Mark Tarren is a poet and writer who lives on remote Norfolk Island in the South Pacific.

A Pushcart nominee, his poems have appeared or are forthcoming in various literary journals including The New Verse News, The Blue Nib, Poets Reading The News, Street Light Press, Spillwords Press, Tuck Magazine and Impspired Magazine. 

Mark's poems have been translated into Italian and published in the literary journals Pangea, Punto and Critica Impura.

As part of his commitment to place, Mark’s poetry pays homage to living on Norfolk Island and his connection to its natural wonders, birdlife, bountiful land and sea, turbulent history, resilient people and their living culture.

Mark Tarren’s first poetry collection, A New Heaven, pays homage to the island he calls home.