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Ninety years ago, in 1931, Waldo Williams visited a friend at Hoplas, Rhoscrowther. He was helping him to harvest turnips.
At the end of a day spent hunched and heaving at the earth, Waldo looked up. The sun was setting.
In that moment, he composed his most famous poem.
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At the end of a day spent hunched and heaving at the earth, Waldo looked up. The sun was setting.
In that moment, he composed his most famous poem.
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#OTD in 1971 Welsh poet #WaldoWilliams died. Waldo trained as a teacher in Pembrokeshire, and in the 1920s he met Willie Jenkins - one of the pioneers of the Independent Labour Party (ILP) in Pembrokeshire. The two men were pacifists, and deeply objected to war.
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In 1931 Waldo came to Rhoscrowther to help Jenkins on his farm. While here Waldo wrote one of his best-known poems, Cofio (Remembering). Apparently he composed the first verse when watching the sun set after a day on the fields. He went in for supper, and then wrote the rest.
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