Quotes about Philip Burton’s poetic style:
‘I wish you the very best…. with the wider success of your writing. I especially value the formal command of these poems, and feel sure that they will be published soon.’
– Jonathan Edwards, September 2020
about a landscape I recognize and love
– Michael Schmidt
…interested in words … a sure sense of rhythm… striking images
– Copland Smith
…he’s got serious things to say
– Derrick Buttress
….. a deft observer … conveys felt emotion with no little skill
– Michael W. Thomas
…poems sizzle and rasp…..not derivative but immediate and deeply felt…deserves a wider audience!
– Barry Tebb
Gillian Clarke, about Philip’s poem A Fine Line
“…a tribute to a craftsman of the past, lovingly imagined in seven rhyming and half-rhyming stanzas. I love the detail, the language of carpentry, horse-drawn wagons, and the turn of the mood in the penultimate line with the sad eye-line of Heartbreak Pier.”
Reviews of “Philip Burton’s collection for children of all ages, The Treasure Shop”:
“It would appeal to a child of any age; lovely cover and the illustrations are super, and generously spread throughout the book… It is a clever idea to arrange the poems in age order … Compliments to the printer too (nu-age); I like the weight and clarity, and the feel of the cover.”
– D.A. Prince
Reviews of “Too young to forget”, Poems 1998 – 2010, Philip Burton
“I’m impressed by the energy … There’s vigour in the forms and an excitement in the vocabulary; it has a sense of making-new in each poem, and that curiosity for what can be done best with words, and what will come next… (the poems) felt as though they had a natural fit together… a great deal of work at the craft level …there is never any sense that the poems come from anything other than inspiration.”
“It’s a handsome book – I think that’s the right word for one that sits firm and well-balanced, and has such a striking cover.”
– D.A. Prince
“It looks great.”
– Indigo Dreams Publishing LTD
“What an achievement! Well done. I never imagined there’d be so much work in one volume.”
– Lynn Bushell – cover artist
“Mercurial poetry with a sure touch. An impressive and very enjoyable collection.”
– Other Poetry Reviews, Other Poetry, Series 4, Number 4.
Reviews of “The moon on a shoestring”, Poems by Philip Burton
I admire the range of Philip’s writing, the energy and liveliness of itt, his amazing mastery of rhyme, and his wit
– Anne Ryland, winner of the Kent and Sussex poetry competition 2009