Fifty poems by Welsh poets celebrating the A470. Originaly written in Welsh or English, every poem has been translated into the other language and set out side by side as we travel the length of the country.

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Siân Northey; Ness Owen

United Kingdom and Ireland, United Kingdom

PS, 2022

SoftArchive

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Title Page
Copyright
Acknowledgements/Cydnabyddiaethau
Contents/Cynnwys
Glyn Edwards
The Road Traverses
Sian Northey and Ness Owen
Introduction/Cyflwyniad
Des Mannay
Road Hog
Hawlio’r Ffordd
Siôn Aled
Hacrwch
Ugliness
Rhys Owain Williams
A Mountain We Climb
Mynydd i ni ei Ddringo
Cas Stockford
Blaenau Road Sign Happiness
Hapusrwydd Arwydd Ffordd Blaenau
Diana Powell
Blodeuwedd Crosses the Road
Blodeuwedd yn Croesi’r Ffordd
Sian Northey
Rhyw Bedair Awr
About Four Hours
Tudur Dylan Jones
I’r A470
To the A470
Gwyn Parry
Allan o Betrol
Out of Petrol
Eabhan Ní Shuleibháin
Storm Journey
Taith Drwy Storm
Kevin Mills
Gwydion Southbound
Gwydion ar ei Ffordd i’r Deheubarth
Haf Llewelyn
Ar y Ffordd Adra
Home
Ness Owen
Travel Sick
Salwch Teithio
Gareth Culshaw
Tickets
Tocynnau
Non Prys Ifans
Gyrru Trwy’r Tywyllwch
Drive Through the Darkness
Mike Jenkins
Red Flowers
Blodau Cochion
Osian Owen
Comins-coch
Comins-coch
Nicholas McGaughey
North/South Divide
Hanner Ffordd
Seth Crook
Someone Coughs in Another Language
Pesychu Mewn Iaith Arall
Rebecca Lowe
The Cambrian Way
Llwybr y Cymry
Sara Louise Wheeler
Cynhadledd yn y Gwesty Gwyrdd
Conference at the Green Hotel
Adele Evershed
The Art of Embroidering a Road Through the Eye of Heaven
Sut i Frodio Ffordd Trwy Grau’r Nefoedd
Matthew M.C. Smith
Ancient Navigations
Hen Lwybrau
K.S. Moore
More Than Winter
Gaeaf a Mwy
Mari George
Eira ar y Bannau
Snow on the Beacons
Rae Howells
Pipistrelle
Pipistrellus
Julian Brasington
Oh Road
Am Ffordd
Jeremy Dixon
‘Like my Jealousy’
‘Like my Jealousy’
Annes Glynn
A470, 2021
A470, 2021
Ben Ray
Unzipping Wales
Agor y Zip
Sammy Weaver
Pwll-y-Wrach
Pwll-y-Wrach
Osian Jones
Ar Ffo
Escape
Gareth Writer-Davies
Lay-by, Storey Arms Pass
Cilfan, Bwlch y Storey Arms
Natalie Ann Holborow
Prodigal
Yr Afradlon
Ion Thomas
Edefyn
Thread
Angela Graham
An Irishwoman is Introduced to the Major Roads of Wales
Gwyddeles yn Dysgu am Briffyrdd Cymru
Mererid Hopwood
I Ferthyr
To Merthyr
Pat Edwards
Apollo Over Merthyr
Apollo Dros Ferthyr
Llŷr Gwyn Lewis
Lleiniau
Hard Stretch
Tracey Rhys
And in those days...
Ac yn y dyddiau hynny...
Conway Emmett
The Crem
Yr Amlosgfa
Gwenno Gwilym
Ar yr A470
On the A470
Stephen Payne
Pontypridd Museum
Amgueddfa Pontypridd
Belle Roach
The Lamb
Yr Oen
Lowri Williams
Llawlyfr Mam i Pit-stops Cymru
Mam’s Guidebook to Welsh Pit-stops
Christina Thatcher
Interweaving
Cydblethu
David Mathews
Hippopotamus Cambrensis
Hippopotamus Cambrensis
Rhiannon Oliver
Dad
Dad
Morgan Owen
Boreudaith
Daybreak Journey
Simon Chandler
Cwlt yr A470
The Cult of the A470
clare e. potter
Taith, Teithio - Iaith, Ieithio
Glyn Edwards
Mae’r Ffordd
About Arachne Press

Arguably the most famous road in Wales, the A470 is 186 miles from shore to shore through the backbone of Wales, linking north to south. From the seashore to slate quarries, from nuclear power stations and fighter plane flypasts to forests, mountains and the capital city. Travelling through memory, myth, love and grief, we learn lessons, ache for match tickets, stitch ourselves together and encounter famous goats. O bosib y ffordd fwyaf adnabyddus yng Nghymru, mae'r A470 yn ymestyn am 186 milltir o arfordir y gogledd i arfordir y de trwy ganol Cymru. Ar ei hyd gwelir traethau a chwareli, atomfa ac awyrennau rhyfel, mynyddoedd a'n prifddinas. Yn y gyfrol hon cawn 51 o gerddi gwreiddiol, wedi'u cyfieithu o'r Gymraeg, neu i'r Gymraeg, i greu casgliad dwyieithog sydd yn ein harwain ar hyd yr A470. Cawn ein tywys trwy atgofion, chwedlau, cariad a galar, dysgwn wersi, rhannwn docynnau gêm, pwythwn frodwaith ein gwlad a gwylio'r geifr.

Arguably the most famous road in Wales, the A470 is 186 miles from shore to shore through the backbone of Wales, linking north to south.
Peaceful and picturesque or slow and never-ending: the road out of here, the road home, the beginnings of devolution? Glorious national parks, bypasses, being stuck behind a certain lorry firm or worse, a caravan, the road to the Royal Welsh? From the seashore to slates, from nuclear power stations and fighter plane flypasts to forests and mountains: Bwlch yr Oerddrws, Pen y Fan. On the road or on a journey, there's no need to take the A470 too literally.
51 original poems, translated into and out of Welsh, to create an entirely bilingual poetry collection.
Edited by and translated by Sian Northey and Ness Owen, with additional translations from Sin Aled, and the authors.

51 original poems, translated into and out of Welsh, to create an entirely bilingual poetry collection in praise of the iconic north/south route, the A470.

2023-07-16