A rich anthology, fully pen-and-ink illustrated, of 77 diverse poems by over 50 poets spanning 15 centuries of writing, providing reflections on various themes such as school and sporting activities, nature and personalities; for readers aged 9-15 years. First published in Februaury 2000.

Blodeugerdd gyfoethog o 77 o gerddi amrywiol, ynghyd â darluniau pin-ac-inc, gan dros 50 bardd yn cwmpasu 15 canrif o ysgrifennu, gan gynnig golwg ar themâu amrywiol megis yr ysgol a gweithgareddau chwaraeon, byd natur a phersonoliaethau; i ddarllenwyr 9-15 oed. Cyhoeddwyd gyntaf yn Chwefror 2000.

Are you nosy? Do you enjoy a treasure hunt? If you do, you will be in your element exploring The Poet’s House. This is a home chock full of poetic mementoes, an eclectic anthology which ranges from the traditional to the contemporary, and includes familiar favourites, unexpected gems, the brilliant, the banal, the showy, the modest, the essential, and the expendable; the host is generous in her welcome.

Wandering from room to room – kitchen, lounge, laboratory and so on – you will come across a wide variety of Welsh and Anglo-Welsh ‘lodgers’ – Taliesin, Dylan Thomas, Harry Webb, Gillian Clarke and Gareth Owen to name but a handful – and keeping company with a mottley crew of generally less well-known contemporary poets, the majority of whom deserve to become good friends, you will discover the occasional lyricist and pop group.

For this house is full of wonders
That will make you gasp with awe
Or maybe weep some heart-felt tears,
Make you laugh at what you saw.

There is indeed something for everyone in the wonderfully illustrated pages of The Poet’s House, deservedly short-listed for the Tir na n-Og award.

M. Lorna Herbert Egan

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Gellir defnyddio'r adolygiad hwn at bwrpas hybu, ond gofynnir i chi gynnwys y gydnabyddiaeth ganlynol: Adolygiad oddi ar www.gwales.com, trwy ganiatâd Cyngor Llyfrau Cymru.