(be)longing by Daniel Hill Doris Kareva selves fracture

selves fracture

through patterns of interference

and a legacy of governmental corruption that has now led the country into economic and social crisis

Idris Davies

The scientific knowledge and the sometimes old-fashioned diction that abound in these poems are both part of worlds of reference in which sequencing (narrative

(be)longing by Daniel Hill Doris Kareva selves fractureCymru is a nation steeped in history and linguistic tradition. From the Mabinogion to the tale of Bedd Gelert, it is also a nation grounded in mythology and folklore. This chapbook highlights such tales and integrates them into the modern age. Not a revival, nor a retelling, but a recontextualisation of how myth and lore still thread themselves into the seams of modern life. The poems use myth as a method of exploration of a modern Welsh identity.