She spent #WW2 deciphering #Luftwaffe codes at @bletchleypark , then entertained #TSEliot, #Larkin & #DylanThomas, married #VernonWatkins, had 5 kids, & wrote bks on poetry, lit, & #CrackingTheLuftwaffeCode… The remarkable #GwenWatkins: www.theguardian.com/world/2025/f...
Gwen Watkins obituary
Codebreaker at Bletchley Park during the second world war who went on to become a successful author
www.theguardian.com
February 7, 2025 at 1:50 PM
She spent #WW2 deciphering #Luftwaffe codes at @bletchleypark , then entertained #TSEliot, #Larkin & #DylanThomas, married #VernonWatkins, had 5 kids, & wrote bks on poetry, lit, & #CrackingTheLuftwaffeCode… The remarkable #GwenWatkins: www.theguardian.com/world/2025/f...
“Since dawn he has not stirred.
Calamity about him cries,
But he has fixed his golden eyes
On water's crooked tablet,
On light's reflected word.”
Vernon Watkins (1954)
#photography #BirdPhotography #heron #sea #reflection #PotD #poetry #VernonWatkins #shore #coast #island #Scotland
Calamity about him cries,
But he has fixed his golden eyes
On water's crooked tablet,
On light's reflected word.”
Vernon Watkins (1954)
#photography #BirdPhotography #heron #sea #reflection #PotD #poetry #VernonWatkins #shore #coast #island #Scotland
May 7, 2026 at 7:19 AM
“Since dawn he has not stirred.
Calamity about him cries,
But he has fixed his golden eyes
On water's crooked tablet,
On light's reflected word.”
Vernon Watkins (1954)
#photography #BirdPhotography #heron #sea #reflection #PotD #poetry #VernonWatkins #shore #coast #island #Scotland
Calamity about him cries,
But he has fixed his golden eyes
On water's crooked tablet,
On light's reflected word.”
Vernon Watkins (1954)
#photography #BirdPhotography #heron #sea #reflection #PotD #poetry #VernonWatkins #shore #coast #island #Scotland
Poems: www.poetryfoundation.org/poets/vernon...
✒️ #VernonWatkins, Welsh poet, was #BOTD 27 June 1906. #Poetry #Literature
✒️ #VernonWatkins, Welsh poet, was #BOTD 27 June 1906. #Poetry #Literature
June 27, 2026 at 2:21 AM
Poems: www.poetryfoundation.org/poets/vernon...
✒️ #VernonWatkins, Welsh poet, was #BOTD 27 June 1906. #Poetry #Literature
✒️ #VernonWatkins, Welsh poet, was #BOTD 27 June 1906. #Poetry #Literature
Poems: www.poetryfoundation.org/poets/vernon...
✒️ #VernonWatkins, Welsh poet, was #BOTD 27 June 1906. #Poetry #Literature
✒️ #VernonWatkins, Welsh poet, was #BOTD 27 June 1906. #Poetry #Literature
June 26, 2025 at 11:45 PM
Poems: www.poetryfoundation.org/poets/vernon...
✒️ #VernonWatkins, Welsh poet, was #BOTD 27 June 1906. #Poetry #Literature
✒️ #VernonWatkins, Welsh poet, was #BOTD 27 June 1906. #Poetry #Literature
#31DaysofHaunting #Superstitiology #AncientSky #MythologySky #FolkloreSky #WelshSky #CelticSky #ChristmasSky #PoetrySky #LiteratureSky #Folklore #WelshFolklore #CelticFolklore #Christmas #WelshChristmas #CelticChristmas #Wales #Celtic #MariLwyd #VernonWatkins #Poetry #Literature
July 1, 2025 at 4:42 PM
I have been taught the script of the stones, and I know the
tongue of the wave...
#Gower #VernonWatkins
tongue of the wave...
#Gower #VernonWatkins
Delighted to have this little feature on my work in the Winter edition of #americansocietymarineart Journal, thank you for shining a light on my corner of the world #watercolour #pastels #gouache #acrylic
February 3, 2026 at 9:36 PM
I have been taught the script of the stones, and I know the
tongue of the wave...
#Gower #VernonWatkins
tongue of the wave...
#Gower #VernonWatkins