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

"One of our most promising young talents, Jay Bernard writes powerful and sensuous scenes from the metropolis: a teenager flies like a moth, a woman with scissors sings bees. Disturbing, joyous and always surprising.” – Pascale Petit.

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

A tune that one has once heard and liked [that] seems to haunt the mind and will not be dismissed until entirely mastered.

These hands have Moulded monuments, created crafts, healed hearts. Khosi Xaba, from 'These Hands'

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

I understood that my words could be used as a weapon. James Matthews