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. The Welsh Academy Encyclopaedia of Wales
by: John Davies, Nigel Jenkins, Menna Baines, Peredur I. Lynch
January 31, 2008
Considering it a sad omission that no one has yet seen fit to comment, I thought I would present my own 'humble offering'.
The many individuals involved in bringing this work into being are to be hugely congratulated. The design and execution are superb and the whole is richly illustrated. Given that reference works aren't generally amenable to 'reinvention', the unobtrusive and cleanly set page design can be ajudged successful by the very fact that it doesn't draw attention to itself and instead lets the content 'speak for itself'.
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. Gwyddoniadur Cymru Yr Academi Gymreig
by: John Davies, Menna Baines, Nigel Jenkins, Peredur Lynch
January 31, 2008
Considering it a sad omission that no one has yet seen fit to comment, I thought I would present my own 'humble offering'.
The many individuals involved in bringing this work into being are to be hugely congratulated. The design and execution are superb and the whole is richly illustrated. Given that reference works aren't generally amenable to 'reinvention', the unobtrusive and cleanly set page design can be ajudged successful by the very fact that it doesn't draw attention to itself and instead lets the content 'speak for itself'.
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. Real Swansea (Real Wales)
by: Nigel Jenkins
April 22, 2008
Considering it a sad omission that no one has yet seen fit to comment, I thought I would present my own 'humble offering'.
The many individuals involved in bringing this work into being are to be hugely congratulated. The design and execution are superb and the whole is richly illustrated. Given that reference works aren't generally amenable to 'reinvention', the unobtrusive and cleanly set page design can be ajudged successful by the very fact that it doesn't draw attention to itself and instead lets the content 'speak for itself'.
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. O for a gun: 101 Haiku and Senryu
by: Nigel Jenkins
June 14, 2007
gull hooked, trailing
from its beak a yard of line -
o for a gun
I remain intrigued by a book of poetry with such a title. Guns, and thoughts of putting suffering animals to death, seemed an unusual starting point for a haiku collection. The cover image - a close-up of a beautiful, rusted gun - is, as we find out in the acknowledgements, a `Peacemaker' rifle of 1870s America, `The gun that won the west.'
I wish I could set down more of the haiku here but these I must mention:
two men who never speak--
thrown together by ice,
their hats scattered
at dawn, as at dusk,
the windows of Swansea
take fire and ... Read More:
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. Wales: The Lie of the Land
by: Nigel Jenkins, Jeremy Moore
1996-02
gull hooked, trailing
from its beak a yard of line -
o for a gun
I remain intrigued by a book of poetry with such a title. Guns, and thoughts of putting suffering animals to death, seemed an unusual starting point for a haiku collection. The cover image - a close-up of a beautiful, rusted gun - is, as we find out in the acknowledgements, a `Peacemaker' rifle of 1870s America, `The gun that won the west.'
I wish I could set down more of the haiku here but these I must mention:
two men who never speak--
thrown together by ice,
their hats scattered
at dawn, as at dusk,
the windows of Swansea
take fire and ... Read More:
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. Hotel Gwales
by: Nigel Jenkins
2006-02
gull hooked, trailing
from its beak a yard of line -
o for a gun
I remain intrigued by a book of poetry with such a title. Guns, and thoughts of putting suffering animals to death, seemed an unusual starting point for a haiku collection. The cover image - a close-up of a beautiful, rusted gun - is, as we find out in the acknowledgements, a `Peacemaker' rifle of 1870s America, `The gun that won the west.'
I wish I could set down more of the haiku here but these I must mention:
two men who never speak--
thrown together by ice,
their hats scattered
at dawn, as at dusk,
the windows of Swansea
take fire and ... Read More:
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. Warhead
by: Nigel Jenkins
1981
gull hooked, trailing
from its beak a yard of line -
o for a gun
I remain intrigued by a book of poetry with such a title. Guns, and thoughts of putting suffering animals to death, seemed an unusual starting point for a haiku collection. The cover image - a close-up of a beautiful, rusted gun - is, as we find out in the acknowledgements, a `Peacemaker' rifle of 1870s America, `The gun that won the west.'
I wish I could set down more of the haiku here but these I must mention:
two men who never speak--
thrown together by ice,
their hats scattered
at dawn, as at dusk,
the windows of Swansea
take fire and ... Read More:
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. Shoes
by: Menna Elfyn
1981
gull hooked, trailing
from its beak a yard of line -
o for a gun
I remain intrigued by a book of poetry with such a title. Guns, and thoughts of putting suffering animals to death, seemed an unusual starting point for a haiku collection. The cover image - a close-up of a beautiful, rusted gun - is, as we find out in the acknowledgements, a `Peacemaker' rifle of 1870s America, `The gun that won the west.'
I wish I could set down more of the haiku here but these I must mention:
two men who never speak--
thrown together by ice,
their hats scattered
at dawn, as at dusk,
the windows of Swansea
take fire and ... Read More:
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. Acts of Union: Selected Poems 1974-1989
by: Nigel Jenkins
March 01, 1990
gull hooked, trailing
from its beak a yard of line -
o for a gun
I remain intrigued by a book of poetry with such a title. Guns, and thoughts of putting suffering animals to death, seemed an unusual starting point for a haiku collection. The cover image - a close-up of a beautiful, rusted gun - is, as we find out in the acknowledgements, a `Peacemaker' rifle of 1870s America, `The gun that won the west.'
I wish I could set down more of the haiku here but these I must mention:
two men who never speak--
thrown together by ice,
their hats scattered
at dawn, as at dusk,
the windows of Swansea
take fire and ... Read More:
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. Films on Offer
from: Brit. Film
1980-07
gull hooked, trailing
from its beak a yard of line -
o for a gun
I remain intrigued by a book of poetry with such a title. Guns, and thoughts of putting suffering animals to death, seemed an unusual starting point for a haiku collection. The cover image - a close-up of a beautiful, rusted gun - is, as we find out in the acknowledgements, a `Peacemaker' rifle of 1870s America, `The gun that won the west.'
I wish I could set down more of the haiku here but these I must mention:
two men who never speak--
thrown together by ice,
their hats scattered
at dawn, as at dusk,
the windows of Swansea
take fire and ... Read More:
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