I am Richard Trebilcock, an English poet living in Surrey. I was born in North London. At the age of 12 the family moved to East Knoyle, a small village in Wiltshire i.e. boasting two shops, two pubs, and a garage. My adolescence was a challenging period as I adjusted from an urban to rural life, and a completely different culture to that which I had known in London, and of course, the natural challenges of growing up.

After leaving school I worked in forestry and later joined the RAF. Following my career in the airforce, I went back in to education as a mature student, and eventually obtained an engineering doctorate.

Apart from poetry, my hobbies include travelling, gardening, and dancing. As I have always considered physical exercise as an essential part of maintaining physical and mental well being I go to the gym several times a week. It is not something I necessarily enjoy but rather it is a lifestyle choice.

I have always been able to write with relative ease, but it wasn't until later in life that I discovered poetry was the medium I wanted to use to express myself. I read somewhere that you don't discover poetry, but poetry finds you; this was certainly the case with myself.

My inspiration for my poems comes from many sources. However, as I have a strong family connection with Cornwall this has certainly inspired a number of my poems.