Gwales (from a sequence)

[Heron]

BRAN

"dyuot tri aderyn, a dechreu canu udunt ryw gerd"

Seven years they feasted on birdsong
At at the end of the seventh
Took the head to Gwales.

Sweet voices of Rhiannon
In chants of forgetfulness
For eighty years of the world's time.

Heilyn opened the door
To end the song;
He had no choice
But to choose sorrow.

The raven croak
Brought back the black
Head to them.
They took it to the White Hill
The world moved on.

[Blackbird]

Love it! I love 'feasted on birdsong' and the last stanza particularly. Beautiful wordcraft

[Heron]

Diolch Blackbird

The other poems in the sequences are at;

members.lycos.co.uk/gjbryn/

on the page listed as 'Welsh History' in the index

Bendithion

Greg