Jane Clarke: ‘My mother taught me to recite The Owl and the Pussy-Cat which gave me a love of rhythm and rhyme’

My Life in Books

Poet Jane Clarke. Photo: Jay Armstrong

Jane Clarke grew up on a farm in Co Roscommon and now lives in Co Wicklow with her wife.

She is the author of three poetry collections, The River (2015), When the Tree Falls (2019) and A Change in the Air (2023) published by Bloodaxe Books. The latter is shortlisted for the TS Eliot Poetry Prize 2023 and was also shortlisted for the Forward Prize for Best Collection 2023.