The Collected Poems of Dylan Thomas

• ISBN13: 9789372275650
• Binding: Paperback
• Subject: English Literature
• Publisher: Atlantic Publishers & Distributors (P) Ltd
• Publisher Imprint: Peacock Books
• Publication Date: June 12, 2026
• Pages: 192
• Original Price: INR 395.0
• Language: English
• Edition: N/A
• Item Weight: 150 grams
• BISAC Subject(s): General, European / English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh, and Subjects & Themes / General

The Collected Poems of Dylan Thomas, first published in 1952, brings together the poet’s most influential and timeless works from his early career, spanning from 1934 to 1952. This comprehensive collection showcases Thomas’s remarkable ability to blend vivid imagery, emotional intensity and musicality into his poetry. From his earliest explorations of life and death to his later, more mature reflections on the human experience, this volume highlights the full spectrum of his genius. With iconic pieces such as ‘Do Not Go Gentle into That Good Night’ and ‘Fern Hill’, it offers readers a profound glimpse into the mind of one of the twentieth century’s most celebrated poets. Revered for its passion and innovation, this collection continues to captivate and inspire generations of readers.

Dylan Marlais Thomas (1914–1953) was a renowned Welsh poet and writer, celebrated for his distinctive lyrical style and complex use of language. Born in Swansea, Wales, he was profoundly influenced by his early experiences and the natural beauty of his homeland. Thomas’s poetry is marked by vivid imagery, musicality and emotional depth. Known for his bohemian lifestyle and distinctive voice, he became an iconic figure in the literary world. Despite his early death at 39, he remains one of the most influential poets of the 20th century, and his work continues to captivate readers and inspire new generations. Today, the Dylan Thomas Centre in Swansea stands as a testament to his enduring legacy, offering a space for literary events, exhibitions and cultural engagement.

Noteworthy works by Dylan Thomas:
• • 18 Poems (1934)
• • Portrait of the Artist as a Young Dog (1940)
• • Deaths and Entrances (1946)

• Note....xi
• Author’s Prologue….xiii
• I See the Boys of Summer….1
• When Once the Twilight Locks No Longer............4
• A Process in the Weather of the Heart....6
• Before I Knocked......7
• The Force That Through the Green Fuse Drives the Flower......9
• My Hero Bares His Nerves...........10
• Where Once the Waters of Your Face....11
• If I Were Tickled by the Rub of Love.....12
• Our Eunuch Dreams..............14
• Especially When the October Wind.....16
• When, Like A Running Grave.....18
• From Love’s First Fever to Her Plague....20
• In the Beginning......22
• Light Breaks Where No Sun Shines....24
• I Fellowed Sleep......26
• I Dreamed My Genesis.....28
• My World is Pyramid..............30
• All All and All the Dry Worlds Lever....33
• I, In My Intricate Image.....35
• This Bread I Break......39
• Incarnate Devil.....40
• To-Day, This Insect.....41
• The Seed-At-Zero.....42
• Shall Gods Be Said to Thump the Clouds......44
• Here in This Spring.....45
• Do You Not Father Me..........46
• Out Of the Sighs......48
• Hold Hard, These Ancient Minutes in the Cuckoo’s Month.....50
• Was There A Time......51
• Now...........52
• Why East Wind Chills..........54
• A Grief Ago.......55
• How Soon the Servant Sun...........57
• Ears in the Turrets Hear....59
• Foster the Light.....61
• The Hand That Signed the Paper...........63
• Should Lanterns Shine..........64
• I Have Longed to Move Away.........65
• Find Meat on Bones.....66
• Grief Thief of Time.....68
• And Death Shall Have No Dominion....69
• Then Was My Neophyte....71
• Altarwise by Owl-Light.....73
• Because the Pleasure-Bird Whistles....78
• I Make This in A Warring Absence....79
• When All My Five and Country Senses See.............82
• We Lying by Seasand..............83
• It Is the Sinners’ Dust-Tongued Bell.....84
• O Make Me A Mask.....86
• The Spire Cranes.....87
• After the Funeral.....88
• Once it was the Colour of Saying...........90
• Not From This Anger..........91
• How Shall My Animal..........92
• The Tombstone Told When she Died....94
• On No Work of Words..........96
• A Saint About to Fall..............97
• ‘If My Head Hurt A Hair’s Foot’............99
• Twenty-Four Years.....101
• The Conversation of Prayer.........102
• A Refusal to Mourn the Death, By Fire, Of A Child in London..........103
• Poem in October......104
• This Side of the Truth.....107
• To Others than You..............109
• Love in the Asylum..............110
• Unluckily for a Death..........111
• The Hunchback in the Park.........113
• Into her Lying Down Head..........115
• Do Not Go Gentle into That Good Night............118
• Deaths and Entrances.....119
• A Winter’s Tale......121
• On a Wedding Anniversary.........126
• There was a Saviour..............127
• On the Marriage of a Virgin.........129
• In my Craft or Sullen Art...........130
• Ceremony After a Fire Raid.........131
• Once Below A Time..............134
• When I Woke.....136
• Among those Killed in the Dawn Raid was a Man Aged a Hundred........138
• Lie Still, Sleep Becalmed..........139
• Vision and Prayer......140
• Ballad of the Long-legged Bait............152
• Holy Spring......160
• Fern Hill.........161
• In Country Sleep......163
• Over Sir John’s Hill.....167
• Poem On His Birthday....170
• Lament..........174
• In the White Giant’s Thigh..........176