On this day in 1914, one of the greatest word-saints of time, Dylan Thomas, was born into the world at Swansea.

{18 years later, on OCtober 27 1932, Sylvia Plath, the American poet known for an intense, confessional quality of writing, was born.}

Both had torrid affairs with death, whether slow or fast.

But of all the voices of our time, Dylan Thomas (after whom Bob Dylan was NOT named) deserves a toast today.

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