Clare Collins was born in Australia in 1951 to British born parents. The family returned to England in 1957. Clare was educated in Essex, England and began writing poetry at the age of fifteen. It seems to her that ever since she could read she has loved books and poetry and has lost herself in many a fairytale and poems of flight and fancy. She has also steeped herself in the poems of Wordsworth, Longfellow, Shelley, Burns and others, all poetry books from her Grandfather's book case as well as poets of more modern times such as Dylan Thomas, Maya Angelou, Ted Hughes and Wendy Cope. Many of...
Clare Collins was born in Australia in 1951 to British born parents. The family returned to England in 1957. Clare was educated in Essex, England and ...
