Iwan Llwyd

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-A complex man, a complex man.	0:00:19	0:00:22
-Lots of laughs, lots of fun...	0:00:22	0:00:24
-..but a very private man -in many ways.	0:00:24	0:00:27
-A man with a fairly sad, -melancholic side.	0:00:27	0:00:32
-It didn't come out in his company -but maybe it did in his songs.	0:00:32	0:00:38
-He was part of a bardic tradition...	0:00:45	0:00:47
-..going back as far -as the sixth century...	0:00:50	0:00:53
-..but he also linked -contemporary Wales with the world.	0:00:53	0:00:57
-Before his sad -and sudden death in 2010...	0:01:07	0:01:11
-..Iwan Llwyd was, above all, a poet.	0:01:11	0:01:15
-A poet rooted -in Wales's bardic tradition...	0:01:15	0:01:18
-..but one of those rare Welsh poets -whose work encapsulated the world.	0:01:18	0:01:23
-When I read Iwan's poetry...	0:01:26	0:01:28
-..I had the sense -that he was very rooted in Wales...	0:01:28	0:01:31
-..but that he was also -a very global and modern person.	0:01:31	0:01:35
-One of the obvious aspects -of his work is his imagery...	0:01:35	0:01:39
-..his way of treating words -and ideas so colourfully.	0:01:40	0:01:45
-He's among our most important poets.	0:01:45	0:01:48
-He's among our most important poets. - -Yes. Yes, I agree.	0:01:48	0:01:49
-Iwan loved travelling, -taking his poetry to people.	0:02:00	0:02:05
-But after the show, he'd sit down -to meet and talk to people.	0:02:05	0:02:10
-He'd get things back -from the audience.	0:02:10	0:02:13
-That's the important thing.	0:02:13	0:02:17
-Iwan shared his work on the tours, -but he collected constantly as well.	0:02:17	0:02:22
-As I was sitting there -in this pub, by myself...	0:02:22	0:02:26
-..I started to think, perhaps -this is how a poet should be.	0:02:26	0:02:30
-By himself, writing by himself, -in some sort of vacuum.	0:02:30	0:02:34
-In a garret, writing by himself.	0:02:34	0:02:37
-The poem asks the question, -is that what poetry's about?	0:02:37	0:02:41
-Or should it be -about communicating with people?	0:02:41	0:02:44
-"Composing Poetry In Welsh."	0:02:44	0:02:47
-"Is it like being -in a pub in London? Is it?	0:02:47	0:02:50
-"The lonely chat with yourself, -and no-one listening.	0:02:51	0:02:54
-"No-one there knows recognition, -no-one is related.	0:02:55	0:02:58
-"The words amass -before sinking into someone's drink.	0:02:59	0:03:02
-"Seeking conversation, -creating stereotypes	0:03:03	0:03:06
-"Redigesting land, weather and -minor events to anyone who listens.	0:03:06	0:03:11
-"Avoiding substance -while seeking attention and company	0:03:11	0:03:15
-"And the last candle -of a pale evening rapidly melts.	0:03:15	0:03:20
-"Is it like being in a pub -in London as night falls?"	0:03:20	0:03:24
-When I think of Iwan Llwyd, I think -of the margins and the centre.	0:03:25	0:03:29
-He liked to be -at the centre of things, socially...	0:03:29	0:03:33
-..when he presented his poems -in a pub or club or wherever.	0:03:34	0:03:38
-He enjoyed -being at the centre of society...	0:03:38	0:03:42
-..and hearing society applauding, -enjoying, reacting to his poems.	0:03:42	0:03:47
-He believed -that poetry and poets...	0:03:47	0:03:49
-..were integral to any society.	0:03:50	0:03:52
-But he also believed that a poet -should be at the margins.	0:03:52	0:03:56
-He did see himself as looking in -onto society from the outside.	0:03:56	0:04:01
-That he kept some kind of distance, -and that the distance was important.	0:04:01	0:04:06
-He was in the margins sometimes, -and in the centre sometimes.	0:04:06	0:04:10
-That's not a paradox, -it's how he was...	0:04:11	0:04:13
-..and that's how things are.	0:04:13	0:04:15
-Black and white merge to make grey.	0:04:15	0:04:18
-He was very fond of that borderland -between black and white.	0:04:18	0:04:22
-The grey world.	0:04:23	0:04:24
-He really liked the seasons, -and the difference between them.	0:04:24	0:04:28
-When seasons met each other.	0:04:29	0:04:31
-He really liked the meeting -of day and night.	0:04:32	0:04:35
-Dusk in the evening -and dawn in the morning.	0:04:36	0:04:39
-He also liked the geographical -border between cultures...	0:04:39	0:04:43
-..where cultures met.	0:04:44	0:04:46
-Where they clashed sometimes -but also borrowed from each other.	0:04:46	0:04:51
-He really liked that.	0:04:51	0:04:52
-In '90, he won the Crown...	0:04:54	0:04:56
-..excuse my pronunciation, at the -Cwm Rhymni National Eisteddfod...	0:04:56	0:05:01
-..for a cycle of poems.	0:05:02	0:05:05
-He also co-wrote -a series of TV plays...	0:05:06	0:05:08
-..for S4C, -the Welsh language TV station.	0:05:08	0:05:11
-I'm pretty sure I could say -an awful lot about this man...	0:05:12	0:05:15
-..but instead of me telling you -so much about him...	0:05:15	0:05:19
-..I would like -to present to you Iwan Llwyd.	0:05:19	0:05:22
-When I was a young lad...	0:05:23	0:05:24
-..I grew up in the Conwy Valley -in North Wales during the early 60s.	0:05:24	0:05:28
-One song -that stayed in the memory...	0:05:29	0:05:31
-..was 24 Hours From Tulsa.	0:05:32	0:05:34
-I heard the song on the radio -recently, when I wrote this poem.	0:05:34	0:05:38
-It brought back memories...	0:05:39	0:05:40
-..of the period when the song -was in the charts, in the early 60s.	0:05:41	0:05:45
-A period of change, -of historic happenings.	0:05:45	0:05:51
-This poem talks -about how memories...	0:05:52	0:05:54
-..come back to someone -when you hear a song...	0:05:54	0:05:57
-..and how important -those memories are...	0:05:57	0:06:00
-..and how important it is -to catch hold of memories...	0:06:00	0:06:04
-..and to remember things -that happen way back.	0:06:04	0:06:07
-"24 Hours From Tulsa."	0:06:07	0:06:09
-"On the edge of memory are shadows	0:06:10	0:06:12
