"The complete works so far of contemporary American and British poetry's most meticulous craftsperson. We dig the purity, dogged love, and artistic devotion of this rare personage.               A highly recommended volume"           (Alice Notley) 


  "I highly recommend Simon Pettet's new collected, HEARTH. His poetry is always insightful, ardent, playful, right on the spot, and ahead of the current"      (Joanne Kyger)

Simon Pettet has been such a bright and consistent light amidst the usual gathering glooms. He lives as thought life were its own pleasure, which it is and must obviously be. He sound those same simplicities of profound music Blake also knew. He moves with a deft and practiced quiet. "It is as though he were telling us / that this small space / contains the pattern for / all eternity. He speaks the truth.   (Robert Creeley)

Like Beethoven's Bagatelles, Simon Pettet's short poems have a great deal to say, and their seemingly modest dimensions help rather than hinder his saying it. An unorthodox lucidity reminiscent of (James) Schuyler, a certain English dappleness and an oriental concision blend in a poetry whose sweet, complex fragrance is Pettet's secret
(John Ashbery)