Harsent has an unusual claim to notice: you begin every poem with the certain prospect of pleasure and surprise. - Martin Amis, Observer

Keep it simple and make it visual seems to be the best idea. - Hugo Williams

I do mock literature and take it seriously at the same time, but anyone who is passionately attached to a football team will have similar mixed feelings - Ian Duhig

I'm in it for the discovery. - Michael Donaghy

Paul McCartney meets Philip Larkin - The Independent

I hope to write poetry that uses the full keyboard, claiming its full range of method and subject. - Sean O'Brien