Memorable poetry of sustained lyrical power - Peter McDonald, TLS

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

We are born to bring light / To honour the blessing of each moment / The gift of every life - Malika Ndlovu

Imagination is the only weapon in the war against reality.

a talent for avoiding the predictable and deconstructing the recognisable - Stride

The rhymes and the rhythms are my wet paint - John Whitworth

Gerard Benson's poetry transfigures the ordinary and leaves an aftertaste of mystery in the mind.Michael Glover, The Independent

In a coign of the cliff between lowland and highland, at the sea-down's edge between windward and lee, walled round with rocks as an inland island, the ghost of a garden fronts the sea. - Algernon Swinburne 'A Forsaken Garden'

The owl from the steeple sing, 'Welcome, proud lady.' - Walter Scott 'Proud Maisie'

Bryce's phrasing is precise, her word-play sensuous, smart and snappy. The Guardian.

Drink to me only with thine eyes, and I will pledge with mine. - Ben Jonson 'Song To Celia'