Image description: The front cover of A Year of Wild Verse by Kathryn Rossati. The cover is simple, with a cream background and dark green text, and a photo of a grey dagger moth in the centre.
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A Year of Wild Verse In A Year of Wild Verse, Kathryn Rossati gathers poems that move through hedgerow and shoreline, woodland path and open sky. Hedgehogs slip through dusk, moles work the dark soil, bats tilt through evening air, trees take the blade and keep growing. Survival here is not spectacle; it is daily, urgent, yet enduring. Rooted in the Isle of Wight yet alert to the pressures shaping landscapes everywhere, these poems draw us closer to root and tide-mark, to wingbeat and breath, to the persistent pulse of the natural world. Written during the long months of pandemic lockdown and created to raise funds for the RSPB, this year-long vow became both discipline and devotion. Week by week, poem by poem, Rossati, who is neurodivergent, kept watch for what adapts and what disappears. She honours what lives beyond human crisis and reminds us of what is at stake when we fail to notice. |
Image description: Myself, a white woman with dark curly hair, standing in front of an array of greenery. I'm wearing dungarees, a purple T-shrt, blue ear defenders, plain black-framed glasses, and I'm leaning on my green hiking stick.
Hi, I'm Kathryn Rossati. I'm a neurodivergent (AuDHD) and disabled author based on the Isle of Wight, and I write young adult and middle grade fiction, as well as poetry. I'm also an aspiring artist, focusing on watercolour and gouache.
I love most genres of fiction, with a particular soft-spot for books inspired by mythology and fairy tales, and often incorporate those ideas into my own work. I also enjoy narrative non-fiction about nature, folklore, and history. On the poetry side of things, themes and topics I explore are nature, neurodiversity, disability, and love.
I always look forward to hearing from readers and fellow writers, so if you're a fan of my books or are curious about writing and publishing, feel free to reach out with questions, feedback or just to say hello. (Find my email address on the 'Contact' tab.)