I am currently doing about the poem at school and have had to do homework on it
If you want the poem:
Island Man Grace Nichols
(For a Caribbean island man in London
who still wakes up to the sound of the sea)
Morning and night
and island man wakes up
to the sound of blue surf
in his bed
the steady breaking and wombing
wild pidgeon
and fishermen pushing out to sea
the sun surfacing defiantly
from the east
of his small emerald island
he always comes back groggily groggily
Comes back to sands
of a grey metallic soar
to surge of wheels
in dull North Circular roar
muffling muffling
his crumpled pillow waves
island man heaves himself Another London day Also here is some infomation about the Author:
Grace Nichols was born in Georgetown, Guyana, in 1950 and grew up in a small country village on the Guyanese coast. She moved to the city with her family when she was eight, an experience central to her first novel, Whole of a Morning Sky (1986), set in 1960s Guyana in the middle of the country's struggle for independence.
She worked as a teacher and journalist and, as part of a Diploma in Communications at the University of Guyana, spent time in some of the most remote areas of Guyana, a period that influenced her writings and initiated a strong interest in Guyanese folk tales, Amerindian myths and the South American civilisations of the Aztec and Inca. She has lived in the UK since 1977.
Her first poetry collection, I is a Long-Memoried Woman, was published in 1983. The book won the Commonwealth Poetry Prize and a subsequent film adaptation of the book was awarded a gold medal at the International Film and Television Festival of New York. The book was also dramatised for radio by the BBC. Subsequent poetry collections include The Fat Black Woman's Poems(1984), Lazy Thoughts of a Lazy Woman (1989), and Sunris (1996). She also writes books for children, inspired predominantly by Guyanese folklore and Amerindian legends, including Come on into My Tropical Garden (1988) and Give Yourself a Hug (1994). Everybody Got A Gift (2005) which includes new and selected poems.
Her collection Startling the Flying Fish (2006), are poems which tell the story of the Caribbean.
Her latest collection is Picasso, I Want My Face Back(2009).
She lives in England with her partner, the poet John Agard.
"Island Man" by Grace Nichols, is written in the third person. She describes the dream-like state of a man living in London, who is recalling life back in the Carribean: "and island man wakes up/to the sound of blue surf/in his head...".
The poem "Island Man" by Grace Nichols is written in third person. It describes the daily experiences and emotions of the titular character, Island Man, who is a Caribbean man living in London.
she liked islands and she lived on one so she wrote about it
one fact was that she used to live on a small island but then moved away from the island
homesickness
i dont give a sit
1987
grace nichols is now 82
Grace Nichols came from Guyana she emergrated to England, London in 1977
Grace Nichols has written numerous books, including poetry collections such as "I is a Long-Memoried Woman" and "The Fat Black Woman's Poems." She has also written children's books such as "Come on Into My Tropical Garden" and "Sunris."
The rhythm of Grace Nichols' Island Man is irregular, but with strong dactylic elements: breaking and wombing fisherman pushing groggily groggily Poets will often use dactyls when they want to convince you that what they are saying is especially worth listening to. It is a demagogue's metre.
Nichelle Nichols's birth name is Grace Nichols.
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Grace Nichols lives in London with her partner, John Agard who is also a famous poet.
Grace Nichols was the fifth of seven siblings. She had five sisters and one brother.
Grace Nichole was 23 when she had written i am a parrot. You can prove it by the voice because if you go onto you tube you can tell by the voice of a young lady try it!