Civil and Civic: Poems - Tapa blanda

"Bennett's artistry lies in his ability to create poems that shatter complacency with bricks of loaded language." --"Quill and Quire "(April 2011)

"As accomplished as Jonathan Bennett is at using language, he's never fussy or precious about it. With his exacting, contemporary voice, part colourful reporter, part reluctant witness, his lines gain their effect by serving experience in the most necessary way possible, via clear-eyed attention and vivid diction. The result is an immediacy often lacking in other poetry. "Civil and Civic"'s nimble narratives will crackle in your ear." --David O'Meara, poet, "Noble Gas", "Penny Black"