Reimagine our relationship withthe natural worldthroughthe Welsh poetic tradition

At a time of biodiversity lossand climate grief, we need to reset our relationship with the natural world.Cynefinhelps us hear the voices of people down the centuries whohave, through poetry,expresseda differentwayof connecting with the living world around us.

Carwyn Graves explores how the Welsh poetic tradition offers a differentview ofnature andconnecting to our place in theworld,anddemonstrates itspower to help us addressthe challenges we face.

Find fresh perspectives from themes of grief and loss mediated through snow and the cuckoo's song, to ecological sensibilities in medieval poemsand the generosity of the water that drives the water wheel. In a thousand years ofpoetrywe seethe natural world portrayed not asa pristine realm buta human home;bittersweet as well aswelcoming.Above allCarwyn invites us, through these poems, toencounternature in a bee,aflower,alakeora field ofsheep not in the abstract but in all its sparkling reality.