Conversations

Hiraeth is easily repaired

by dialling someone, who’s shared

a moment of joy; who’s cared…

How sweet thus to hear a smile,

the friendly voices that beguile,

sparkling down each cabled mile…

And phoning friends from the past

recalls old tunes, like a blast,

healing our present at last.

Ifor ap Glyn
Bardd Cenedlaethol Cymru / National Poet of Wales

(Commissioned by BT. English translation by Ifor ap Glyn. The poem has been brought to life with a striking video which can be seen here)