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Selected Poems
  • Published: 12 March 2026
  • ISBN: 9781802062717
  • Imprint: Penguin eBooks
  • Format: EBook
  • Pages: 240
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Selected Poems

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A new selection of deeply imaginative, profound and original poems by the Welsh national treasure

The greatest Welsh poet of the twentieth century, Dylan Thomas harnessed the very music of language, giving voice to the inevitable shape of life, its joys and sorrows, losses and wonders. In rich, evocative language, his work captures the intricate beauty and complexities of human existence – from the haunting verses of ‘Do Not Go Gentle into That Good Night’ to the nostalgic reverie of ‘Fern Hill’. Here, roadside bushes brim with whistling blackbirds, blind eyes blaze like meteors, love remains when lovers are lost and time ticks a heaven round the stars.

This new selection brings together poems from Thomas’ Collected Poems 1934–1952, published during his lifetime, along with a few rare gems that offer a deeper insight into his creative world and the enduring power of his poetic genius.
  • Published: 12 March 2026
  • ISBN: 9781802062717
  • Imprint: Penguin eBooks
  • Format: EBook
  • Pages: 240
Categories:

About the author

Dylan Thomas

Dylan Thomas was born in Swansea in 1914, where he worked as a reporter on the local newspaper. He published his first volume of poetry, 18 Poems, when he was just twenty years old. Thereafter, bohemian literary life in London alternated with some more positively creative periods back in Wales. He had a celebrated career as a writer for radio and film, and he continued to publish poetry and short stories. From 1950 onwards, Thomas’ attention was given mainly to completing his most famous work, Under Milk Wood: A Play for Voices. The poet died in New York in 1953 and is buried at Laugharne.
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Also by Dylan Thomas

Under Milk Wood
A Child's Christmas in Wales
Portrait of the Artist as a Young Dog
Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night
The Dylan Thomas BBC Radio Collection
Under Milk Wood: A Play for Voices
Chelsea Dreaming
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Praise for Selected Poems

Dylan Thomas disturbed the roots of our language in an organic way and gave it a new vitality

The Times

Dylan Thomas was first and foremost a poet – an inventor of words – a constructor of otherwise grammar. He was a magician

Terry Jones

The most musical of poets. His work is so full of rhythm and melody that one of life's great pleasures is to read him aloud, feeling those syllables roll around your mouth while the rhythms find their ebb and flow

Cerys Matthews