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

Work as if you live in the early days of a better world -- Alasdair Gray via Dennis Lee

To soothe you / I ran back down to take a photo: / it's a splendid one of the horse / but you're only a hurrahing speck

His poems are meant for everyone ... A genuinely popular poet, who deserves to be better known. - Peter Porter

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

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

Ron Butlin is that rare breed - a poet who takes the novel form and shows it is ripe for reinvention. Playful, haunting and moving, this is writing of the highest quality. - Ian Rankin

'pizzazz, wit and - astonishing at his age - both technical assurance and a genuinely integrated humanity' -- Fiona Sampson

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