Poetry

List of poetry in Cornish.

Key to forms of Cornish used:
SWF Standard Written Form
KK Kernewek Kemmyn
UC Unified Cornish
UCR Unified Cornish Revised
MC Modern Cornish
KS Kernowek Standard

Ameza ma Holan by Richard Gendall
Publisher: Teer ha Tavas
Collection of poems and lyrics by Richard Gendall (MC)
Available from Teer ha Tavas, Tregrill Vean, Menheniot, Liskeard PL14 3PL

Benyn Benrudh by Tim Saunders
Publisher: Kowethas an Yeth Kernewek
Poetry anthology (KK)
ISBN 1899342311
Available from Kowethas and Yeth Kernewek: tel. 01736 811083, e-mail [email protected] 

Deg Treveth, Deg Semlant by John Richards
Publisher: Kesva an Taves Kernewek
Collection of poems, some of which won Eisteddfod and Gorsedd awards (KK)
ISBN 0 907064 28 0         Book £1.50
Available from Kesva an Taves Kernewek’s Publications Officer, Jori Ansell:
65 Churchtown, Gwinear, Hayle, Cornwall, TR27 5JL, e-mail [email protected] 

Flogholeth Krist ~ Iuventus Christi by Ken George
Publisher: Kesva an Taves Kernewek
A proposal for what the fourth, missing play of the Ordinalia might have been like, based on Christ’s childhood (KK)
ISBN 978-1-902917-66-5         Book £8.00
Available from Kesva an Taves Kernewek’s Publications Officer, Jori Ansell:
65 Churchtown, Gwinear, Hayle, Cornwall, TR27 5JL, e-mail [email protected] 

Geryow by Graham Sandercock
Publisher: Kowethas an Yeth Kernewek
Collected song lyrics (KK)
ISBN 1899342028
Available from Kowethas and Yeth Kernewek: tel. 01736 811083, e-mail [email protected] 

Gol Snag Bud ha Gweryow Whath by Tim Saunders
Publisher: Spyrys a Gernow
Collection of poetry in Cornish by Tim Saunders (UC)
ISBN 0 9535975 7 1         Book £1.85
Available from Spyrys a Gernow: tel. 01209 842394, e-mail [email protected] 

Gwersyow Kernewek by Ray Edwards.
Publisher: Kesva an Taves Kernewek
An anthology of serious and amusing poems (KK)
ISBN 1 902917 50 2         Book £2.00
Available from Kesva an Taves Kernewek’s Publications Officer, Jori Ansell:
65 Churchtown, Gwinear, Hayle, Cornwall, TR27 5JL, e-mail [email protected] 

The High Tide – Collected Poems in Cornish 1974–1999, by Tim Saunders
Publisher: Francis Boutle
Collection of poetry by Tim Saunders
ISBN 978 0 953238 86 6        Book £10.00
Available from Francis Boutle Publishers, tel. 020 8889 7744, e-mail [email protected], or visit the Francis Boutle website

Kanow Kernewek tr. Ken George
Publisher: Kowethas an Yeth Kernewek
Translations of traditional Cornish songs (KK)
Book £2.00
Available from Kowethas and Yeth Kernewek: tel. 01736 811083, e-mail [email protected]

Karolyow tr. Ken George
Publisher: Kowethas an Yeth Kernewek
Christmas carols translated into Cornish (KK)
ISBN 9781899342587         Book £4.99
Available from Kowethas and Yeth Kernewek: tel. 01736 811083, e-mail [email protected]

Mowth on un like Dolcoath Shaft by Pol Hodge
Publisher: Lodenek Press
Pol Hodge’s first solo collection of poems (KK)
ISBN 0946143 27 7        Book £4.95
Available from Fentenwynn, tel. 01726 882681, e-mail [email protected]

Nebes Gwersyow Kernewek by Julyan Holmes
Publisher: Kowethas an Yeth Kernewek
Collected poetry (KK)
ISBN 1899342443         Book £0.85
Available from Kowethas and Yeth Kernewek: tel. 01736 811083, e-mail [email protected] 

Nothing Broken – Recent Poetry in Cornish, ed. Tim Saunders
Publisher: Francis Boutle
Collection of poetry written in Cornish in the last 20 years (various)
ISBN 978 1 903427 30 9        Book £10.99
Available from Francis Boutle Publishers, tel. 020 8889 7744, e-mail [email protected], or visit the Francis Boutle website

Otter Than A Bitch Mackerel by Pol Hodge
Publisher: Giss ‘On Books
Collection of poems by Pol Hodge (KK)
ISBN 0 9542150 2 8        Book £10.00
Available from Fentenwynn, tel. 01726 882681, e-mail [email protected] 

Pan Dheuth an Glaw by Tony Snell
Publisher: Kesva an Taves Kernewek
Anthology of poems by Tony Snell (KK)
ISBN 978 1 902917 64 1         Book £10.99
Available from Tor Mark: tel. 01209 822101, e-mail [email protected] 

Poll Pri by Graham Sandercock
Publisher: Kowethas an Yeth Kernewek
Song lyrics in Cornish (KK)
ISBN 1899342052
Available from Kowethas and Yeth Kernewek: tel. 01736 811083, e-mail [email protected] 

Rubaiyat Omar Khayyam tr. John Richards
Publisher: Kesva an Taves Kernewek
A verse translation of the famous Persian poem from the English of Edward Fitzgerald (KK)
ISBN 0 907064 29 9         Book £1.80
Available from Kesva an Taves Kernewek’s Publications Officer, Jori Ansell:
65 Churchtown, Gwinear, Hayle, Cornwall, TR27 5JL, e-mail [email protected] 

An Tollgorn Hudel tr. Ken George
Publisher: Kesva an Taves Kernewek
Mozart’s ‘The Magic Flute’ in Cornish (KK/German)
ISBN 1 902917 13 8         Book £5.00
Available from Kesva an Taves Kernewek’s Publications Officer, Jori Ansell:
65 Churchtown, Gwinear, Hayle, Cornwall, TR27 5JL, e-mail [email protected]

The Wheel – an anthology of modern poetry in Cornish 1850-1980, ed. Tim Saunders
Publisher: Francis Boutle
Anthology of poetry in revived Cornish (various)
ISBN 978 0 953238 87 3        Book £10.00
Available from Francis Boutle Publishers, tel. 020 8889 7744, e-mail [email protected], or visit the Francis Boutle website

A Worm’s Folly – Poems in Cornish, by Mick Paynter
Publisher: Francis Boutle
A Worm’s Folly is the fullest collection of poetry in the Cornish language to date by Mick Paynter, whose Bardic name,  Skogynn Pryv – Worm’s Fool – gives the book its title. (SWF)
ISBN 978 1 903427 63 7
Book: £8.99
Available from Francis Boutle Publishers, tel. 020 8889 7744 or
e-mail [email protected].  For further information visit:
http://www.francisboutle.co.uk/product_info.php?products_id=88

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