-"Indistinct shapes -that move and whisper...	0:06:13	0:06:15
-"..like children's watercolours -in the rain.	0:06:16	0:06:19
-"The heavy snow of '63...	0:06:19	0:06:20
-"..when the half-mile to school -was like crossing the South Pole.	0:06:21	0:06:25
-"Reciting She Loves You, despite -Liverpool being as alien as Cuba.	0:06:25	0:06:29
-"Seeing a cavalcade of black cars	0:06:30	0:06:32
-"As death came to Dallas -and America's neck bowed.	0:06:32	0:06:36
-"Like an old song's -fairly familiar tune	0:06:37	0:06:40
-"Everything's at the edge of memory.	0:06:40	0:06:43
-"The moments that disturbed -the journey, the profligate bends	0:06:43	0:06:47
-"Part of our history -but yet so close.	0:06:47	0:06:50
-"I'm in the shower, -trying to make out the colours	0:06:50	0:06:53
-"Before losing them forever -in the dirt."	0:06:53	0:06:55
-I don't think you can avoid...	0:06:57	0:06:58
-..the influence -of the chapel and religion...	0:06:59	0:07:03
-..on any son of the manse.	0:07:03	0:07:05
-It stays with you forever.	0:07:05	0:07:08
-I'm sure it stayed with Iwan -until the end.	0:07:08	0:07:11
-All the influence -of traditional Welsh religion.	0:07:11	0:07:15
-All the biblical literature, -the hymns and so on...	0:07:17	0:07:22
-..which seep into a man's spirit -and nature.	0:07:22	0:07:25
-It's all there.	0:07:26	0:07:27
-I don't think Iwan, -any more than I have...	0:07:27	0:07:30
-..ever totally turned his back -on religion during his life.	0:07:31	0:07:35
-It was always there -as a very important influence.	0:07:35	0:07:40
-Just as he questioned religion, -religion also questioned him.	0:07:41	0:07:45
-I never got the idea -that any son of the manse...	0:07:45	0:07:48
-..was on a pedestal -or anything like that.	0:07:49	0:07:52
-When we moved to Bangor, -we lived on an estate.	0:07:52	0:07:55
-Iwan and I mixed -with all the other children...	0:07:55	0:07:58
-..the huge gangs of children -that were around.	0:07:58	0:08:01
-We never thought we were different, -but what was different...	0:08:02	0:08:06
-..was Sunday, -and keeping the Sabbath and so on.	0:08:06	0:08:10
-There was no football on Sunday, -which did make us a bit different!	0:08:10	0:08:15
-The other boys -still played football on Sunday.	0:08:16	0:08:18
-We didn't - we went to chapel -three times.	0:08:19	0:08:21
-The linguistic characteristics -and the literature...	0:08:22	0:08:26
-..had a strong influence -on his poetry, I'm sure.	0:08:26	0:08:29
-"Copacabana Christ"	0:08:41	0:08:43
-"He's too far away -to cast his shadow	0:08:43	0:08:45
-"Over the naked thighs and breasts -that worship the sun.	0:08:46	0:08:49
-"Senorita, I couldn't settle down.	0:08:50	0:08:53
-"I came to the top of this peak -between the sky and the beaches	0:08:53	0:08:57
-"To look down on Copacabana.	0:08:58	0:08:59
-"It's too high for anyone to notice	0:09:01	0:09:03
-"The mercy that shines down -onto Giannini and Angelina	0:09:03	0:09:07
-"Senorita, I can smell the rain	0:09:08	0:09:10
-"Rising up from the heat that falls	0:09:10	0:09:13
-"From the Vila Canoas favela	0:09:13	0:09:15
-"And the prophets' ranch	0:09:15	0:09:17
-"Like the marijuana smoke, -is sweet and capitalistic	0:09:17	0:09:21
-"He's too big to be mistaken	0:09:21	0:09:23
-"For a celluloid image -from the southern sea	0:09:24	0:09:26
-"Senorita, you can have a photo.	0:09:27	0:09:29
-"I won't refuse.	0:09:30	0:09:31
-"There are worse photos -than those of a crucifixion.	0:09:32	0:09:35
-"He's as primitive -as a cross and nails	0:09:35	0:09:39
-"And the girls' bargains -between the games and the seaweed."	0:09:40	0:09:44
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-# Good day, Rhiannon	0:10:08	0:10:11
-# The river Ogwen's in full flow #	0:10:12	0:10:16
-The idea of travelling -and constantly moving...	0:10:17	0:10:20
-..appealed greatly to Iwan Llwyd.	0:10:20	0:10:22
-The road he talked so much about -made his heart beat faster.	0:10:23	0:10:26
-But it was here, in Talybont -near Bangor...	0:10:26	0:10:29
-..that he organized his thoughts.	0:10:29	0:10:31
-This is where he weeded out -his ideas and perfected his verses.	0:10:31	0:10:36
-This was his home with his wife, -Nia, and daughter, Rhiannon...	0:10:36	0:10:40
-..the subject of the beautiful song, -Dydd Da, Rhiannon.	0:10:41	0:10:44
-Amidst all his bardic objects...	0:10:48	0:10:50
-..he turned to those black notebooks -and the endless notes he took...	0:10:50	0:10:54
-..turning them into memorable poems.	0:10:54	0:10:58
-It was here, in his library -on the banks of the river Ogwen...	0:10:58	0:11:01
-..where his influences -are evident...	0:11:02	0:11:04
-..that the desire to go away -would come to him time and again.	0:11:04	0:11:08
-In a pub conversation -in the Globe...	0:11:08	0:11:11
-..Iwan and the whole gang were in -good spirits and were quite noisy...	0:11:11	0:11:17
-..but then there was a pause, as -happens naturally in a conversation.	0:11:17	0:11:22
-No-one said anything.	0:11:22	0:11:24
-Then someone said -that angels had just passed by.	0:11:24	0:11:28
-Iwan had never heard the saying -before.	0:11:28	0:11:32
-It was in his nature -to want to find out more...	0:11:32	0:11:34
-..so he quizzed that person -for more information.	0:11:35	0:11:38
-It was explained to him -that it was a tradition...	0:11:38	0:11:42
-..that when the conversation came to -a stop and everyone was quiet...	0:11:42	0:11:47
-..it always happened either at -twenty minutes past the hour...	0:11:48	0:11:52
-..or at twenty minutes to the hour.	0:11:52	0:11:54
-He loved that concept.	0:11:54	0:11:57
-He really enjoyed reading the poem -and telling that story.	0:11:57	0:12:02
-Angylion	0:12:03	0:12:04
-"Whenever the angels fly past	0:12:05	0:12:08
