Ruth Bidgood poems

This material is held atNational Library of Wales / Llyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru

  • Reference
    • GB 210 NLW MS 23946i-iiD.
  • Alternative Id.
      (alternative) vtls004452942
  • Dates of Creation
    • 1966-2011
  • Name of Creator
  • Language of Material
    • English.
  • Physical Description
    • ii, 219 ff.
      Placed in melinex sleeves within two ringed boxes at NLW.
  • Location
    • ARCH/MSS (GB0210)

Scope and Content

Some one hundred and seventy-five original poems by Ruth Bidgood, 1966-2011, mostly typescript, some are emended and a few are in manuscript (ff. 208, 212, 214, 216-217, 219).
The majority of the poems have appeared in various periodicals, as recorded by the author on the individual folios. A few have subsequently been published in collections, including 'Cwm Pennant' (ff. 132-133) and 'Encounters with Angels' (ff. 195-201) in Symbols of Plenty (Norwich, 2006), 'Complaints' (ff. 66-71, 187-189) and 'Bringing Home the Bride' (ff. 169-170) in Hearing Voices (Blaenau Ffestiniog, 2008), and a revised version of 'Reading a Landscape' (ff. 177-181) in Time Being (Bridgend, 2009). 'The Zombie-makers' (f. 38) and 'Brianne 1970' (f. 42) were first published in Matthew Jarvis, Ruth Bidgood (Cardiff, 2012), pp. 133-134. There are multiple copies or drafts of some poems, including 'Complaints' (ff. 66-71, 187-189), 'Summerers' (ff. 129, 152), 'Apparition' (ff. 171, 208), 'Reading a Landscape' (ff. 177-181), 'Windblow' (ff. 182, 218-219), 'Elan in Autumn' (ff. 193, 213-217) and 'Looms' (ff. 194, 210). A list of contents (for ff. 1-194) in the hand of the author is ff. i-ii; the order has subsequently been revised by her. Since the author usually disposed of typescripts once the poems had been collected, this volume includes rare examples of her work.

Arrangement

Author's original order retained, with ff. 202-219 (poems composed 2005-2007, 2011) added as a second accession.

Access Information

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Acquisition Information

NLW MS 23946D, ff. i-ii, 1-201; Ms Ruth Bidgood; Llanwrtyd Wells; Purchase; May 2006; 004452942.
NLW MS 23946D, ff. 202-219; Ms Ruth Bidgood; Llanwrtyd Wells; Donation; August 2011.

Note

Title based on contents.

Preferred citation: NLW MS 23946i-iiD.

Archivist's Note

August 2011 and January 2013.

Description compiled by Rhys Morgan Jones;

Conditions Governing Use

Usual copyright laws apply.

Related Material

Other poems by Bidgood, including another copy of 'Landscapes' (f. 48), are NLW, Planet Papers 34/7-8.

Bibliography

Matthew Jarvis, Ruth Bidgood (Cardiff, 2012)

Additional Information

Published

Llyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru = The National Library of Wales