“Butler writes as an exquisite lover of word and the things of this world. Who has written as newly of the humming edges of things? If ever I have read a new poet, any poet, with greater joy, I can hardly remember.”
~ Dennis Cooley, author of correction line

“Jenna Butler is an exquisite wordsmith whose poetic lines ring with a resounding clarity. Her ear is finely attuned to language, unerring in cadences and rhythms. Her poems sing “the heart’s estranged melody” and never miss a note. I love her gazhal in The Red Gazhals section where children emerge from berrying “drunk and drowsy as bees/at a floral bacchanal/carrying the season/in the vine ripened tint of their skins”. Aphelion is an impressive book of poems by a sure-handed poet.”
~ Glen Sorestad

“Butler is exquisite lover of words and the things of this world. Who has written as newly of the humming edges of things? If ever I have read a new poet, any poet, with greater joy I can hardly remember.”
~ Sheila E. Murphy