Dylan Thomas - And Death Shall Have No Dominion

[1villigeidiot]

It's funny... That I love this poem.. And I don't like his own reading of it.... Give a poet a pulpit... And his voice becomes like stone.. Confident and brash. I always heard the line "and death shall have no dominion" as someting quiet and yet firm.. I'll keep away from the pulpit myself..... Though I love this poem more than anything, and hope someday... "To have Stars at elbow and foot..." I'll keep to my fields, my sheep, and my dogs.. And I'll leave the pulpit to the preachers and poets-

[richardsaxecoburg]

My favourite poet.

[yippitydodah]

"break in the sun 'til the sun breaks down"

Hard to belive he was only fifteen of so when he wrote this. And his recitation heard here in later life just adds to the magic.

[Thereisonlythemoment]

"Though lovers be lost love shall not" - no attachment to form, people come and people go but Love always remains. Death is but a moment of Change. Interesting Poem.

[Bjarku]

@Thereisonlythemoment great to see someone else seeing zen in this poem