Thank you so much to Vatsala Radhakesoon and Lydia Chiarelli for publishing my Dylan Thomas poem for this years' Dylan Thomas Day celebration.

https://vatsalaradwritingworld.home.blog/2026/05/12/international-dylan-thomas-day-2026-mauritius/

There's lots of beautiful work in here!

Vibrancy To Gloom

Words, out of time, in the spotlight,
a thunderous and dazzling voice that shook the world.
Reading tours,
bringing forth powerful emotional intelligence,  
imbuing  brilliancy with confidence.
Praise for the poet who brought the glow,
luminosity that moved hearts,
poems read vibrantly in the brightness of the beam,
patterns of syllables ablaze within
the radiant beat and glide of his words.
Lines as lyrics, once sung,
now dimming and newly hushing,
a strong sense of rhythm stilling.
His fighting spirit against that good night sapped,
while the darkness of pneumonia took his voice.