Dylan Thomas
Dylan Thomas
Dylan Marlais Thomaswas a Welsh poet and writer whose works include the poems "Do not go gentle into that good night" and "And death shall have no dominion"; the 'play for voices' Under Milk Wood; and stories and radio broadcasts such as A Child's Christmas in Wales and Portrait of the Artist as a Young Dog. He became widely popular in his lifetime and remained so after his premature death at the age of 39 in New York City. By...
NationalityWelsh
ProfessionPoet
Date of Birth27 October 1914
CitySwansea, Wales
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
In the beginning was the word, the word That from the solid bases of the light Abstracted all the letters of the void....
Rage, rage against the dying light
Dark is a way and light is a place, Heaven that never was Nor will be ever is always true "Poem on His Birthday
It is the measure of my individual struggle from darkness toward some measure of light.
the moment of a miracle is unending lightning ...
Love is the last light spoken.
Do not go gently into that good night but rage, rage against the dying of the light.
Dylan talked copiously, then stopped. 'Somebody's boring me,' he said, 'I think it's me.'
Rage, rage against the dying of the light.
Though lovers be lost love shall not; And death shall have no dominion.
You can tear a poem apart to see what makes it tick... You're back with the mystery of having been moved by words. The best craftsmanship always leaves holes and gaps... so that something that is not in the poem can creep, crawl, flash or thunder in.
But time has set its maggot on their track.
There is only one position for an artist anywhere; and that is upright.