"You can hear the dew falling, and the hushed town breathing. Only your eyes are unclosed, to see the black and folded town fast, and slow, asleep."The greatest Welsh poet (and one of the greatest in history) Dylan Thomas would have celebrated his 94th birthday today.
In an interesting piece of news apparently his childhood home 5 Cwmdonkin Drive in Swansea has been restored to how it would have looked on the day of the poet's birth, and is now open to the public as self-catering holiday accommodation.
Read more about the project
What better excuse on this cold damp Monday morning to share with you a couple of gems from the great man's work, the complete classic Under Milk Wood and one of my all-time favourite poems Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night, both read by Richard Burton.
Bliss.
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