B. T. Hopkins

Benjamin Thomas Hopkins (3 December 1897 – 21 January 1981) was a Welsh poet from Ceredigion (Cardiganshire) who wrote under the pen name "B. T.

[2] He was born near Lledrod and raised by his aunt in Blaenafon, since his mother died shortly after his birth.

He married in 1937 and farmed Brynwichell in Blaenpennal parish near Mynydd Bach until his retirement in 1964.

[2] He is mostly known for his cywydd "Rhos Helyg" ("Moor Willows"), which extols the agrarian life and Welsh culture of his region.

Cydymaith i Lenyddiaeth Cymru [Companion to the Literature of Wales] (in Welsh).