Kerry Darbishire lives on a Cumbrian fellside where most of her poetry is rooted. Since her mentorship with Judy Brown, poet in residence at the Wordsworth Trust in 2013, her poems have appeared widely in magazines and anthologies and have won many prizes including Bridport shortlist 2017.
 
Her first poetry collection, A Lift of Wings was published by Indigo Dreams in 2014. Kay’s Ark, the story of her mother, was published by Handstand Press in 2016. Her second poetry collection, Distance Sweet on my Tongue (IDP) was published in Autumn 2018; this collection has gained Kerry a finalist place in the Cumbria Culture Awards 2019. She will be reading her work at many Cumbrian venues in 2019.
 
She is a member of the Brewery Poets, Dove Cottage Poets, Write on the Farm Poets and Barrow Poets and is a regular Poetry School online course student. Kerry is currently working on a pamphlet and her third poetry collection.