Clare Starling

Clare Starling started writing poetry when her son was diagnosed with autism during lockdown. Her pamphlet Magpie’s Nest won the Frosted Fire First Pamphlet Award 2023. She particularly loves writing about our connection with nature, and about how neurodiversity can give different perspectives on the world. Her poems have been published in many journals including Poetrygram, Porridge, Obsessed With Pipework, and The Interpreter’s House. After eighteen years as a Whitehall Civil Servant she is now training to be a nurse. She lives in London with her husband, son and their cat, Lady Jane Grey. www.clarestarling.com.