Polly Atkin

Polly Atkin is a poet and nonfiction writer, whose work focuses on nature, place and disability. Her poetry collections are Basic Nest Architecture (Seren: 2017), Much With Body (Seren: 2021), and Emergency Dream (Seren: 2026). Her nonfiction includes Recovering Dorothy: The Hidden Life of Dorothy Wordsworth (Saraband: 2021), Some Of Us Just Fall: On Nature and Not Getting Better (Sceptre: 2023 and Unnamed: 2024), and The Company of Owls (Elliott and Thompson: 2024 and Milkweed: 2026). She works as a freelancer from her home in Grasmere, where she co-owns Sam Read Bookseller.