Clare has worked as a schoolteacher, a journalist, PR to a Scottish politician and PA to an American rock star.Originally a Londoner, she now lives beside a sea-loch in Scotland, which suits her much better.Her poetry has appeared in anthologies including Heather: An Anthology of Scottish Writing and Art (Alice Louise Lannon, 2022) The Sea Is Here (Unimpatient, 2020), The Anthology Of Contemporary Gothic Verse (Emma Press, 2019), Songs To Learn And Sing (Hedgehog Poetry Press, 2018), The Powers Of Nature (White Craw Publishing 2017) and in journals such as Mslexia, Northwords Now, Lunate and The Ekphrastic Review.A new phase poet, she also writes short fiction and is working on an experimental novel entitled Light Switch.