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

'True poetry, sensationally assembled.' Peter Porter

Here is a poet with a commanding style; her voice is entirely her own, both rich and laconic - Penelope Shuttle

I believe that in all diverse forms of artistic expression across all countries, there are some sensitivities in common. Esther Phillips

The most remarkable phenomenon of the English poetic scene ... has been the advent, or perhaps I should say the irruption, of Gavin Ewart - Philip Larkin.

The simple lack / Of her is more to me / Than others' presence. Edward Thomas, 'The Unknown'

In the face of loss - human, natural, temporal - McQueen finds salvation in language. Often her work is about artistic endeavour itself: the desire to freeze time, the realisation that this is impossible - Sarah Quigley

The eye, it cannot choose but see; / We cannot bid the ear be still; / Our bodies feel, where'er they be, / Against or with our will. Wordsworth, 'Expostulation and Reply'

All this was water / in the beginning. Between / us are our legends - 'Chrysanthemum', Diana Bridge

You must be careful not to deprive the poem of its wild origin. Stanley Kunitz.

We've all led raucous lives,/ some of them inside, some of them out./ But only the poem you leave behind is what's important. Charles Wright (from 'Littlefoot')

An engraver in short, sharp slashes that go deep. Andrew Salkey