I can remember you, child,
As I stood in a hot, white
Room at the window watching
The people and cars taking
Turn at the traffic lights.
I can remember you, our first
Fierce confrontation, the tight
Red rope of love which we both
Fought over. It was a square
Environmental blank, disinfected
Of paintings or toys. I wrote
All over the walls with my
Words, coloured the clean squares
With the wild, tender circles
Of our struggle to become
Separate. We want, we shouted,
To be two, to be ourselves. Neither won nor lost the struggle
In the glass tank clouded with feelings
Which changed us both. Still I am fighting
You off, as you stand there
With your straight, strong, long
Brown hair and your rosy,
Defiant glare, bringing up
From the heart's pool that old rope,
Tightening about my life,
Trailing love and conflict,
As you ask may you skate
In the dark, for one more hour.
"Catrin" by Gillian Clarke was published in 1990.
You can find teaching resources for the poem "Catrin" by Gillian Clarke on educational websites like Twinkl, Teachit English, and BBC Bitesize. You may also check out resources from educational publishers like Pearson and Oxford University Press. Additionally, the poet's own website or literary analysis sites could provide valuable resources for teaching the poem.
Gillian Clarke has written numerous poems throughout her career as a poet. She has published several collections of poetry, but the exact number of poems she has written is not readily available.
Gillian Clarke was born in 1937.
Gillian Clarke was born in Cardiff, Wales.
1937
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yes, there is a metaphor in the poem lament by Gillian Clarke ... 'nest of sickness' (stanza 1 line 3) which backs up the poets point about the burden of the turtles, because green turtles are suffering due to the effects of war and human activities.
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Yes! If you read the poem, can you recognize it? If you know what onomatopoeia is, it should be apparent, even from the first line: "Wind in the poplars and a broken branch..." With even that first line, you can hear the violent rushing of the wind and the popping and breaking of branches.