Penny SharmanPenny Sharman started writing poetry in her fifties during her menopause and found her voice for the first time as a creative force. She is a published poet, photographer, artist and therapist. She is inspired by wild landscapes and relationships beteen the seen and unseen. Penny has an MA in Creative Writing from Edge Hill University. She has had poems published in magazines such as Spelt, The Interpreter's House, Strix, The North, Finished Creatures, Orbis, Ink Sweat &Tears & Mslexia & Candlestick Press Pamphlets. She has been Artist in Residence for the High Window in 2019. Recently her poems have reached the shortlist of The Bridport Prize, 2023 and The Michael Marks Environmental Poet of the Year Prize 2023. Her work was highly commended in the Fool for Poetry Chapbook competition in 2024. Her books Fair Ground. Swim With Me In Deep Water. The Day before Joy. Catching the Heather & The Ash of Time are available to buy from her website: pennysharman.co.uk. Penny is Editor of Obsessed with Pipework Poetry Magazine. Read More Read Less