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The Inheritance
by William Ayot
128 pages: first published 2011 by P S Avalon: £10 + p and p
We all have an inheritance and many of us struggle to speak our truth. Clear, direct and accessible, these poems chart a journey from a largely unconscious and wounded victimhood to a hard-won self-awareness and acceptance. Written to be spoken, they are affirming, comforting and occasionally enlightening for people concerned with their own struggles and obsessions.
"William Ayot's poetry is like the man himself: intelligent, unpretentious, accessible. His concerns are immediately recognisable, and his verse's energy and sustained focus consistently bring his subject matter to a satisfactory conclusion. There is little inconsequentiality and much passion, though the emotion is kept sensitively under control." Paul Groves
Contents
I BLOOD AND BONE
New Year's Eve
History
Romantic
II THE LAND OF GIANTS
Wireless
Counting the Marigolds
The Delivery
Ninety-Seven
Little Soldiers
Debtor's Moon
Eddies & Vortices
Never
His Suit
Around Below and Behind
The Badger
Processional
The Water-Cage
A Break in the Line
He Writes a Letter to His Son
Saved
Cut Grass and Nicotine
Old Dogs
III VOICES IN THE DARK
Survivors
Danse Macabre
Take Her Down
Chiron's Aubade
Flashback
The Medical Room
IV WALKING DOWN INTO THE WATER
Man to Man
Gathering at the Gate
Comfort
The Lads in the Park
Small Parting
Darshan
Tears on the Drum
Making for Benares
Something We Don't Talk About
Mamma's Boy
Standing is a Gift
Famous Last Words
V DWINDLING IN THE DUSK
A Certain Closeness
Her Mantra
A Little Yes
The Grandmothers
A Visit
VI MEETING THE GODDESS
My Little Man
Frozen Rabbit
Across a Crowded Room
Night Music
Bowerbirds
The Same Old Song
In From the Dark
A Truce Too Soon
Spent
As Easy As Falling
The Decent Thing
Stag
Salt Woman
A Word
Coniston Water
He Takes a Little Pop at the Mother-in-Law
It Turns and Softly Speaks
VII IN THE SECRETIVE NIGHT
Chasing the Fisherman
Hamlet in Haiku
Three Haiku
We Know What We Like
Perfect
Dead Poet
Praise Song To The Earth
VIII GETTING INTO GREY
A Traveller's Tale
After the Beep
To a Talented Young Friend
Tearaway
Up From Haight Ashbury
Mornings
Memento
Bad Day
Three Ragas - (i) Morning
Three Ragas - (ii) Afternoon
Three Ragas - (iii) Evening
Found Wanting
Otherwise
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