Gillian Clarke

Gillian Clarke (born 8 June, 1937), is a Welsh poet, playwright, editor, broadcaster, lecturer and translator.

Quotes

• There is no such thing as a silent poem.
  • BBC Radio 4 broadcast, July 2, 2000

• There is an extra loss for a Welsh poet writing in English, and that is, the longing for Welsh, the secret language.. of all the centuries of speech and song.
  • Modern Women Poets (2005)

• If civilisation drowns

the last colour to go

will be gold.

• "Flood"

Quotes about Clarke

• Listening to a Gillian Clarke poem is an intensely sensual experience, concrete as it is musical.
  • Times Literary Supplement

External links

• Example of Clarke poem