Poets Daniel Lusk and Angela Patten live and work at Carraig Binn. They are Vermont Arts Council Juried Artists, members of Poetry Society of America and Associated Writing Programs, and are listed in the national directory of Poets & Writers, Inc. Recipients of numerous awards for their poetry, these widely published poets are available for public readings, poetry workshops, master classes and poetry residencies.

Carraig Binn is located among the rocks and trees of a wooded, upland mountainside in Vermont. Named for the cliffs that dominate its shady glades, Carraig Binn (Irish for “sweet rock”) is home to black bears, moose, white-tailed deer, lynx, bobcat, chipmunks, raccoons and porcupines. It rains often, and the mud of the creeks and pond gives comfort to the yellow-spotted salamander and five-lined skink. Red-tailed hawks rule the forest’s upper reaches, and evening grosbeaks, brown-headed cowbirds, and hermit thrushes call melodiously from the branches of birches and red oaks in its understory. The night is clear, summer and winter, and brilliant with stars. Often we hear coyotes, foxes and owls. The vicious fishers and ermine make no more sound hunting than does the fabled catamount.