Trenches of night between us ... - 'War History', Sam Hunt

The simple lack / Of her is more to me / Than others' presence. Edward Thomas, 'The Unknown'

Who wants to know / a story's end, or where a road will go? - Sheenagh Pugh, 'What If This Road'

Alice Oswald throws the windows of the imagination open; she places a fingertip on the pulse of tradition, and proves it is still very much alive - The Times

Poetry's about what can't be said. WS Merwin

Are words no more than waving, wavering flags? - 'The right word', Imtiaz Dharker

Among the finest of our poets. - Melvyn Bragg

The poet's reading, like his words, is energetic and as alive as quicksilver - The Observer

In a dark time the eye begins to see - 'In a Dark Time', Theodore Roethke

A poem is a little moment of belief. - Jackie Kay

Finely wrought verse that is tough, but also lyrical. A distinctive new voice - Neil Rollinson

Let the great world spin forever down the ringing grooves of change. - 'Locksley Hall', Alfred Tennyson