Project Description
Poetry Book Club: Dylan Thomas, Lambeth North Station, London
Date:
Tuesday September 3rd
Lambeth North Station
110 Westminster Bridge Rd
London
SE1 7XGThe Poetry Book Club take on Dylan Thomas
Dylan Thomas (1914 – 1953) was a Welsh poet and writer, becoming famous in his lifetime and still to this day for his inventive and ingenious fluidity and use of words. He seems to have encouraged a view of himself as a “roistering, drunken and doomed poet”.
“Do not go gentle into that good night,
Old age should burn and rave at close of day;
Rage, rage against the dying of the light.”So come and join a lively, interesting reading and discussion of his poetry in a chilled out, dinner-party-like setting. We always have a fun time of it 🙂
We’ll be focusing on these following poems (all easily available online), but feel free to include and consider anything else by him you wish:
-Fern Hill
-Clown in the Moon
-And Death shall have no Dominion
-In My Craft or Sullen Art
-Do not go gentle into that good night
-Under Milk WoodFor Under Milk Wood, as it is a whole play, we’ll just be reading the opening few pages together.
Some of his poems you can find here, along with a biography:
https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poets/dylan-thomasLooking forward to meeting you there!