Swansdown

by Donald Platt

In Swansdown, Donald Platt makes a study of life's inevitable transitions, from love's astonishing evolutions, to aging and its attendant losses. With the poem " Cloud Study" Platt brings his own mortality into view. Returning to a painting by Constable, he considers his own perspective, sitting by the Liffey, tending an injured knee. Young mothers, lovers, and runners pass, reminding the poet of who he once was and how quickly life, like...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1946830151
• ISBN13: 9781946830159
• Release Date: October 2022
• Publisher: Off the Grid Press
• Length: 104 Pages
• Weight: 0.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.8" x 9.9"