Many thanks, Grassy.
It's also listed now at The Book Pl@ce, which is cheaper than Tesco with
faster delivery, and more convenient for overseas orders:
http://www.bookplace.co.uk/bookplace/results.asp?SEARCH_FIELD=KEYWORD&TAG=B
JILUX898X29X5487GBTW7&CID=&SEARCH_TEXT=david+gwilym+anthony&FORM_OB=%24RANK
Here's the poem you asked for.
Best wishes,
David
A Winter's Tale
A cry cut through the winter's wind. "Who died?"
the student asked, his focus far away
from college friends who'd just arrived to stay.
"Poor Hywel Jones," his grandmother replied.
The guests had read of spirits that abide
in Celtic lands - those keening ghosts who stray
when souls are crossing - and they felt the fey
forebodings carried where the cold wind cried.
Across the road a carpenter once more
bent to his task. The same old man who made
cots for the village babies, now must build
a thing to hold no hope. His power saw
started to turn again. The cutting blade
bewailed an ending, and its wild cry chilled.
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