“Ultimately though, Poetry is no more than U N I in conVERSEsensation” – Celia A Sorhaindo

"I digress. Let’s live in digression. We have no other choices.", from the poem Haematology #1

“Poets must snatch out of time the passionate transitory” – Patrick Kavanagh

“I want these poems to help people to practise empathy”

“Olds writes “poetry more faithful to the felt truth of reality than any prose could be.” – Richard Wakefield.

"Tempest has forged their own voice, unlike anything else in the mainstream poetry world." - The Independent

Work as if you live in the early days of a better world -- Alasdair Gray via Dennis Lee

Poetry gives people the power to make their voices heard. -- Toni Stuart