R.S. Thomas. The Poetry Archive website. Web. 03 November 2012.
This website is a valuable resource that looks inside the life of poet R.S. Thomas. The article provides a well thought out timeline of Thomas’ life. The main focus of the article wasn’t about his childhood but about his poetry, the driving forces and thought behind such poetry. The article claims that “Thomas wrote over 1,500 poems in his life and although there were developments in subject and style - from the early poems rooted in the physical realities of place to the more abstract and metaphysical investigations of his later work - his poetry was consistent in its seriousness of purpose.” Thomas lived a simple life with those closest to him and put people above material objects.

The author of this article did an excellent job of focusing on R.S. Thomas and his poetry. This source also allows readers information they might not have known about the poet. For instance although he was of Welsh nationalism he wrote in English because he wasn’t comfortable enough to write poetry in his native tongue. The article briefly touches on different time frames in the poets’ life and doesn’t stay on one topic too long. By using that approach the author was able to move quickly along and give a little background history that might make a reader understand more about the man behind the poems and why he wrote them with so much intensity and passion.
David E. Anderson: “R.S. Thomas: Poet of the Cross” Religion & Ethics Newsweekly Web 20 April 2011.

This article shows a different perspective of R.S. Thomas and his poetry. The main focus is religion and what his poems mean to the religious community. There are a few poems the author has chosen to use as examples, “In a Country Church” and “In Church”. Some of the poetry used is very powerful, beautiful and complex. The source talks about Thomas’ priesthood