Joyous, brilliant and moving -- Costa Prize judges

'here I am, on the edge of animation, / a dream, a dance, a fantastic construction'. Moniza Alvi

Lucid observations, smart conceits and insight into the contemporary world as a fragmented, self-constructed thing. - The Independent

'Inventive, striking and memorable, Morgan is one of the most original poets around.' Andrew Motion, Guardian Books of the Year

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

I understood that my words could be used as a weapon. James Matthews

Yaa de Villiers' silence-smashing poems (in this manner reminiscent of Carol Ann Duffy's The World's Wife) are sensitive, unafraid to be erotic, sometimes tragic, and always irreverent - Tolu Ogunlesi, Wasafiri magazine

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

I write because my ink must flow like blood. The written must be spoken. Patience Agbabi

All that was good, all that was fair, all that was me is gone. - Robert Louis Stevenson 'Sing Me A Song of A Lad That Is Gone'

With mast, and helm, and pennon fair, that well had borne their part - but the noblest thing which perish'd there, was that young faithful heart. - Felicia Hemans 'Casabianca'

'Inventive, academically aware, fearless and hugely enjoyable' -Nick Laird