-"Sounding like dew forming on leaves	0:12:08	0:12:10
-"Or frost forming on windows	0:12:11	0:12:13
-"As the young lads -in their borrowed tweeds	0:12:13	0:12:16
-"Drive home the ewes -from the rock and the heather	0:12:16	0:12:19
-"Their flight -shatters the rough speech	0:12:19	0:12:22
-"A ray glistening -through the murky morn	0:12:22	0:12:25
-"Sends a spasm of panic -through the town traffic	0:12:25	0:12:28
-"When beating wings come -from the edge of nowhere	0:12:29	0:12:32
-"Sending a buzz of dangerous peace -through the area	0:12:32	0:12:35
-"Every conversation, -every breath pauses	0:12:36	0:12:38
-"Whenever the angels fly past"	0:12:39	0:12:41
-I don't think there had been any -suggestion that Iwan wrote poetry...	0:12:43	0:12:48
-..until he went to Ysgol Friars, -Bangor.	0:12:49	0:12:52
-I think he developed -an interest in poetry...	0:12:52	0:12:56
-..because of the influence -of certain teachers.	0:12:56	0:13:00
-I think Hywel Bebb -was very influential...	0:13:01	0:13:04
-..especially in relation -to literature.	0:13:04	0:13:07
-He took an interest in Williams -Parry and T H Parry-Williams...	0:13:07	0:13:11
-..from an early age.	0:13:11	0:13:13
-A serious lad. Very pleasant. -He was conscientious and thorough.	0:13:13	0:13:17
-He had plenty of imagination -and always produced good work.	0:13:17	0:13:21
-He came to Bangor -when he was about ten years old.	0:13:22	0:13:25
-His father had been called to the -ministry at two chapels in Bangor.	0:13:25	0:13:30
-They came from Talybont in the -Conwy Valley, a Welsh stronghold.	0:13:30	0:13:36
-Coming to Bangor -was a bit of a culture shock.	0:13:36	0:13:39
-The Englishness of Ysgol Friars -may have been an influence on him.	0:13:40	0:13:46
-That may have been one reason -for the apparent seriousness.	0:13:47	0:13:53
-Yet there was also plenty of humour.	0:13:53	0:13:56
-Iwan Llwyd speaks regularly -about his time at Ysgol Friars.	0:13:58	0:14:04
-He refers to this period as the time -when he started to write poetry.	0:14:04	0:14:08
-He published a few of his early -poems in the school magazine...	0:14:08	0:14:12
-..The New Dominican.	0:14:12	0:14:15
-The first poem dates from 1973, -when he was in the fourth year.	0:14:15	0:14:20
-That was when he was about 15.	0:14:20	0:14:22
-Those early poems are very innocent.	0:14:23	0:14:26
-By the time he reached -the sixth form...	0:14:26	0:14:28
-..the influence -of T H Parry-Williams was evident.	0:14:28	0:14:31
-When he was in the fourth year -or so...	0:14:32	0:14:34
-..I must have been discussing -the sonnet form with the class.	0:14:35	0:14:40
-Iwan came to me -at the end of the lesson.	0:14:41	0:14:44
-He wanted to know more -about this metrical form...	0:14:44	0:14:48
-..and the poets who used it -in their work.	0:14:48	0:14:53
-Sonnets were the main metrical form -he used...	0:14:53	0:14:56
-..by the time -he was in the sixth form.	0:14:56	0:14:58
-The influence -of T H Parry-Williams...	0:14:58	0:15:01
-..is clear in the choice of metre -and in the language used...	0:15:01	0:15:05
-..as well as in the themes.	0:15:05	0:15:08
-If I remember rightly...	0:15:08	0:15:09
-..his first volume of poems -was a volume of sonnets.	0:15:09	0:15:12
-That was T H Parry-Williams's -influence...	0:15:13	0:15:15
-..because he'd taken to his poems, -sonnets and rhyming verses.	0:15:15	0:15:19
-He also uses rhyming verses.	0:15:19	0:15:21
-There was no rebellion in Iwan as -a young man, as far as I remember.	0:15:21	0:15:26
-If anything, I remember him going -through quite a religious phase.	0:15:29	0:15:33
-I think there are very early poems, -written when he was at school...	0:15:33	0:15:40
-..under the influence of Hywel Bebb, -his Welsh teacher at Friars...	0:15:40	0:15:46
-..that are quite religious -in nature.	0:15:47	0:15:50
-I think the rebel in him -developed later in life.	0:15:50	0:15:54
-It strikes you straight away...	0:15:55	0:15:57
-..how many Christian references -there are in the poems.	0:15:57	0:16:00
-A number of the poems show Christian -conviction, not just references.	0:16:01	0:16:07
-The references continue -throughout his poetic career.	0:16:07	0:16:11
-However, by the time -he's at university...	0:16:11	0:16:14
-..there isn't much in terms of -conviction about Christian ideas.	0:16:14	0:16:18
-Alongside these religious -references...	0:16:18	0:16:21
-..there are references -to the Welsh language...	0:16:21	0:16:24
-..and his sense of Welshness -which inspired him.	0:16:25	0:16:28
-One essay talks about -how Ysgol Friars is very anglicized.	0:16:29	0:16:32
-Writing those poems -may have been his way of rebelling.	0:16:33	0:16:36
-"Outside the Cathedral	0:16:38	0:16:39
-"In the year marking the founding -of Saint Deiniol's cell in Bangor	0:16:40	0:16:44
-"In the year of Wales for Christ, -in March 1975	0:16:45	0:16:50
-"David's month, Wales's month, -the Welsh New Testament's month	0:16:52	0:16:57
-"During Lent, a week -before Good Friday and Easter	0:16:57	0:17:01
-"A row of small soldiers -stood ready to fight for justice	0:17:03	0:17:08
-"And mighty Bangor's leaders -encouraged them to great things	0:17:09	0:17:14
-"And there to watch the pageantry -and the spree	0:17:15	0:17:19
-"All the respectable people -of our respectable city	0:17:19	0:17:24
-"Putting the freedom of the city -into outsiders' hands	0:17:27	0:17:30
-"And imprisoning the Welsh -in the depths of their cell"	0:17:32	0:17:35
-He mentions this poem -in a few of his essays.	0:17:38	0:17:41
-He talks about how the tension -between two contrasting elements...	0:17:42	0:17:49
-..inspires him to write.	0:17:49	0:17:51
-On the one hand, -there is the Celtic tradition...	0:17:52	0:17:54
-..and the Christian tradition -of the Cathedral.	0:17:55	0:17:57
