This Common Uncommon

Disgrifiad Cymraeg / Welsh Description

Pan gaiff tir comin lleol ei fygwth gan ddatblygiad newydd, mae un bardd yn archwilio ei gyfrinachau, gan ddarganfod trysorau naturiol, anghyffredin, ynghyd â phobl ryfeddol sy'n brwydro i'w hamddiffyn. A fedran nhw achub y tir comin anghyffredin hwn?

Disgrifiad Saesneg / English Description

When a local common is threatened with development, one poet explores its secrets, discovering extraordinary natural treasures and wonderful people fighting to defend them. Can they save this uncommon common?

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Bywgraffiad yr Awdur / Author Biography

Rae Howells is a poet, journalist and lavender farmer from Swansea. Her debut collection, The language of bees (Parthian), was shortlisted for Wales Book of the Year 2023. She has previously won the Rialto Nature & Place and Welsh poetry competitions and been featured widely in journals including Magma , The Rialto , Poetry Wales , New Welsh Review , Acumen and Poetry Ireland .

Adolygiad y Cyhoeddwr / Publisher Review

Everybody had written it off as waste ground. But when a planning application is made to build houses on this wild and green patch of Gower common, something magical emerges. From the star-nose of the polecat and the bold zigzags of adders to the delicate yellow blooms of a bog asphodel glade, this small patch of common land has revealed dozens of unexpected wonders. Hiding beneath the bracken is a wet heathland, brimming with bog plants, fed by layers of nutrient-rich peat and supporting scores of species, a vanishingly rare habitat in the UK. Using her nature poet’s eye for detail and treading in the footsteps of the original poet of the commons, John Clare, Howells brings to life the story of this threatened land. Her poems ring with passion for this wild place, recording the many rare plants and animals that will be lost if the common is developed. She asks important questions about land use, about what commons mean to us today, and about who – or what – gets to own and enjoy green spaces. Above all she takes us on a journey of discovery, into the miniature rainforest of this little, almost-forgotten place, where you’ll find the uncommon is a common sight. Set on West Cross Common, Gower with universal environmental themes, this collection will appeal to: Eco-conscious nature lovers, those who are interested in activism, wilding, nature writing, planning, climate change, common land and land ownership, recording nature for future generations.