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

I take what the world throws at me, and spin, twist, skim, fly, flip, throw it back - Selima Hill

Poetry is emotion put into measure. The emotion must come by nature, but the measure can be acquired by art. Thomas Hardy

'A poet of sassy urban heartache, deftness, humour and considerable ingenuity' - Michael Glover

Forget the corny comedian: Pam Ayres is a proper poet, whose wistful, funny, and perceptive verse captures both the joy and unfairness of life. - Sunday Times

A jet-age Tennyson - London Review of Books

People do seem to need poetry; it makes our ordinary life feel richer. - Elaine Feinstein