-On the other hand, there is -the military force, the RAF...	0:17:58	0:18:02
-..which represents British power.	0:18:02	0:18:04
-This is something that is evident -throughout his career.	0:18:05	0:18:09
-In later works, this tension between -different elements is clear.	0:18:09	0:18:13
-This was a young Iwan.	0:18:15	0:18:17
-They weren't particularly good -but Iwan Llwyd was the best of a...	0:18:17	0:18:22
-As the Brazil manager -said of his goalkeeper...	0:18:22	0:18:25
-.."he's not very good, -but he's the best of a bad bunch."	0:18:25	0:18:29
-I wrote that in a review -and it stuck!	0:18:30	0:18:33
-"The weather turned bad	0:18:39	0:18:41
-"Stormy showers -swept across the compacted earth	0:18:41	0:18:44
-"There was nothing for it -but to turn up the coat collar	0:18:45	0:18:48
-"And take the fight to the wind	0:18:48	0:18:50
-"We all remember -the legendary hot summers	0:18:51	0:18:54
-"Drizzly festivals -smiling benevolently	0:18:54	0:18:57
-"Before rushing to the shop -for a fistful of sweets	0:18:58	0:19:01
-"We all long for them	0:19:02	0:19:03
-"In an empty pub with a fag -and a pint and some dodgy tales	0:19:05	0:19:08
-"We shed a tear -and greet the good times	0:19:09	0:19:11
-"Then head outside -into a strange land	0:19:13	0:19:15
-"Stubborn, but the load lifted, -taking things as they come	0:19:15	0:19:19
-"A nation of complications, -heading for the promised land	0:19:19	0:19:22
-"Some of us hold tightly -to the reins of the mild west	0:19:23	0:19:27
-"And lose ourselves -in the company of the pampas	0:19:27	0:19:30
-"Others read old posters -yellowing on monoglot walls	0:19:30	0:19:33
-"Half-recognizing faces -from the long-haired years	0:19:35	0:19:38
-"Wherever we roam -from our hidden shelters	0:19:40	0:19:43
-"As we shake the dust from our hair -and moisten our lips	0:19:44	0:19:47
-"Alone, stealthily or heroically, -looking to the horizon	0:19:48	0:19:52
-"It's time to remove our badges, -and live"	0:19:53	0:19:56
-I could understand -what Iwan wanted to say...	0:19:59	0:20:02
-..the first time -I listened to a poem.	0:20:03	0:20:05
-He put great emphasis -on presenting his work orally.	0:20:05	0:20:10
-Clarity was very important to him.	0:20:10	0:20:12
-He wanted to communicate -with the audience.	0:20:13	0:20:16
-He wanted them -to follow and understand him.	0:20:16	0:20:18
-On reading them again, and -on returning to them years later...	0:20:19	0:20:22
-..they're still -very comprehensible...	0:20:22	0:20:25
-..but you discover deeper layers -all the time.	0:20:25	0:20:28
-That's something -that's very special about him.	0:20:28	0:20:31
-You can understand his work -on the surface...	0:20:31	0:20:35
-..but there is also -a lot of depth in his poems.	0:20:35	0:20:38
-The Bobby J Memorial Band, -Robert Johnson.	0:20:41	0:20:44
-# I've got ramblin', -I've got ramblin' on my mind	0:20:55	0:21:00
-# I've got ramblin'	0:21:06	0:21:08
-# I've got ramblin' on my mind #	0:21:09	0:21:11
-It was interesting to me -when Iwan became a "traveller"...	0:21:11	0:21:15
-..and how he linked his travels -to his poems.	0:21:15	0:21:18
-I don't think that was something -he did early on.	0:21:18	0:21:21
-In the 1960s and 1970s, -people started going abroad.	0:21:21	0:21:25
-We weren't lucky enough -to be in that situation.	0:21:25	0:21:29
-Dad would always combine a holiday -with going somewhere to preach...	0:21:29	0:21:33
-..like Anglesey or Cardiganshire!	0:21:33	0:21:35
-My father had a lot of family -on Anglesey.	0:21:36	0:21:39
-We spent weekends -at Llanrhuddlad and Caergeiliog.	0:21:39	0:21:43
-We had family there -on farms and smallholdings.	0:21:43	0:21:46
-They were very ancient places.	0:21:47	0:21:51
-My mother was brought up -in Brongest, Cardiganshire.	0:21:52	0:21:58
-We'd go to the area of Brongest, -Beulah, Newcastle Emlyn...	0:21:59	0:22:04
-..and spend long summers...	0:22:05	0:22:07
-..on the beaches of Tresaith, -Aberporth and Llangrannog.	0:22:07	0:22:10
-That area greatly influenced -my brother's poetry.	0:22:10	0:22:14
-Another interesting poem -from that early period...	0:22:14	0:22:17
-..is another sonnet called Rhianfa.	0:22:17	0:22:20
-Rhianfa refers to his grandmother's -smallholding in Brongest.	0:22:20	0:22:24
-It's a place that draws him back.	0:22:24	0:22:27
-He insists on going back and feels -it is some sort of refuge for him.	0:22:27	0:22:30
-Rhianfa, December 1975	0:22:32	0:22:36
-"As I feel the chains -of the town's false life	0:22:38	0:22:41
-"Stifling -my eighteen-year-old conscience	0:22:41	0:22:44
-"Before I sample the joys -of heaven and earth	0:22:45	0:22:47
-"My footsteps echo weakly, -empty, without root	0:22:48	0:22:52
-"Upon the concrete streets -of my inheritance	0:22:52	0:22:55
-"Unable to escape -my arduous captivity	0:22:56	0:22:58
-"I see the mellow acres of my land	0:23:00	0:23:02
-"Choking under a mass -of withered blooms	0:23:03	0:23:06
-"But my spirit is free -to fly towards the place	0:23:08	0:23:10
-"Where all my yesterdays -come alive once more	0:23:11	0:23:14
-"I see the hope -as I approach the church	0:23:15	0:23:18
-"Where I discover -what living means	0:23:18	0:23:20
-"While these roots still flourish, -I can't complain	0:23:21	0:23:25
-"Despite the numerous dreams -drowned in the rain"	0:23:26	0:23:29
-He wrote this article -about Brongest and Rhianfa.	0:23:31	0:23:36
-He talks about how the place -has been anglicized.	0:23:36	0:23:39
-His mother and grandmother -wouldn't recognize the place...	0:23:39	0:23:43
-..if they saw it now.	0:23:43	0:23:44
-The degeneration of the language, -if we can call it that...	0:23:45	0:23:49
-..happened over a very short period -in the 1960s and 1970s...	0:23:49	0:23:54
