Amy Wack - Böcker

Poems from Cardiff is part of a new series of pamphlets from Seren, to celebrate the various regions of Wales. The focus of this number is the lively, fast-growing capital city and is packed with diverse voices and views, from Gillian Clarke’s ‘The City’ where the “the sea wrestles the Severn” to Ivor Thomas’s ‘I Loved her a Lot in Splott’.

The glories of the Pembrokeshire national park are celebrated in this artfully designed booklet from Seren, part of their regional pamphlet series. Poems from Pembrokeshire features both classic poems by authors like Waldo Williams and R.S. Thomas as well as vibrant work from living poets like Tony Curtis, Gillian Clarke and Matthew Francis.

Seren Poetry Editor Amy Wack has compiled this succinct regional pamphlet: Poems from the Welsh Borders. Readers will find familiar names like Owen Sheers and Nicholas Murray, as well as new voices like Rhiannon Hooson and Jonathan Edwards. The poems celebrate the spirit of this richly storied, geographically stunning region.

A rich and varied wildlife takes centre stage in Poems from Snowdonia part of Seren’s new regional pamphlet series celebrating Wales. Edited by Amy Wack, the poets include both familiar names: Gillian Clarke, Paul Henry, Carol Rumens and new voices like Nicky Arscot, Joe Dunthorne and Zillah Bowes.

Celebrating the current resurgence of poetry by writers under 45 in Wales, Oxygen is a snapshot of recently established and exciting new talent writing in both the languages of Wales. Urban and rural, ironic and earnest, lyrical and lively, the poetry reveals there is plenty to get excited about. It may not be Cool Cymru but poetry is definitely edging towards the new rock and roll in Welsh writing. Contributors include Gwyneth Lewis, Oliver Reynolds, Paul Henry, Sarah Corbett, Kate Bingham, Owen Sheers, Frances Williams, Catherine Fisher, Don Rodgers and others in English, and Gwyneth Lewis (again!), Ifor ap Glyn, Twm Morys, Elin ap Hywel, Meirion McIntyre Huws, Elin Llwyd Morgan and others in Welsh. Thirty new poets in all, ready to roll over Offa's Dyke.