It's a really big book, Alan, in every sense of "big"
    — and I congratulate you on it ... I can feel you
    living and hear you speaking in every poem — that
    incomparable eye for an image, and tone of voice
    for a very special personal music. But mere words
    cannot express admiration enough. I just read and
    read, happy to hear your very own voice, grown a
    good deal more confident with the years...
    — James Kirkup