during the 1980s and 90s when arts and culture boomed. English and Welsh-language post-punk bands, politics, feminism and family life are thrown together on the page as she questions what constitutes a republic?”   Praise for Republic “Nerys Williams has written a ‘gold rush’ of a book, at times explosive and at other times meditative and soulful. Her vignettes, richly poetic, zing and thrill, delight and haunt. You will want to slow down your reading… Read More →

Memoir of a virtual community in the 1980s (or, being a young woman into Welsh language music)

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ORIGINALLY PUBLISHED IN WELSH  IN  O’R PEDWAR GWYNT FOR WELSH MUSIC DAY (FEB 9TH 2018) WITH MANY  THANKS TO EDITOR (s)  SIONED PUW ROWLANDS AND ANGHARAD PENRHYN JONES (and all bands concerned).   Writing in the sixties, American poet Frank O’Hara playfully encouraged the ‘Mothers of America’ to send their kids to the movies. He reasoned that doing so meant they would not get stuck in their room ‘hating you prematurely since you won’t have done anything horribly mean yet’ (Ave Maria) . If O’Hara had lived to see the 1980s, and been Welsh speaking, these lines might have been updated to: ‘Mamau Cymru plis gadewch i’ch merched fynd i gigs Cymdeithas… Read More →