St. Lambert

Jun 01, 2009

A specific loneliness
Saying nothing

Across a field
Behind the low school

Snow on the track
Child, or childless man—

The time it took
To remember this

Todd Swift is a Canadian poet based in London. His Seaway: New and Selected Poems was published by Salmon in 2008. He is currently a lecturer in Creative Writing at Kingston University. He is Oxfam Great Britain’s Poet-in-residence.