 It was suggested by the poet Bryfdir at a poets' meeting.In 1913, he won chairs at the local eisteddfodau at Pwllheli and Llanuwchllyn, and in 1915 he was successful at local eisteddfodau in Pontardawe and Llanuwchllyn.That same year he wrote his first poem for the National Eisteddfod of Wales