W.H.Davies, writer with a connection to Wales (Gwent)

Written by Mizoguchi.

W.H.Davies

Poems, e.g. Leisure, 'What is this life if, full of care, we have no time to stand and stare?'.

Connection: From Gwent.

comment by:naude.co.uk
William Henry Davies was born in Newport, Monmouthshire, Wales, the son of a publican. After an apprenticeship as a picture-frame maker and a series of labouring jobs he travelled to America, first to New York and then to the Klondike. He went to England after having lost a foot jumping a train in Canada, where he led a penurious life in London lodging houses and as a peddler in the country. He married in 1923, Emma, who was much younger than he. His first poems were published when he was thirty-four.

comment by:naude.co.uk
W H Davies was born in Pill, Newport South Wales.

comment by:Haydnlewis
I believe he wrote the book 'Diary of a super tramp' which chronicled his adventures riding the American railways, losing I believe, a leg in the process.