Poetry

Caroline began writing poetry during the 2020 Covid-19 lockdown charting her experience of anxiety and depression during this turbulent time.

As well as writing about mental health, as a keen walker and nature lover, much of her writing is inspired from mindful ambles in the Sussex countryside.

Her poem - Here She Comes - about the changing seasons in continuation of Shelley’s Ode to the West Wind, was awarded the Shelley Memorial Project Sussex Cup in 2024, which was presented by Louis de Bernières and appears in the SMP anthology, If Winter Comes.

Louis de Bernieres and Caroline Berry The Shelley Memorial Project 2024 poetry awards evening.
Caroline Berry won the Sussex Cup in The Shelley Memorial Project 2024 poetry competition.

You can discover more of Caroline’s Inside Out - Poetry for the Mind on her Facebook and Instagram pages.

Many of her poems are also available in the printed anthology
Mental Health (Vol 2) ISBN: 979-8329164275

Book cover for Mental Health Vol. 2, a collection of short prose, interviews, personal stories, and poetry compiled by Robin Barratt, featuring a blue ocean wave.

Scroll down to see more of Caroline’s poems.

Poems