In Praise of Paving

Abstract

Ashley Chantler's debut poetry collection. Contents: Part I: Walls, Pirouette, Storm in a Teashop, Secretions, Between Embarrassment and Desire, …giving…taking…over…in…, Lines, The Poet and the Ant, Until Death Them Do Part, Cut Off, Probing, Sketch for a Modern Love Poem, Fragment 1, Fragment 2, Fragment 3, Fragment 4, Fragment 5, Fragment 6, Free. Part II: Lost in the Fun House, Nine Crap Poets in a Lift, Gulf, Gulf (2), Judgements, The Unappreciated, The Bliss of Innocence, Bachelor, Bachelor (2), A Short Story about Borders, …giving…taking…over…in…, Will, Personal Helicon, In Praise of Paving. Reprinted in 2006.