POEM OF THE WEEK
Nuclear
by R S Thomas (1913-2000)
It's not that he can't speak;
who created languages
but God? Nor that he won't;
to say that is to imply
malice. It is just that
he doesn't, or does so at times
when we are not listening, in
ways we have yet to recognise
as speech.
Collected Poems 1945-1990 by RS Thomas, Phoenix (2000)
by R S Thomas (1913-2000)
It's not that he can't speak;
who created languages
but God? Nor that he won't;
to say that is to imply
malice. It is just that
he doesn't, or does so at times
when we are not listening, in
ways we have yet to recognise
as speech.
Collected Poems 1945-1990 by RS Thomas, Phoenix (2000)