Dw i ddim yn siarad Cymraeg yn rhugl eto, ond rŵan dw i’n trio ysgrifennu Cynghanedd. Efallai mae’r rhywbeth yn toredig yn fy ymennydd. Roedd f’ymennydd yn meddal fel mennynbyddaf i’n meddwl o mhedd Ha! Cerdd ddrwg iawn yn fyrfyfyr. A not too bad Google translation of my improvised verses, which it calls “music”, because, … More Beth ydw i’n meddwl!?
Gwybodaeth am y daith fy mod i’n dechrau yn yr Eisteddfod Genedlaethol eleni.
… More Cyllun am y Daith “Dim Saesneg”
Yn y mis Awst, dw i’n dechrau daith yr iaith…cerdded dros Gymru yn siarad dim iaith ond gymraeg am un flwydden. Dewch i weld fi yn yr Eifionydd a Llyn Eisteddfod Genedlaethol ger Boduan yn eleni. In August, I start the journey of the language…walking across Wales speaking no language but Welsh for one year. … More Taith ‘Dim Saesneg’: Y Wythnos Cyntaf
Pam y Daith? Mae o’n weithred o gyfiawnder cymdethasol! Ugain flynydd yn ôl, dw i wedi swrthio mewn cariad â Chymru. Nes i thrio dysgu Cymraeg o dro i dro, ond welais i siaradwyr arall unwaith y mis ar y mwyaf. Rŵan dw i’n gweithio bob dydd ar fy Chymraeg yng Nghaerarfon. Dw i’n credu … More Pam y Daith 2
Mae’r bost yma yn dod o’r rhestr ebost am y Daith “Dim Saesneg”. Dach chi’n gallu tanysgrifio am rhestr ebost yma. Pam dach chi isio cerdded dros Cymru yn siarad dim iaith ond Cymraeg? Pan roeddwn i’n mynd trwy yr amser anoddaf yn fy mywyd, des i i Gymru am dwy mis. Efo help o’r … More Pam y Daith
The following YouTube video contains poems from my recent reading at the RS Thomas Literary Festival in Eglwys Fach, Wales:
Postcolonial theory and the subject of language suppression are intimately tied together. Critiques of British, French, and American suppression and outright destruction of native peoples’ languages is well documented. Native American tongues in America, Canada, and Central and South America have been permanently lost. In the US and Canada, languages such as Navajo, Apache, Choctaw, … More Language Suppression and Colonialism: Cymru a Chymraeg
“There is a need for nomadic escape, and nomadic mission in each of us. Today, people pilgrimage to festivals and tourist destinations for retreat, and to do what is now referred to as ‘finding yourself’. Others go on adventure trips to discover a vitality of life not available in their work-a-day existence. Some travel to … More Our Spiritual Need for Nomadic Experience
What happens when you spend three years living nomadically, working in festivals across the US, UK and Czechia, and hanging out with Rubber Tramps, hippies, Dirty Kids, and assorted not-even-trying-to-be-ne’r-do-wells? A book of Road Tramp Theology. That’s what happens. The gospel is a tramp. It has wanderlust, and lives on the road. It stops for … More New Book! Love Big or Go Home: the inherent nomadic nature of the gospel
Phil Wyman: Dim Saesneg 