Naming the Trees

Disgrifiad Cymraeg / Welsh Description

Llyfr sy'n archwilio'r berthynas rhwng dyn a choed a sut y gwnaeth coed siapio llên gwerin a llenyddiaeth. Ysgogwyd y gyfrol gan ymgyrch i achub coedwig hynafol Penrhos, ardal o ddiddordeb gwyddonol arbennig ar Ynys Môn, rhag cael ei throi yn wersyll gwyliau. Archwilir llên gwerin coed ynghyd â chariad yr awdures at goed a'i hymwneud â nhw ac â bywyd gwyllt ei chynefin.

Disgrifiad Saesneg / English Description

A deep-dive into the human relationship with trees and how trees have shaped folklore and literature. Sparked by a campaign to save the ancient forest of Penrhos, an SSSI on Ynys Môn, from being turned into a holiday camp, Ness explores Welsh folklore of trees and her own love for and engagement with the trees and other wild aspects of her home.

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Cynnwys / Table of Contents

Introduction Penrhos Sequence 1. Show us what it is to love a forest with song 2. How easy is it to lose ourselves? 3. Where estuary meets sea 4. Walk with us I Naming the Trees Ash is for the dreamers Sky looked down and tried not to judge Winter’s Path Llwybr y Gaeaf Gathering for Calennig Hel i Calennig Waiting for Rhiannon’s birds Cerddinnen: Rowan to guard us And then the Geese turned up Yna cyrhaeddodd y gwyddau A riot of bluebells on their own would only be a tantrum Daffodils are Dangerous Birch is for love Llygad Ebrill Ode to Ragwort Sycamore’s Choice Trees are our life Coed yw ein bywyd Elder to bleed when cut II Hazel is for wishing Adra Mudprints in Cae Morfa Hawthorn for the heart-strong Butterfly Count in Gorsedd y Penrhyn Meadow The Hunt Beech for our protection Waking the Sea Saints: Ffraid Gwenfaen Heuldro’r haf/Sun-turn of Summer It is through my body that the world acts on me Agor y Clawdd What the thunder really wanted to say Note to Self Elm to stand and fight Hushed Hold each word And one day you’ll be wearing the wrong t shirt Oak to breathe old secrets One foot in front of another Walking Home

Bywgraffiad yr Awdur / Author Biography

Ness Owen lives on the island of Ynys Môn, off the North Wales coast, where she writes plays, poetry and stories in between lecturing and farming. Her poems have been widely published in journals and anthologies. Ness’s first collection 'Mamiaith' was published by Arachne Press in 2019; and her work also appeared in our anthology 'An Outbreak of Peace', and many of our Solstice Shorts Festival anthologies. She is one two guest editors for our bilingual anthology, 'A470: Poems for the Road Cerddi'r Ffordd', and our forthcoming bilingual anthology, 'Afonydd'.

Adolygiad y Cyhoeddwr / Publisher Review

Ness has an ongoing conversation with her native language and some poems are presented bilingually: there is a link to be made between the disregarding of native language and the disregarding of native habitat. Far more than a book of nature poems, there is a simmering frustration at the casual way we despoil our environment without any concern for what is destroyed or the ongoing impact of that destruction.