‘This pamphlet has that Sofia Coppola Lost in Translation feeling. You enter a poem smiling and leave in tears or with an inward insight into the threads of life.’ - Nick Makoha

‘These are fresh, funny, real and wry poems! I’ve found a new poet to love!’ - Rachel Long

‘Rachel Cleverly’s poetry articulates the lonely thoughts which accompany life in late-stage England. With incisive humour and deadpan titles like ‘Things Which Make My Life Difficult and My Writing Bad’, these are poems that will keep you laughing so hard you forget to cry. Prickle heralds the arrival of a much-needed new voice in poetry, one that resembles a wake-up call in its startling brilliance.’ - Charlotte Shevchenko-Knight

‘The world of Prickle opens and you are transfixed. If this were a TV show, each poem would be an episode offering new insights into the mind of Rachel Cleverly, whether awkward or thoughtful.’ - Yomi Ṣode