A Double Helping of Dylan Thomas

I share two great poems of Dylan Thomas and show how I think they are related.
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[@neotropos]

I have just discovered this channel today - what a find... love poetry, Dylan Thomas, Tolkien pipes, whisky and beer!

[@The_Dong_With_TheLuminous_Nose]

Dylan Thomas wrote ‘The Green Fuse’ when he was just 19. I can’t even imagine having such powers of introspection and foresight at that age. Just wonderful.

[@drdavidsands]

My theory of how he was so gifted at such a young age is based on Dylan Thomas young mind was ‘fused’ by synaesthesia and high functioning autism as his most magnificent poetry was already in written by 18/19 years of age [Dr David Sands - Dylan Thomas Made Genius

[@MrResearcher122]

@@drdavidsands But his father's library and love of literature, and his Welshness or Celticness could make word plotting quite natural as ploughing rich fields.

[@MyLongevityExperiment]

My second favourite beer and my second favourite Dylan Thomas poem, many thanks Malcolm.

[@MrResearcher122]

My favourite poet along with his countryman, R.S. Thomas. For me, Dylan was more of a spiritual anarchist, but his poetry is theistic in its celebration life and mourning of death. In Quranic terms, he has that Cosmic Quran that sacralizes the Universe. R.S. Thomas, the clergy man, has a sceptic's view of God. His God has left, or absconded; and left man, on bare hills, in his beloved Wales.

[@hermesnoelthefourthway]

Synchronicity, or what?!!! I just drank a bottle of Ruby hobgoblin, the wychery brewery, twenty minutes before this popped up on my screen. How incredibly bizarre. Unbelievable. Malcolm, "rage, rage against the dying of the pipe!". I once visited and stayed in Lamorna cove in Cornwall, only to discover Thomas had a caravan there in the woods for quite awhile. Beautiful place, beloved Kernow. That magical ley line that runs thru it. I'm currently working on a collection of sonnets.. A Paper Pygmalion. Wrote about fifty, just stuff 'em in drawers and forget about them. Although I do perform' em every now and again. Thank you for your superb channel. Very much needed in this day and age of simpering barbarism. Cheers, Noel 🌹 ps, I think Romans is talking about the development of astral body, which is obviously immortal. Paul goes on to say in Corinthians... "I once knew a man who entered the third heaven, whether in the body or out of it, I know not, although God does. Love that verse.

[@WeKnowPipeSmoker]

This was super as usual. I can’t wait to be invited up the stairs again!

[@andrewdally3638]

Splendid. Thank you

[@MalcolmGuitespell]

Glad you enjoyed it

[@postscript67]

I've not read much Dylan Thomas but I should, seeing as I share a birthday with him (53 years after his, and that now 53 years ago). I therefore rather like "Poem in October", even if I don't completely understand it. I like to just wallow in his eloquence. I heard a recording of a radio broadcast of his, in which he said a Welsh woman he met, a barmaid I think, said after he had said something: "Ooh, there's WORDS!"

[@marclayne9261]

I just found your wonderful channel today..we have similar interests in books....i was born in 1955....I love Dylan Thomas....

[@huwzebediahthomas9193]

06:18 ~ GEORGE! sit down, get down, close jaws, daddy is speaking Dylan... Carry on sir....

[@KateKing217]

👋🏽🔥🙏🏾♥️🇨🇦☦️ Lovely to see you

[@huwzebediahthomas9193]

Thank you, Vicar Father Christmas. x

[@drdavidsands]

Great discussion - The heads of characters hammer through daises is a part of my favourite poem of the two you connect so fluently. Your video resonates on several levels. We’ve had our books in stacks for over three months during home renovations and looking forward to re-discovering as we relocate them back onto bookshelves. My collection includes around 70-80 Dylan Thomas related books!

[@huwzebediahthomas9193]

Hi you. 🤪

[@MalcolmGuitespell]

Thanks for sharing!

[@nagolhayze9366]

Pint Pipe Poetry ... what a brilliant equality Ps. Dylan Thomas was left in Glenlough in County Donegal once by Geoffrey Grigson it was 1935 ... solo, for the purpose of recovery. He stayed in the same cottage as the American painter Rockwell Kent, who was there eight years before ...

[@joemazmo7981]

Ooh, are those harps on the amp? I definitely see a Special 20 box. If so, Mr Guite has risen even further in my estimation.

[@MalcolmGuitespell]

yes - I play a little blues harp but not very well

[@joemazmo7981]

@@MalcolmGuitespell I started learning blues harp five years ago when I was 53. I have just reached a point where I can busk without embarrassing myself too much. It's a wonderful instrument.

[@JohnRLee-uk2jr]

Good to be reminded of the great, original, rhetorical, substantial power of Dylan Thomas.

[@billmyers991]

All the best poets are mystics, weaving their tapestry out of ether, trailing off into unknown lands, beyond religion, philosophy and psychology, a place too scarcely populated, for the world is too much with men and men love their comforts🍻

[@tombroughton6757]

Very nice! I have two questions: (1) Why does the King James Version of Psalm 22:21 speak of "the horns of unicorns" while other versions speak of "the horns of wild oxen"? (2) Additionally, I noticed the fez on your armchair. Please tell me the story behind that. On what occasions do you wear it?

[@MalcolmGuitespell]

yes it's a strange translation - I don't know why they came up with that word but I love it

[@hermesnoelthefourthway]

Tom, regarding Malcolm's fez, he was Tommy Cooper in another life... Just like that....

[@tombroughton6757]

@@hermesnoelthefourthway From Malcolm: "Victorian gentleman's smoking cap"

[@mrmikeryan1]

Hello, Which of your books would you suggest I buy first? Thank you!

[@MalcolmGuitespell]

thanks. Try ' The Singing Bowl'

[@mrmikeryan1]

@@MalcolmGuitespell I got my copy today and as I looked through the title, I locked onto Lapis Lazuli as my first read. What a joy!! Can't wait to read the rest ;)

[@suecarpenter2117]

Ah..... memories of A' Level English Lit.!

[@TheEnchantedPipeSmoker]

Is that a fez I see hanging off your chair?

[@MalcolmGuitespell]

nearly - It's a Victorian gentleman's smoking cap!