His 1946 poem "Fern Hill" describes the joys of visiting a family farm in Wales as a child
In the early part of their marriage, Thomas and his family lived hand-
to-mouth, ... trips to Carmarthenshire to visit Fernhill, a dairy farm owned by his 
maternal aunt, .... Their first child, Llewelyn Edouard, was born on 30 January 
1939.