The last of the three advent lectures about priest poets. Today's was about R.S. Thomas. A welsh poet and priest who died in 2000. His poems incorporate technology and the things of everyday life. He struggles to understand where God is and what he is doing, and WHY?. I missed the second one, the first was hard to relate to, as we needed to get to grips with the pre-scientific culture of his age. To say R. S. Thomas was prolific sounds like and understatement, he averages one poem a fortnight (two weeks, for the non-English readers) for thirty years. His work is available here.
Once again it was a superb lecture. The hour was over and the interest was held. The 30-40 people who attended seemed reluctant to move, but they did leave eventually.
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