With special thanks to Stevie Krayer for ‘Held holy and scuffed’, and Mary Overton for ‘For Francesca i.m’ (originally ‘Witch Penny’). And to Mick Felton, Liz Welch, Manon Hellings, Siân Hurst, Andrea Bianchi, Silveana Siviero, and the Dylan Thomas Estate and David Higham Associates for permission to use ‘Find meat on bones’ from Collected Poems 1934-1953.

Written with the help of a Writer’s Bursary from the Arts Council of Wales.

David Thomas is also the author of Dylan Thomas: A Farm, Two Mansions and a Bungalow and The Dylan Thomas Trail.