William Letford has worked as a roofer, on and off, since he was fifteen years old. He has received a New Writer's Award from the Scottish Book Trust and an Edwin Morgan Travel Bursary which allowed him to spend three months in the mountains of northern Italy helping to restore a medieval village. He has an M.Litt in Creative Writing from the University of Glasgow.
Description
Waking for work in the winter Becoming For the journey It's aboot the labour Be prepared [coffee shop window] Wit is it By the time we met We are Elderly ladies and afternoon tea This spring evening Fusion expands Worker A bassline Newsflash Hollow words in the black dog days Moths Taking a headbutt Working away In the mountains of northern Italy No holding back Breakfast in Baiardo No distractions [it rains] Outside the city Sunburst [T-shirt wrapped around my head] The light and dark of Adeona A bad day Orchards Helsinki, Finland Mhari and Annika Our life Cafe culture Don't you think i know Let's just be Sex poem number 1 Prowl: Sex poem number 2 Sex poem number 3 Impact theory Thurs hunnurs a burds oan the roofs They speak of the gods For the spirit Chimneys The songs we love Schrodinger Sunday, with the television off Winter in the world A poem
Reviews
'The pleasure I have gained from William Letford's poems... will, I am confident, stay with me for ever.' - Nicholas Lezard, the Guardian