Welsh Poet Gillian Clarke awarded Queen's Gold Medal

The BBC reports that Gillian Clarke, national poet of Wales, is now the second Welsh winner of the Queen's Gold Medal for Poetry.

It is quite an honor-list to join, one that contains names like WH Auden, John Betjeman, Philip Larkin, and RS Thomas (also Welsh).
Gillian Clarke admits that she feels "humbled" and "stunned" to be included.

The award recognizes her whole body of work, the latest of which is a collection called A Recipe for Water, published last year.

Cardiff-born Clarke was named Wales' third national poet in 2008.