Burning Down the Dosbarth, published by Y Lolfa, is now in its second edition. Reviewers have consistently praised the collection as "magical unpredictable poems laced with venom" (Y Faner Goch) and as being, "racy pungent and tantalising" (Ninnau). This hypnotically illustrated, 48 page book plunges into the many difficulties experienced by non Welsh speakers as they work to regain their language at the domestic, community, national or spiritual level. It makes essential reading for anyone interested in Wales historic sense of struggle and defiance.
List of poems:
The Clichés of IT
Sick Note
A Learner's Tale
Gallery
Border
You've Travelled a Little
Grandfather
Application
Life Support
Dr. Kim
They Don't
Lies You'll Read in the Western Mail
Ashamed
Dad
Tenby
Paint Job
Short Cut
Freak
Counter
It Won't
WLPAN Agent
What Have You Done for Me
Cheque
Mother
Not Enough Paint
In a Miami Bookshop
Realistically
Phone-in
For My Daughters
Robbers
Heir
Here's a Country