Phil Stodds

Phil Stodds was brought up on a Pembrokeshire farm by a loving—if unconventional—family. Schooling was more about sports than books. After a semi-professional rugby career alongside building a successful business, he returned to his calling to be a farmer. This is where he began to write about his and others’ life experiences in poems. Even though Phil is dyslexic, this does not hold him back. His life has, let’s say, been very colourful and as his minister says, “Phil will go where angels fear to tread.”