Last Poems

Thomas poetry employed a simple, understated style which relied heavily upon natural speech patterns.On 11 November 1985, Thomas was among 16 Great War poets commemorated on a slate stone unveiled in Westminster Abbey\\'s Poet\\'s Corner. The inscription, written by fellow poet Wilfred Owen, reads: 'My subject is War, and the pity of War. The Poetry is in the pity.'Thomas was described by British Poet Laureate Ted Hughes as 'the father of us all'.