-..when a huge number of people -bought holiday homes here...	0:23:54	0:23:59
-..as the older generation -in small villages passed away.	0:23:59	0:24:02
-We saw it happening -when our grandmother died.	0:24:02	0:24:05
-I think that had a great influence -on my brother's poetry.	0:24:06	0:24:10
-The poem for which he won the Crown -at the Cwm Rhymni Eisteddfod...	0:24:11	0:24:17
-..was full of references -to that type of thing.	0:24:17	0:24:21
-The death of a specific way of life.	0:24:21	0:24:24
-Peace!	0:24:25	0:24:27
-May the bard be seated -in the peace of the Eisteddfod.	0:24:27	0:24:32
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-One of the many things -Iwan Llwyd did...	0:24:48	0:24:51
-..during his university days -in Aberystwyth...	0:24:51	0:24:55
-..was learn to write cynghanedd -with Roy Stevens.	0:24:55	0:24:58
-He may have won the Urdd -and intercollegiate chairs...	0:24:58	0:25:01
-..he already had his eyes -on a higher prize.	0:25:01	0:25:05
-FANFARE	0:25:05	0:25:07
-He'd won the crown at -the intercollegiate eisteddfod...	0:25:08	0:25:11
-..and a few regional -chairs and crowns here and there.	0:25:11	0:25:14
-We thought that it could -happen at some point.	0:25:17	0:25:20
-When that happened, it was a special -experience for me as a brother.	0:25:20	0:25:26
-I can't imagine what it's like...	0:25:26	0:25:28
-..for the people who stand up -in the pavilion.	0:25:28	0:25:32
-It was an experience -that I'd dreamed of having maybe.	0:25:32	0:25:36
-I'd never realized -that it was within my grasp.	0:25:36	0:25:39
-Iwan and myself -won the Chair and Crown...	0:25:40	0:25:43
-..at the Rhymney Valley Eisteddfod.	0:25:43	0:25:45
-That was a very happy coincidence.	0:25:45	0:25:48
-In one way we both -represented a new generation...	0:25:48	0:25:52
-..coming into the national -Eisteddfod's big prizes.	0:25:52	0:25:56
-Strangely, -we both had a similar theme.	0:25:57	0:26:01
-We both discussed revival.	0:26:01	0:26:04
-We talked about a nation -rediscovering their love of life.	0:26:04	0:26:08
-That was after decades of negative -and sad work about Wales' future...	0:26:10	0:26:16
-..and the future -of the Welsh language.	0:26:16	0:26:19
-I was delighted with these poems -from the very start.	0:26:19	0:26:23
-They were new poems.	0:26:24	0:26:25
-They were exciting poems.	0:26:26	0:26:27
-They were very relevant poems.	0:26:28	0:26:30
-They were very passionate poems.	0:26:30	0:26:32
-They said important things about -our problems at those times.	0:26:33	0:26:37
-They described -our contemporary situation...	0:26:37	0:26:39
-..and our battle -to keep our identity.	0:26:40	0:26:42
-The poems were based -on the 1979 referendum...	0:26:42	0:26:46
-..when the Welsh refused self -government with a solid "no" vote.	0:26:47	0:26:53
-Of course, we start there.	0:26:53	0:26:55
-It follows the legends of -Australia's true natives.	0:26:55	0:26:59
-It brings the nation -back to its feet.	0:26:59	0:27:01
-The nation was dead.	0:27:02	0:27:03
-That old nation gives birth -to a new one.	0:27:04	0:27:07
-That's the essence of it.	0:27:08	0:27:09
-He looks for meaning and particular -places that mean something to him.	0:27:10	0:27:14
-It gives a semblance of meaning -to the geography of a nation.	0:27:14	0:27:18
-That's what Australia's natives did.	0:27:18	0:27:21
-That is, they believed the ancients -had weaved an invisible web.	0:27:21	0:27:26
-Iwan Llwyd went back to those roots -to search for meaning...	0:27:26	0:27:30
-..and hope for the future.	0:27:31	0:27:33
-Bruce Chatwin had quite -an influence on Iwan.	0:27:36	0:27:39
-Particularly on Gwreichion. He'd -read The Songlines by Bruce Chatwin.	0:27:39	0:27:45
-Iwan's prose and strict-metre poetry -were written clearly and simply.	0:27:45	0:27:52
-They were effective. They weren't -puffed up or pretentious.	0:27:53	0:27:57
-It was the language of life.	0:27:57	0:27:58
-"I was at a funeral yesterday	0:28:01	0:28:03
-"In a windy Anglesey cemetery.	0:28:04	0:28:06
-"The Irish rain stole the prayers -from the minister's mouth	0:28:07	0:28:10
-"Gulls sailed the umbrella sea -on the brow of the wind	0:28:12	0:28:16
-"As they've done so many times	0:28:17	0:28:19
-"While following -the ploughman's toil.	0:28:20	0:28:22
-"The ploughman in the soil.	0:28:24	0:28:26
-"Bowed heads along the roadside	0:28:28	0:28:31
-"Silently witness -another final journey.	0:28:31	0:28:35
-"Baring their crowns to the wind.	0:28:36	0:28:38
-"You were conceived there	0:28:39	0:28:41
-"A sigh between the flowers -and the grave.	0:28:42	0:28:44
-"In nine months, you were born, -a strong child for your age	0:28:46	0:28:50
-"And I sang your name.	0:28:52	0:28:53
-"Rhys."	0:28:54	0:28:55
-"The taste of autumn -is on my tongue like dock leaves.	0:29:02	0:29:05
-"Smoke between me and the sunset.	0:29:05	0:29:07
-"A car's cinder shell -on the roadside at Llanddulas.	0:29:08	0:29:11
-"The sunset blushes red in shame.	0:29:11	0:29:13
-"I cross my turf in the wake -of the shearwaters	0:29:13	0:29:16
-"That follow the vanishing sun	0:29:17	0:29:19
-"Relaxed behind the wheel.	0:29:19	0:29:21
-"Each one heads into the night -and their own harbour.	0:29:22	0:29:25
-"I launch, put my foot right down -and seize my day in the fast lane	0:29:25	0:29:29
-"To follow the coast home	0:29:30	0:29:32
-"And the blurry sparks of light -between the Orme and the darkness.	0:29:32	0:29:37
-"An umbilical cord sustaining me	0:29:37	0:29:39
-"Between the brittle tales of the -grey hills and the silent sea."	0:29:39	0:29:43
-Iwan wrote a research essay -on the poets of the nobility.	0:29:55	0:29:58
-There was one period between -the 14th and 15th centuries...	0:29:58	0:30:03
-..that he absolutely adored.	0:30:03	0:30:06
