Meet the Author…

Diana Button, poet and author of This Is Not About Poems, pictured on the Meet the Author page.

Diana Button is a poet and author whose work bridges literary and cultural traditions, weaving British contemplative quiet with a more open, lyrical current found in contemporary American poetry. Her bicultural background shapes a poetic language that listens as much as it speaks—blending stillness and insight with a willingness to name, to question, and to look closely.

Born in the 1960s to a British father and German mother, Diana grew up between cultures and languages, learning early to listen for what flows beneath the surface of words. Her adult life has taken her through the UK, Luxembourg, Germany, and Italy—each place leaving its imprint on her creative voice.

In Luxembourg, she was actively involved with The Creative Writing Club, a vibrant community for emerging writers, and celebrated the successful launch of her debut novel Marrying It All (2003). In Italy, she served as a poet-in-residence for a community of writers who gathered both online and in person—meeting monthly in her home to share poems, hold readings, and exchange inspiration. During the Covid lockdown, she published from Pen(elope) with love xxx (2020), a collection that brought together twenty-five years of writing in both prose and poetry, including pieces in Italian.

Now based in Germany, she is finding her poetic voice in a new language, beginning with the translation of her own collections: Wakes of Joy (Wandernde Wellen der Freude, 2025) and This Is Not About Poems (Es geht nicht um Gedichte, forthcoming). She has also recently founded The Poetry Glade, an online sanctuary for emerging poetic voices.

Diana draws inspiration from the natural world, from friendship and family, and from the voices of poets, philosophers, and spiritual teachers—especially Gangaji and the lineage of self-inquiry passed down from Ramana Maharshi.