Born in Stockport. Graduated Liverpool University, English BA.
Was a bookseller then garden maker in London and now lives in the Forest of Dean, Gloucestershire.
A poet with a garden and a passionate naturalist. Currently studying part time with The Open University for a poetry MA.
‘Sean Swallow writes gorgeous, elliptical, frank and funny poems.
As likely to be found in a woodland clearing as a hotel suite, his work makes its own space at the
intersection of contemporary writing about nature, class and queer subjectivity – a really bold and vital new voice.’
Dai George, author of The Claims Office and reviews editor at Poetry London
‘Sean Swallow writes with a wonderfully observant eye, and finds wonderful strangeness in the landscape around him.
His voice is entirely his own – making sense of world, sometimes marvelling at it, sometimes confused by it.’
Hannah Lowe
sean@seanswallowpoet.co.uk
instagram @sean_swallow
twitter @theseanswallow
Portrait by Charlie Hopkinson.