Poems from Obscurity

by Margiad Evans

A collection of poems, both published and unpublished. They mainly refer to nature and simple country life, presumably in the Welsh borderlands beloved by this author.

48 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1947

About the author

"Margiad Evans" was the pseudonym of Peggy Eileen Whistler, an English poet, novelist, and illustrator with a lifelong fascination with the Welsh border country

Reviews

[Caroline · Rating 2 out of 5]

Poetry by this English author who loved the Welsh borderlands. Much of it is rather sentimental, but there are some lovely images such as:

The spying lightning looked down the hill
And hid in a twist of the darkness

or

Power that falls upon the sea,
Land, and the last frightened tree;
On the grinding clouds of gloom,
Millstones of the rain to come,