River Talk

‘River Talk is the Cumbrian water I know and love, a language that has run through me from an early age. River is refuge, friend who holds secrets and heals. Sometimes River is dangerous but always the music to be heard and respected in all its moods.’

Kerry Darbishire lives in the Lake District, England. She has three full collections, a biography and two pamphlets. Her poems have won and been placed in many competitions and appear widely in anthologies and magazines. Her love of her surrounding rural landscape informs her writing. She is a member of several local poetry groups and enjoys giving readings of her work. During 2023 she was Poet-in-Residence at Rydal Mount – the home of Wm Wordsworth.