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Dic Jones (30 March 1934 – 18 August 2009), was a Welsh-language poet and Archdruid of the National Eisteddfod of Wales. Career. Jones was born Richard Lewis Jones at Tre'r-ddôl in Ceredigion. The son of a farmer, he himself farmed 85 acres (34 ha) at Fferm yr Hendre at Blaenannerch in Aberporth. In commenting upon his life, he remarked, "I ...
Dic Jones wrote poems in which he addressed famous politicians and commented on the wonders of technology such as the Telstar space satellite and the military base at Aber-porth.
Sep 1, 2009 · Dic Jones was the archetypal Welsh farmer, spare of frame and sparse with words. But he was much more than that. He was a poet, esteemed by his peers as one of Britain’s heavyweights of the...
- John Eifion Jones
May 5, 2021 · A POETRY trail celebrating the work of feted local poet Dic Jones was opened last week. The circular woodland walk at Hendre, Blaenporth, where the former Archdruid and chaired bard farmed all his life, was the brainchild of Dic’s son Brychan Llyr.
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- Dic Jones
Dec 15, 2009 · The poetry trail created on public footpaths at Yr Hendre, the farm of the late archdruid Dic Jones, provides a lasting memorial to the chaired and crowned poet.
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Poems by Alun Cilie (1898-19 and Dic Jones (1936-2009) of Ceredigion, West Wales translated in part or in whole into English by Diarmuid Johnson.