-Bards travelling around the country -and given hospitable welcomes.	0:30:06	0:30:10
-There would be feasts and evenings -at courts, in castles and abbeys.	0:30:10	0:30:15
-Good food and drink -would please him a lot.	0:30:17	0:30:21
-I'm sure he would have become aware -that the bards in those days...	0:30:23	0:30:27
-..were essentially -professional poets.	0:30:27	0:30:30
-They depended on noble patrons.	0:30:30	0:30:32
-It's quite obvious -that the idea appealed to him.	0:30:34	0:30:37
-Iwan's main source of income -was his poetry.	0:30:38	0:30:41
-He worked in the field of poetry -at schools and simply wrote poetry.	0:30:42	0:30:48
-He realized that he was lucky -to be able to do that.	0:30:50	0:30:54
-He was married to Nia.	0:30:54	0:30:56
-She had a professional career -in the legal system.	0:30:56	0:31:01
-He wouldn't mind me saying that -was their main source of income.	0:31:01	0:31:05
-That's how they -kept their family going.	0:31:06	0:31:09
-That freed him to follow his life -as he wished to.	0:31:09	0:31:13
-He did consider himself...	0:31:14	0:31:16
-..to be a bit of a troubadour -in the old tradition.	0:31:16	0:31:19
-That idea of a bardic network -carrying tales and news...	0:31:21	0:31:25
-..across the country.	0:31:25	0:31:27
-It turned a collection of -small provinces into a country.	0:31:28	0:31:34
-He really liked that idea.	0:31:34	0:31:37
-I think that was a part of his -outlook and his way of life.	0:31:37	0:31:40
-Travelling and visiting schools -made the country whole...	0:31:41	0:31:46
-..when it didn't have a cohesive -political awareness.	0:31:47	0:31:52
-That culture was very important.	0:31:52	0:31:55
-I knew him more as a musician -than a poet in the early days.	0:31:56	0:31:59
-He had a group called Doctor.	0:32:00	0:32:02
-That's how I got to know him.	0:32:02	0:32:04
-He asked me to join the group. -They needed a pianist.	0:32:04	0:32:08
-I joined the group and we had -a lot of fun in that band.	0:32:09	0:32:13
-# Avoiding the bar's bitter gaze	0:32:14	0:32:18
-# Trying to start a chat -with someone	0:32:18	0:32:22
-# Buying a round with loose change	0:32:23	0:32:25
-# I got a taxi home alone -again tonight	0:32:28	0:32:33
-# Not knowing which way to turn	0:32:36	0:32:39
-# Or who's a friend	0:32:39	0:32:41
-# There's no point being helped #	0:32:45	0:32:47
-He wrote very good music.	0:32:48	0:32:49
-He wrote incredibly good songs, -both the lyrics and music.	0:32:50	0:32:53
-That drew my attention -straight away.	0:32:53	0:32:56
-The songs were better...	0:32:56	0:32:58
-..than a lot of the songs -that were sung at the time.	0:32:58	0:33:01
-I felt the songs said something too.	0:33:01	0:33:03
-That's where his -bardic nature came in.	0:33:04	0:33:06
-He wrote a lot of the melodies too.	0:33:07	0:33:10
-I saw him as a musician and a poet.	0:33:10	0:33:12
-I got a lot of songs from him -over the years.	0:33:13	0:33:15
-I'm recording them at the moment.	0:33:16	0:33:18
-I see them now and I realize -that he's writing about himself.	0:33:18	0:33:22
-I thought he was writing -about the characters he'd met.	0:33:22	0:33:26
-Y Gaucho, for example.	0:33:27	0:33:28
-"He's been wandering since '76 -on a ghost train of a journey	0:33:28	0:33:32
-"His hair is greying slowly, -but he won't run for home."	0:33:32	0:33:35
-And then...	0:33:35	0:33:36
-"His breath smells of sun and booze	0:33:37	0:33:39
-"Every trip -makes his heart beat faster	0:33:39	0:33:41
-"It's Obrigado to the chance	0:33:41	0:33:43
-"Of savouring the feast -and sharing the fun of the dance."	0:33:43	0:33:47
-You know.	0:33:49	0:33:50
-It's about Iwan.	0:33:51	0:33:52
-Iwan would love to have the title -of Rock and Roll poet.	0:34:26	0:34:29
-I'm pretty sure that he wrote most -of the group Doctor's songs...	0:34:29	0:34:33
-..but that was back when he was with -the group when he was very young.	0:34:33	0:34:38
-After that, a few pieces -of poetry for Geraint Lovgreen...	0:34:39	0:34:43
-..and then a variety of people like -Iona ac Andy and people like that.	0:34:43	0:34:48
-They've used his poetry.	0:34:48	0:34:50
-I think that writing melodies -to go with his poetry...	0:34:50	0:34:54
-..had been there since a young age.	0:34:54	0:34:56
-He learned to read the guitar at a -young age, around 15 or 16.	0:34:57	0:35:01
-His early poems were frequently -set to music.	0:35:02	0:35:06
-I think those two things went -hand in hand from the very start.	0:35:08	0:35:13
-He didn't differentiate -between the two mediums.	0:35:13	0:35:18
-Iwan believed very strongly -in the bardic tradition.	0:35:19	0:35:23
-He was very proud of the bardic -tradition in Wales...	0:35:24	0:35:27
-..stretching back -to the 6th Century.	0:35:27	0:35:29
-Back to Aneirin and Taliesin.	0:35:30	0:35:32
-He could see every generation -of bards rediscovering...	0:35:32	0:35:36
-..stretching and adding -to that tradition.	0:35:36	0:35:39
-But it was always still related -and deeply rooted to the tradition.	0:35:39	0:35:44
-You can see in Iwan's work -a feeling towards the primitive...	0:35:44	0:35:50
-..and those poems -from the 6th Century.	0:35:50	0:35:53
-That is to be felt in his poems.	0:35:54	0:35:55
-Sometimes in the number of lines.	0:35:56	0:35:58
-Sometimes in the style -or characters he chooses.	0:35:58	0:36:01
-But he also -pushed the boundaries forward.	0:36:01	0:36:05
-He was a bard -for the end of the 20th Century...	0:36:05	0:36:08
-..and the start of the new century.	0:36:08	0:36:10
-That's his background. -That's his culture.	0:36:11	0:36:14
-That's where he got his images -despite also stretching back.	0:36:14	0:36:19
-He was a modern poet -striding forward.	0:36:20	0:36:22
-I think he had a wide appeal to all -the generations who followed him.	0:36:24	0:36:29
