As part of a large literary coterie in Wales, she wrote, copied, and exchanged poems in manuscript form.
[2] Davies was one several north-western Welsh women poets, including Margaret Rowlands and Alis ach Wiliam, who travelled to meet with each other and trade poems.
Like the pioneering poet Angharad James, born in the previous generation, those in this informal group were relatively privileged economically, with money and leisure time to make poetry writing and travel feasible.
[2] In addition to her contacts in Snowdonia, Davies also corresponded with male poets of the London Celticism movement.
[6] For example, the compilations are the only known source for one of the englynion written by a medieval Welsh woman poet, Gwerful Mechain.