Rain overnight —
the mist on Mynyddislwyn
melts almost as quickly
as it takes me
to write about it.
A note on pronunciation:
Mynydd ; pronounced munnuth (th as in those)
Is = iss
lwyn = the most difficult part but closely resembling lo-een. (Said rapidly and as one syllable.)
Munnuth-iss-loeen.
February 17th, 2010 at 11:13 am
Perhaps Captain Blood, had he time, might have penned this at one time too? ;-)
Alan
p.s.
Captain Blood is a fictitious figure based on more than one real person including Captain Henry Morgan, famous Welsh pirate.
February 17th, 2010 at 12:08 pm
Considering I don’t know what Mynyddislwyn is, I can’t truly appreciate this poetry’s meaning. At first I thought it to be a lake, but then the mist melting quickly brings possibly another thought? Hmmm! In spite of my lack of knowledge, I think this posting might be very good…
February 17th, 2010 at 1:02 pm
Mynyddislwyn
old morning mist parishes
phantasma parade
http://www.oakdalevillage.net/history5.html
February 17th, 2010 at 5:09 pm
Sounds awfully Welsh to me. Ancient of days.
February 18th, 2010 at 7:44 am
Thanks for the comments! It is indeed very Welsh. If you follow this link, you get a sense of how high up you’re looking:
http://tinyurl.com/yz248dn
February 19th, 2010 at 6:14 pm
That’s a nice view, Jon, the churh overseeing the mutating parishes. One hopes that bells are still rung!
2000 winters
a Welsh hill church
reminds us
This is an excellent picture, by the way:
http://farm1.static.flickr.com/124/398180137_74974bb79d.jpg
February 26th, 2010 at 2:53 pm
Mysterious, magical, evanescent mist. I love the name of the mountain, though I wouldn’t dare to pronounce it… Thanks for this wonderful haiku moment!
February 23rd, 2014 at 1:30 pm
thanks for all this great and valuable informtions …
April 7th, 2014 at 9:07 am
I quite enjoyed reading it
June 6th, 2016 at 1:03 pm
This is amazing thak you