“..and only they, children, excellent students of their own self worth, do know the value of their lives - from 'Outside St Dominic's Priory. Snapshot, July 2015'”

"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.

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

'Must this be a woman's cross? This dissonance between what 'seems' and what 'is?' - Jane McKie, 'Change, Continuous Change'

Poetry gives people the power to make their voices heard. -- Toni Stuart