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Poetry Wales Presents Translation Challenge 2020’s Winning Translation

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Poetry Wales Summer 2020 Launch Event! Register for free now

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Tryweryn at 55: Samantha Wynne-Rhydderch’s ‘71,200 Megalitres’ with a new introduction by the author, and online exclusive essay by Sharon Morris – Poetry Wales 56.1 Summer 2020

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Gareth Writer-Davies: How I write a poem

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Summer 2020 Edition Out Now

Editorial (Poetry Wales 56.1 Summer 2020)

Illustration by Pat Homewood

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Michael Arnold Williams, extract from ‘Hands, Wonderful Hands’ Poetry Wales 56.1 Summer 2020

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Rob Miles: How I write a poem

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Matthew Haigh: How I write a poem