clare e potter says of her A470 poem, Taith, Teithio – Iaith, Ieithio:

I wanted my poem to be a journey, from childhood trips down the A470 from the valleys to the city in a ‘banger’ of a Ford Cortina, and away to New Orleans where I spent a decade and pined for home, and back to present day where I live in Pontyrpidd. The language too; the poem had to travel from English to the Welsh I eventually found myself reclaiming; a true homecoming.
I photographed the old Walnut Tree Viaduct effigy to the Queen yesterday. First time I’d been close up to it and not been merely passing by. Glad to see there is Welsh on there too!

Roeddwn i eisiau i fy ngherdd fod yn daith ei hun, o deithiau plentyndod i lawr yr A470 o’r cymoedd i’r ddinas mewn ‘banger’ o Ford Cortina, ac i ffwrdd i New Orleans lle roeddwn i’n byw ac yn pihiraethi am adref, ac yn ôl i’r presennol lle dw i’n byw ym Mhontyrpidd. Yr iaith hefyd; roedd rhaid i’r gerdd deithio o’r Saesneg i’r Cymry yn y diwedd cefais fy hun yn adennill; gwir ddyfodiad adref.
Tynnais lun o hen ddelw’r Walnut Tree Viaduct i’r Frenhines ddoe. Y tro cyntaf i mi fod yn agos ato ac nid dim ond pasio heibio. Falch i weld bod yna Gymraeg ymlaen yno hefyd!