Tara is a page, spoken-word and landscape poet.
Tara was longlisted for the National Poetry Competition, shortlisted for the Bridport Prize and Longlisted for the Kari Ann Flickinger Biennial Memorial at Rare Swan Press.
She regularly reads her poetry and gives workshops and judges at local festivals, like The Wedmore Arts Festival, Burnham Literary Festival, The Bath Literary Festival and Bristol’s Lyra Poetry Festival.
Her poetry is published in Dreich, Under the Radar, Tinderbox Poetry Journal, The Poetry Shed, Bristol Stanza Group’s Anthology, Calyx, Holycow’s Red Book Anthology, and Fire plus Washing Windows Anthology V, both at Arlen House Press.
Tara is currently doing an MA in Poetry and Creative Writing at Bath Spa University.
Her poetry films can be found on Instagram: tc arkle. https://www.instagram.com/t.c.arkle/
Tara is a page, spoken-word and landscape poet.
Tara was longlisted for the National Poetry Competition, shortlisted for the Bridport Prize and Longlisted for the Kari Ann Flickinger Biennial Memorial at Rare Swan Press.
She regularly reads her poetry and gives workshops and judges at local festivals, like The Wedmore Arts Festival, Burnham Literary Festival, The Bath Literary Festival and Bristol’s Lyra Poetry Festival.
Her poetry is published in Dreich, Under the Radar, Tinderbox Poetry Journal, The Poetry Shed, Bristol Stanza Group’s Anthology, Calyx, Holycow’s Red Book Anthology, and Fire: Brigid and The Sacred Feminine Anthology Plus As Part Of The Largest Collection Of Contemporary Irish Women Poets Washing Windows Anthology V, Women Revolutionise Irish Poetry, 1975-2025, both at Arlen House Press.
Tara’s poem ‘A Tale of Tides’ is one of 12 in the Poems in the Park series that was launched in Cork City Library on the 11th of October 2025 to commemorate the launch of the 50th anniversary anthology, Washing Windows V by Arlen House.
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