Originally from Omagh, County Tyrone, Colin Dardis now resides in Belfast, where he currently edits the poetry e-zine 'Speech Therapy'.

Previously, Colin has been a co-ordinator of Make Yourself Heard, a monthly performance poetry night in Belfast, and has worked as a Poet In Motion for the New Belfast Community Arts Initiative. He has also performed with the Belfast Poets. Notable readings include the Cathedral Quarter Arts Festival, Between The Lines and the Castlereagh Verbal Arts Festival.

Colin is a poet who displays hunger for understanding of himself and the world around him. His poetry and performances display an ever present sense of hope through times of love, sadness, death and joy, while his performances sparkle with humour, honesty, modesty, and a touch of the absurd.