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Gwyneth Lewis' poem on the Gleision mine disaster

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Laura Chamberlain Laura Chamberlain | 11:54 UK time, Monday, 19 September 2011

Welsh poet has written a poem in response to the Gleision mining tragedy.

The former national poet of Wales was commissioned by the 91Èȱ¬ to write a poem about the disaster at the Gleision Colliery, near Pontardawe, in which four men died last week. She spoke about writing the poem on 91Èȱ¬ Radio Wales this morning.

Listen to Lewis reading the poem, entitled Gleision, on Good Morning Wales.

You can watch a special documentary on the tragedy, Week In Week Out: The Gleision Mine Disaster, on 91Èȱ¬ One Wales at 8.30pm tonight.

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