At the age of sixteen, Sarah Martin was diagnosed with the degenerative eye condition called Retinitis Pigmentosa. After this diagnosis she realised that she needed to begin “seeing” the world she lived in with more than just her eyes and it is because of this that she discovered a beautiful relationship with poetry. Eighteen years on she now views herself as a visually impaired poet who lives with, through, around, beside and because of her visual impairment.' (Source: Tincture Journal 2)
