His technique dazzles, and through the handling of rhythm and image he makes the world his own, and ours - The Sunday Times

a talent for avoiding the predictable and deconstructing the recognisable - Stride

His poems are direct and arresting, playful, full of startling imagery, and are hilarious, passionate and erotic as often as they are political - often managing to be all these things at once - Maura Dooley

I believe even 5-year-olds can get something from a Shakespearean sonnet...as long as you DON'T tell them, 'This is really hard.' - Rita Dove