Reviews & Comments

"Had I been bound in U.V.Ray's body I could have written this book. It's what I call my point of view. It let me add all this to my life. Nice book!"

Charles Manson

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"While U.V.Ray oozes insurgence he weeps intelligence and sensitivity; an illegitimate love child of Mark Twain and John Wayne joined at the hip by the surgical wisdom of Frankenstein."

Callum Hornigold

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"Pithy, potent and at times touchingly romantic. Tart and sensual, capturing conceptual moments to savour at one's pleasure."

Peter H. Gilmore

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"If you ever want a change from I love you more each day poems, then this collection brings you closer to finding an alternative outlet. U.V.Ray directly engages with the subjects of love affairs and infatuations fuelled by his Jack Kerouak lifestyle. These poems stitch together a montage of instances that record ten years of the poet's life, and demonstrates narrative as an effective vehicle into poetic verse."

Aesthetica Magazine

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"The Painted Doll is in a different class; almost Bukowskian. It seems U.V.Ray, the self confessed Blue Coat School dropout, can do it if he tries. It's getting him to try that seems the problem."

Pulsar Poetry Magazine

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"We like his work and his attitude"

Page 84 Magazine

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"...U.V.Ray delivers. Several times in fact. The poems are telephoto shots using a discreet camera angle; they capture emotions, sometimes forthright, sometimes figurative. Certainly truth seems central to U.V.Ray's poetics; a truth often viewed through a lens of testosterone. Having demonstrated how creative he can be, I think U.V.Ray should push himself to come completely fresh every time. These poems are honest, deceptively simple and should be enjoyed for that reason."

Carillon Poetry Magazine

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