I have been Merlin wandering in the woods Of a far country, where the winds waken Unnatural voices , my mind broken By a sudden acquaintance with man's rage.
R. S. ThomasSunlight 's a thing that needs a window Before it enter a dark room. Windows don't happen." So two old poets, Hunched at their beer in the low haze Of an inn parlour, while the talk ran Noisily by them, glib with prose.
R. S. ThomasI am a man now. Pass your hand over my brow. You can feel the place where the brains grow.
R. S. Thomassomewhere within sight of the tree of poetry that is eternity wearing the green leaves of time .
R. S. Thomas