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Polly Atkin (FRSL) is a poet and nonfiction writer. She has published three poetry pamphlets and two collections – Basic Nest Architecture (Seren: 2017) and Much With Body (Seren: 2021). Her nonfiction includes Recovering Dorothy: The Hidden Life of Dorothy Wordsworth (Saraband: 2021), a Barbellion-longlisted biography of Dorothy’s later life and illness, and a memoir exploring place, belonging and disability, Some Of Us Just Fall: On Nature and Not Getting Better (Sceptre: 2023). She works as a freelancer from her home in the English Lake District. In 2023 she and her partner took ownership of historic Grasmere bookshop Sam Read Bookseller.
‘A beautiful guide to moving through this world with tender curiosity, joy and reflection’ Sally Huband, author of Sea Bean ‘I will be thinking about the owls and the landscape of this book for a long time to come’ Jessica J. Lee, author of Dispersals ‘I couldn’t put down this warm and comforting, beautiful book’ Ajay Tegala, author of Wetland Diaries ‘The author is fortunate in her proximity to [owls], but this touching, gentle offering shows that, given a humble heart and willingness to stand still in Nature and look and listen, you can get closer to owls than you’d imagine.’ Country Life ‘A poet and writer based in Cumbria, Atkin has long entertained frequent visits from owls to her garden, and sees them as her neighbours. Here, she reveals what they have taught her about life’ iNews ‘An elegiac meditation laced with gems of owl lore’ Saga
