Actually, it was Julie's reading of a couple of Thomas Hardy poems that really turned me onto his work.
At some point, we started talking about Dylan Thomas, easily my favourite poet. Ceri suggested I check out Vernon Watkins, best friend to Dylan. Apparently, the two helped each other with their poems, often exchanging ideas. They belonged to a group of artists in Swansea called the "Kardomah Boys". One of the painters was Ceri Richards who painted a poem of Vernon Watkins called "Music of Colours".
Which brought us to a discussion of Taliesin and Myrddin (Merlin), poets from the Celtic golden age.
Here are the legends for both of them.
