Once It Was the Colour of Saying
July 5, 2023I Dreamed My Genesis
July 5, 2023In My Craft or Sullen Art
In my craft or sullen art
Exercised in the still night
When only the moon rages
And the lovers lie abed
With all their griefs in their arms
I labour by singing light
Not for ambition or bread
Or the strut and trade of charms
On the ivory stages
But for the common wages
Of their most secret heart.
Not for the proud man apart
From the raging moon I write
On these spindrift pages
Nor for the towering dead
With their nightingales and psalms
But for the lovers, their arms
Round the griefs of the ages,
Who pay no praise or wages
Nor heed my craft or art.
Dylan Thomas
Dylan Thomas (1914-1953) was a Welsh poet and writer known for his vibrant and surreal works. He wrote several volumes of poetry, including "Deaths and Entrances" and "In Country Sleep," as well as the celebrated play "Under Milk Wood." Thomas's work often explored themes of mortality and the passage of time.