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THE poems of Waldo Williams were fluttering from trees across Pembrokeshire and as far afield as Brittany to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the death of Waldo Williams on May 20. The initiative was the brainchild of Cymdeithas Waldo, the Waldo Williams Society, which has described their Hang a Poem as a Leaf campaign as a 'resounding success'. The society, set up in memory of Pembrokeshire poet Waldo Williams, had encouraged his admirers to choose their favourite lines of his work to be printed on labels and hung on trees. Waldo's single volume of poetry was titled Dail Pren (Tre...

Poetry lovers are being encouraged to write a line of Waldo Williams' poetry and hang it on a tree to commemorate his life LINES of Waldo Williams' unforgettable poetry should be fluttering from trees across Wales on Thursday, May 20 to mark half a century since one of Wales' greatest poets died. Waldo Williams was regarded as one of the foremost 20th century poets in Wales. He was also a pacifist, a Quaker and a nationalist of conviction. He was born in Haverfordwest, Pembrokeshire and taught himself Welsh when the family moved to Mynachlog-ddu where his father was a primary school he...