Description: Rae Howells is an award-winning Welsh poet, journalist and lavender farmer
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How can we have hope in a world that is dying? With a forensic eye, Howells takes us on a journey through ordinary human lives and the extraordinary natural world we are in danger of losing. The carder bee carries the story of a colony, a species, and, ultimately, the fate of all life on earth. The mermaid weaves an almost beautiful tale of a tragic miscarriage. The magpie writes yearning letters to her lost lover. The brilliant kingfisher flits through the mind of a woman with dementia. Through each exacti
A poem about Rae's archaeologist husband has been shortlisted for the Wales Poetry Award. She will read at the online award ceremony on 12 May. Read the shortlist and get tickets to the event here .
There was a special bilingual reading from the A470: Poems for the Road anthology on 30 June.