“Swale” by Shannon Lintott
Poetry Pause is the League of Canadian Poets’ daily poetry dispatch. Read “Swale” by Shannon Lintott, part of the League’s Fresh Voices program.

Copyright ยฉ Shannon Lintott
Shannon Lintottโs poems have been featured in the Literary Review of Canada, Pinhole Poetry, Held Magazine, Common House Magazine, Great Lakes Review, Phylum Press, and others. Shannon is a 2026-2027 P.K. Page Mentorship mentee. They live in Toronto.
Fresh Voices is a publication and workshop program created by and for the League’s associate members, curated and edited by Erin Vance.
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