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Gillian Clarke
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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
Category:Poets from Wales
Category:Playwrights from Wales
Category:Women authors from the United Kingdom
Category:Editors from Wales
Category:Translators from Wales
Category:Women from Wales
Category:1937 births
Category:Living people
Category:People from Cardiff