Four divorces and a book of love poems: A Tywyn bard turns his rocky romantic life into verse
By Ros Dodd He describes himself as a "hopeless romantic" and has just published a book of love poems, but Tywyn author, artist and bard Tony Stringfellow will be spending Valentine's Day on his own. Well, not quite on his own, for he shares his life with his adored four-year-old Border Collie called Babe. After four marriages - and four divorces - plus lots of love affairs in between, Tony has abandoned his lifelong search for a soulmate and instead is content to devote himself to his beloved pet and the "relaunch of my life in poetry". Although the title of his new book of verse, Redundant Love Poems: Four Weddings and Decree Absolute s, is somewhat tongue-in-cheek, there's obviously sadness and poignancy attached to the 68-year-old's decision to publish dozens of poems written to the women he's loved - and lost - over the course of five decades. "I put my heart and soul into each of my marriages, and my love affairs, but looking back I think...
