A poem is not its words, but the ringing it leaves behind.

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

'this spiral / of making while unmaking while / the world goes round' -- Mary Jo Salter, 'Young Girl Peeling Apples'

A haunting music full of subtlety of thought and religious echoes. -- Charles Bainbridge, The Guardian

He treasures the grain of the speaking voice -- Robert Crawford

All books are merely delayed dust. - George Elliott Clarke

She has the comic's knack of placing a lot of weight on thin-shouldered words, words blurred by common currency which are suddenly brought into sharp focus and don't really want to be. Beyond the laughs there's great poignancy - Observer

The balance of passion and poise is a constant tension in Davis's work - PN Review

if the body is a great creation why wait / indoors with it?