Silence is more musical than any song. Christina Rossetti

Each sharp star speaks of something long gone - 'Cactus', Siobhan Harvey

This is work you can't ignore - raw, reckless and more bloody-minded than an older, so-called wiser poet would dare to be - Selima Hill

Some of the most turbulent moments in life through a sharp, clear lens. Maura Dooley

In these times, we should be glad of this voice. - Kate Clanchy, The Guardian

A little nonsense, now and then, is relished by the wisest men. - 'Charlie & the Chocolate Factory', Roald Dahl

Put your ear down close to your soul and listen hard. - Anne Sexton

If I didn't write poetry I think I'd explode. - Charles Causley

...in a good poem the poet disappears. That's what the struggle with language is all about. The point is that in the finished poem you don't lay yourself bare. You create a strongbox of words. - Vicki Feaver

...lie down together, laughing, and let be. (John Mole, from 'Serenade')