Image © Phil Vernon
Location: Kent, Uk
Phil Vernon
Phil Vernon lives in Kent, in the UK. He retired in 2024 after four decades in international humanitarian and peacebuilding work. His version of the mediaeval hymn Stabat Mater with music by Nicola Burnett Smith has been performed internationally. His third full poetry collection is Guerrilla Country (Flight of the Dragonfly Press, 2024), exploring peace and conflict within our social, political and physical environment. He was one of three poets featured in Tree Poets: Rivers of Stone (Hedgehog Poetry Press, 2025), and his micro-pamphlet Foreshadowing, written in the voice of Martin Luther, was also published in 2025 by Hedgehog Poetry Press. He was a 2022 Hawthornden Fellow. www.philvernon.net