-He was very popular -with young people and students.	0:36:29	0:36:33
-He showed that he was taking -Welsh poetry forward to the future.	0:36:33	0:36:38
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-He often preached that a poem -should stand alone.	0:36:53	0:36:56
-Early on in his career, Iwan Llwyd -understood that other art forms...	0:36:56	0:37:01
-..like music and art -could add so much more to poetry.	0:37:02	0:37:07
-I don't like thinking about poetry -by itself.	0:37:08	0:37:11
-I've worked with Iwan Bala -and photographer Martin Roberts...	0:37:11	0:37:15
-..on a volume.	0:37:15	0:37:17
-I like to think, -by combining different mediums...	0:37:17	0:37:21
-..you can create a fuller picture.	0:37:21	0:37:23
-Give the words -a different dimension.	0:37:23	0:37:26
-There was an understanding -every time we met.	0:37:26	0:37:29
-He was great company.	0:37:29	0:37:31
-He shared ideas.	0:37:31	0:37:33
-When we developed ideas...	0:37:33	0:37:35
-..it was hard to remember -whose idea it was originally.	0:37:35	0:37:39
-It changed as we chatted.	0:37:39	0:37:42
-That's how we started -to think about working together.	0:37:42	0:37:47
-My work here accompanies the poems.	0:37:48	0:37:52
-We've worked on different projects -over the years.	0:37:52	0:37:57
-This was the first one, in 1987.	0:37:58	0:38:01
-This may have been the first time -he worked with an artist...	0:38:01	0:38:05
-..and he's worked -with several since then...	0:38:05	0:38:08
-..but this was the first time -I'd worked with a poet...	0:38:08	0:38:11
-..drawing images based on the poems.	0:38:12	0:38:15
-I found his poems very accessible -and easy for me to think up imagery.	0:38:15	0:38:22
-There's something very visual -in the way he wrote.	0:38:22	0:38:25
-There's a picture in your mind -when you read his work.	0:38:25	0:38:29
-Therefore, working with him on -this volume wasn't very difficult.	0:38:29	0:38:34
-Really, perhaps -because of the history...	0:38:46	0:38:49
-..of Celts coming to America...	0:38:50	0:38:52
-..somehow he felt -some kind of attachment.	0:38:53	0:38:55
-American culture, -because of that history...	0:38:56	0:38:59
-..but also maybe -because of his own coming of age...	0:38:59	0:39:02
-..when American culture was -in its heyday in the 20th century...	0:39:02	0:39:06
-..was a way for him -to sort of have a second self.	0:39:06	0:39:09
-He could recast himself...	0:39:09	0:39:12
-..in the role of the rider -of a Harley Davidson or traveller.	0:39:12	0:39:18
-I guess maybe it gave him a window -into a place and a cultural space...	0:39:18	0:39:24
-..that was slightly larger -than the space he had in Wales.	0:39:25	0:39:30
-Carreg Cennen.	0:39:30	0:39:31
-"It used to protect the highway	0:39:32	0:39:34
-"One of a chain of castles -on the banks of the Tywi	0:39:34	0:39:38
-"Dryslwyn, Dinefwr	0:39:38	0:39:40
-"Here on top of the valley, -the highest of them all	0:39:40	0:39:43
-"Keeping a close eye on the world	0:39:44	0:39:46
-"Today, we must leave the highway	0:39:47	0:39:50
-"Follow the windy, remote roads	0:39:50	0:39:52
-"The country roads -that have long left the map	0:39:52	0:39:55
-"That hide in the hollows -beyond Trap	0:39:56	0:39:59
-"Where you have to wait -for a tractor or bus to pass	0:39:59	0:40:02
-"Then, I leave the vehicle -and walk past the ducks and sheep	0:40:03	0:40:07
-"Before arriving, out of breath	0:40:08	0:40:10
-"Only the lowing of the livestock -and the whistle of the wagtail	0:40:10	0:40:14
-"Far, far above	0:40:15	0:40:17
-"An aeroplane with its white tail	0:40:17	0:40:19
-"On the highway to the new world	0:40:19	0:40:22
-"Then another one, -and another one follows it	0:40:22	0:40:25
-"Flying through the sunset -on the Tywi	0:40:25	0:40:27
-"Lord Rhys knew it	0:40:28	0:40:30
-"His castle -is still on the highway	0:40:31	0:40:34
-"The soaring highway -to the far end of the world"	0:40:35	0:40:38
-Thank you.	0:40:39	0:40:40
-To me, that last image -in the last stanza of the poem...	0:40:41	0:40:45
-..is a little bit of Iwan Llwyd.	0:40:45	0:40:47
-Here's this historic, beautiful -Welsh landmark...	0:40:48	0:40:54
-..and at the same time, in the -jet age and the information age...	0:40:54	0:40:58
-..there's an airplane flying by...	0:40:58	0:41:01
-..and here's a man from both worlds -in that poem.	0:41:01	0:41:05
-Iwan and I spent a few days -in New York...	0:41:06	0:41:09
-..after a conference -at Syracuse University.	0:41:10	0:41:14
-I'd made an installation exhibition -and he was performing.	0:41:14	0:41:18
-We had a couple of free days, -and it was just after 9/11.	0:41:18	0:41:22
-We visited Ground Zero...	0:41:23	0:41:25
-..and we chatted over a couple of -pints at the White Horse Tavern...	0:41:26	0:41:31
-..Dylan Thomas' old watering hole.	0:41:31	0:41:34
-We talked about the similarity -between Manhattan as an island...	0:41:34	0:41:38
-..and Gwales in the Mabinogion.	0:41:38	0:41:41
-That's how -my chats with Iwan developed.	0:41:41	0:41:45
-He could jump back to mythology and -jump forwards to film and music...	0:41:45	0:41:51
-..and jump -from one subject to the next.	0:41:51	0:41:53
-It grew as an idea.	0:41:54	0:41:57
-We saw that the horrors -of the world...	0:41:57	0:42:00
-..had had an effect on Manhattan..	0:42:00	0:42:03
-..in the same way that opening -the door on Aberhenfelen...	0:42:03	0:42:06
-..had affected the island of Gwales.	0:42:06	0:42:09
-It developed for me -as a series of artworks.	0:42:09	0:42:12
-The idea of an island -had been present in my work.	0:42:12	0:42:17
-Iwan then wrote poems.	0:42:17	0:42:19
-We came up with the idea -of having a book made.	0:42:20	0:42:23
-Gomer published a book -called Hon, Ynys y Galon.	0:42:23	0:42:26
