POET Kerry Darbishire is to be the writer in residence at Rydal Mount, the home of William Wordsworth, this summer.

For three weeks in August, she will be at the house and gardens regularly, happy to talk about poetry with visitors as well as looking for inspiration for her own work.

Kerry Darbishire lives with her husband in the Lake District which inspires most of her poetry. Her two full collections were published by Indigo Dreams: A Lift of Wings (2014) and Distance Sweet on My Tongue (2018).

In 2022 was she was joint winner of the Hedgehog Press Full Fat Collection prize with her latest collection Jardiniѐre.

Her biography Kay’s Ark was published by Handstand Press in 2016. Her poems have appeared widely in anthologies and magazines. 

Kerry is currently working on two pamphlets and a fourth full collection and is excited to have the opportunity to write new works during her residency at Rydal Mount. 

Kerry said: “It is an honour to be invited to work at Rydal Mount, with the spirit of our wonderful master of Romantic poetry, William Wordsworth.”