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| Anthony Jones at the first Cellar Bards |
What a tragedy it was to hear of the sudden death of one of the foremost promoters of spoken word literature events in west Wales.
The funeral of Anthony ‘Trance’ Jones was held yesterday (August 7th)
and was followed by an afternoon of tributes from many friends and poets in the
packed Queen’s Hotel in Carmarthen – venue of the monthly Poems & Pints
event that Anthony founded in 2010.
People packed into the Crematorium and the pub heard many anecdotes
and poems written in his memory. Poems were sent by friends who couldn’t be
there – from as far afield as Siberia, Sweden, Portugal and Ireland, as well as
from Wales – and these were read out by friends. Anthony’s own poems were read during the
events by friends and by his brothers, Richard and William. Ably hosted by Anthony’s close friend and
colleague, Dominic Williams, the afternoon was a fitting spoken word tribute to
a wonderful man and Anthony would have been pleased and proud.
Always a supporter of The Cellar Bards spoken word event in Cardigan,
Anthony’s help and advice was sought when that was launched in June 2012 and he
continued to offer his support and encouragement. The Cellar Bards will always be indebted to
him for his love and support of spoken word in general and of our event in
particular.
This was my tribute to him, on behalf of the Bards, at the Queen’s yesterday afternoon:
Legacy
i.m. Anthony ‘Trance’ Jones
words – off the page
your words my words
our words
poets poets
shoot words out there
everywhere
vibrant voices
snipers shooting
vivacious words
poets speak out
shout out words
fired like bullets
over the land
across the seas
out there, your words
your episodes and fragments
in Tranas and Tramor
in Aberteifi and Caerfyrddin
your words my words
our words
all the poets’ words
over all this world
cutting through
daily blather and banter
always speaking out
off the page
our responses, challenges
propositions, positions
our sounds, our clamour
our words your words
all out there. Now
you are more than words
you are more than
all the words
over all the world
There is plenty more on Anthony's Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/anthony.t.jones
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