-Iwan wrote poems for the book...	0:42:27	0:42:29
-..and an essay -about his experiences in New York.	0:42:29	0:42:33
-Talking to Iwan -was so enriching.	0:42:34	0:42:38
-He enriched everything...	0:42:39	0:42:43
-..through his knowledge and keen -interest in everything creative.	0:42:43	0:42:49
-I first heard Far Rockaway -on the Bol a Chyfri' Banc tour.	0:42:52	0:42:58
-I don't think -I'd ever seen it written down.	0:43:00	0:43:03
-I just heard it being read -in Iwan's half-whispered voice...	0:43:04	0:43:09
-..close to the mic.	0:43:09	0:43:11
-He didn't always -give it much of an introduction.	0:43:11	0:43:15
-But over a number of poetry tours...	0:43:15	0:43:17
-..it became a firm favourite -with audiences.	0:43:17	0:43:20
-I've also heard him talking about it -with sixth form students and so on.	0:43:20	0:43:25
-We hear more about the background.	0:43:25	0:43:28
-Iwan once came to New York...	0:43:28	0:43:30
-..and was intending to get on -the A train to come to Manhattan.	0:43:30	0:43:34
-He got on the A train but the A -train going in the wrong direction.	0:43:34	0:43:38
-Of course, at the end of that train -is Far Rockaway.	0:43:38	0:43:41
-He was so hypnotized by the name...	0:43:41	0:43:44
-..that he felt inspired -to write a poem.	0:43:44	0:43:47
-Far Rockaway	0:43:50	0:43:52
-"I will take you to Far Rockaway	0:43:53	0:43:55
-"Far Rockaway	0:43:56	0:43:57
-"The name strums, -a guitar in my head	0:43:57	0:44:00
-"Sings a choir of summer -and sea-tide rhythms	0:44:00	0:44:02
-"Talks of lovers over black coffee	0:44:03	0:44:05
-"On a night-ride in a pick-up truck	0:44:05	0:44:07
-"Smells of gasoline after rain	0:44:08	0:44:10
-"Hand in hand -on the trail of the moon	0:44:11	0:44:13
-"Hunting bullfrogs on a wet lane	0:44:13	0:44:16
-"The thrill -of that half-remembered tune	0:44:16	0:44:19
-"I will take you to Far Rockaway	0:44:20	0:44:22
-"Far Rockaway	0:44:23	0:44:24
-"Where the heavens' hem -trails in the muddied seashore	0:44:24	0:44:27
-"And trades witty lullabies	0:44:28	0:44:30
-"Where the graffiti rainbow -is a frontier	0:44:30	0:44:33
-"Between the naked walls -and the simmering sun	0:44:33	0:44:36
-"Where the track -follows the narrow path	0:44:36	0:44:38
-"Between Saturday's smiles -and Sunday's scowl	0:44:39	0:44:42
-"As we both share -our secret burdens arm in arm	0:44:42	0:44:46
-"I will take you to Far Rockaway	0:44:47	0:44:50
-"Far Rockaway	0:44:50	0:44:52
-"Where the city police -are sketching poems	0:44:52	0:44:54
-"As they await the train	0:44:54	0:44:56
-"And swap stories -with their submachine guns	0:44:56	0:44:59
-"And the poets -on their high rise ladders	0:44:59	0:45:01
-"Are daubing cynghanedd -on four walls	0:45:01	0:45:03
-"Drinking whisky and dew	0:45:04	0:45:05
-"Playing left-handed chess	0:45:05	0:45:07
-"The name is one long drawn-out kiss	0:45:08	0:45:11
-"Far Rockaway, Far Rockaway"	0:45:11	0:45:14
-What's amazing about it -is that it's a like a lyric.	0:45:16	0:45:20
-It reminds me of Ar Lan y Mor...	0:45:20	0:45:22
-..and verses from the hen benillion -folk poetry tradition...	0:45:23	0:45:26
-..where place names are enticing.	0:45:26	0:45:29
-That's what it's all about.	0:45:29	0:45:31
-When he saw the name, -it awoke something inside him.	0:45:32	0:45:35
-The place itself -was nothing like the poem.	0:45:35	0:45:38
-But the name, that word, those -words, had awoken something in him.	0:45:38	0:45:42
-That's what poetry is.	0:45:43	0:45:45
-Words playing with each other -and calling for each other.	0:45:45	0:45:49
-I think this poem -captures the essence of poetry.	0:45:49	0:45:53
-You create this magic -from just a few words.	0:45:54	0:45:57
-Tributes have been paid -to Chief Bard Iwan Llwyd...	0:45:58	0:46:01
-..who was found dead -in his home in Bangor yesterday.	0:46:01	0:46:04
-He was 52 years old.	0:46:05	0:46:07
-I found Iwan's body -in the house in Bangor.	0:46:08	0:46:11
-I went into the house...	0:46:11	0:46:13
-..and found him lying -between the bed and the wall.	0:46:13	0:46:19
-I immediately thought about -his song, Hen Drefn...	0:46:19	0:46:24
-..and these lines in particular.	0:46:24	0:46:26
-"An old order, an old discussion, -an old covenant broken	0:46:26	0:46:30
-"An old fall between wall and bed	0:46:31	0:46:33
-"An old fire in an old house."	0:46:33	0:46:35
-He goes on.	0:46:36	0:46:37
-"An old song, an old penny, an old -pain in the pit of my stomach."	0:46:37	0:46:42
-He actually had a bad ulcer, and -that's what killed him in the end.	0:46:42	0:46:46
-"An old dog hobbling home alone. -What will become of the old man?"	0:46:46	0:46:51
-He never mentioned the pain.	0:46:52	0:46:54
-He could have had treatment -for the ulcer...	0:46:54	0:46:57
-..instead of suffering -and writing about it.	0:46:57	0:47:00
-But that's how he dealt with it.	0:47:00	0:47:02
-He drank to numb the pain.	0:47:02	0:47:04
-I feel that he had already -produced his best work.	0:47:04	0:47:07
-Everyone has their time -on this earth.	0:47:07	0:47:10
-Some of us achieve so much more -in less time than others...	0:47:11	0:47:15
-..who go on for much longer but who -don't manage to achieve as much...	0:47:15	0:47:20
-..despite having double the time.	0:47:20	0:47:22
-We all miss him greatly.	0:47:22	0:47:25
-Yet we're all proud to have shared -some of the journey with him.	0:47:26	0:47:29
-We know that it had to come -to an end. That's how it is.	0:47:30	0:47:34
-But it was quite a ride -by his side!	0:47:35	0:47:39
-# A strange hotel, pretty eyes	0:47:41	0:47:44
-# A distant voice in a poet's heart	0:47:45	0:47:49
-# Through the noisy telephone kiosk	0:47:49	0:47:53
-# There's another city -down the road #	0:47:54	0:47:58
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