How does poetry get into song? Sometimes a poem demands to be sung, Graves, One Hard Look. Often, a process starts. I was thinking about different ways poets have spoken of love, pain of separation is paramount. A letter written by Eleanor Marx, “were I a bird, I would fly to you.”, so it begins
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Snippets of Robert Graves #poetry here. “Clouds of your hair like a storm go by” and the idea of “White Goddess”
#folkmusic #robertgraves #love
The Ballad of Wales’ Wild Goats, featuring the whistling soldier of the Great War. A folk song inspired by Robert Graves Goodbye to all That and the wild goats of Great Orme
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Looks really useful, perhaps it’s time to hit the archives again!
27.02.2026 15:03 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Wonderful picture, thank you.
27.02.2026 15:00 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Really good picture.
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Graves joined Royal Welch Fusiliers August 1914 & the regiment’s mascot was a goat. Goodbye To All That inc., some sad pictures of regimental goat at the front. When wild Great Orme goats came down into Llandudno during lock down, the contrast was stark, hence Ballad of Wales Wild Goat, Spotify.
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The #poem One Hard Look (1920) gives an insight into Graves mental state:
“One smile relieves a heart that grieves
Although, deadly sad it be.
One harsh look can close the book
A lover loves to see”
I’ve set this to music with simple picking of my Spanish guitar.
#war #singer #wales #Graves
At first sight, a straightforward account of a young officer’s experience of WW1, including battle of the Somme (1916), but the author is deeply traumatised and seeks an escape from British society and convention. #poem #welsh #war #sassoon #siegfried #harlech
26.02.2026 09:37 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Watching a #horror #film with big bird, scary #music Soul on Fire, Spotify etc etc #ect
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Mountain bike Wales
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Bluesy songs from around the time I moved back home to Wales🏴 I was learning home recording at the time and I captured the raw sound. Some of the lyrics inspired by #poets like Robert Graves.
#ableton #blues #folk #wales
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Soul on Fire, rocked up version of the old #poem #Lyke #Wake #Dirge
with #guitar #riffs.
Ancient #poem Lyke Wake Dirge #rocked up with #guitar #riff
Soul on Fire Spotify SoundCloud etc etc
New EP coming soon Spotify Amazon music etc, 4 #welsh #folk the year I moved back to #Wales. Lyrics inspired by #poerty #politics
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Happy New Year! #summer #coming #celtic #goddess
River Mersey Liverpool
16.12.2025 09:33 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Bringing poems and songs together.
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More music in 2026 including first EP, Homecoming #poem #singer #celtic #blues #johnmartyn
05.12.2025 09:52 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0Give this playlist a listen: Aneirin Sion Radio
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#Shanghai #jazz clubs of the1920s, the late night drinking. A cool #scene with a dark side, glamorous, but morning revealed sadness.
Memories go floating back now to #Liverpool #China Town drinking dens, with their deep booths, dimly lit and curtained #Montrachet.
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Cat is called Jessop.
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When your #cat dies you loose a friend & all those playful times & quiet moments you’ve shared. It hits you & that’s when I started writing this song. Singing is a great therapy &, yeah, it helped me.
Take a listen and leave me a comment #catlover #blackcat #vet
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Young #guy finds #hope for better #future, #lyrics #poem #singer
23.11.2025 07:46 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Lyrics from an old #poem Lyke Wake Dirge, “Christ receive thy soul” #church #canu
21.11.2025 06:22 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0#canu #Aneirin Song is called “Summer is Coming In”.
20.11.2025 16:59 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0#poem #love #Graves #Aneirin #canu
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My beautiful #cat Jessop died and writing this #song helped me through some #sad days.
