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

'Every time I think a new thought I can smell an old one burning.' Emily Berry

"This is sanity speaking, with a mask of tragedy pulled up from its face. This is a stunning poet arguing with the failing authority of her culture, the whole Silk Road curled up and hissing by her feet." Valzhyna Mort

She is one of very few poets to be equally probing and technically sophisticated in both languages, intuitively sensitive to the peculiarities of each. Ruth McIlroy, Planet

'Completely original, both very funny and existentially bleak. No-one else is writing poems remotely like these'. Magma

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

The furthest distances I've travelled/ have been those between people. Leontia Flynn