b. 1981, London
Toby Fitch is a Sydney-based poet who has been published in a number Australian journals including Meanjin and Southerly. He features in Episode 6 of The Wordshed reading his poems in a dark room, and commenting on photogrpahy.
He is currently writing his first book of poems. www.myspace.com/freddyfitchisnotapoet
It's when we're asleep and dreamless
that we miss the silent landing
of snowflakes on the roads
of city and suburbs,
emptying the sky of stars.
It's when we're fast asleep
that our shadows play
with the energy of pent up children,
throwing stars at each other
like great shooting snowballs.