Brainard, Dulcy, Review of The Bird Catcher, in Publishers Weekly, Vol. 245, No. 4, January 26, 1998, p. 88.

Hacker, Marilyn, “The Poet at 80: A Tribute to the Aging Poet Marie Ponsot Is Full of the Imagery of Vigor and Growth,” in Women's Review of Books, Vol. 20, No. 10-11, July 2003, pp. 12-13.

Hoffert, Barbara, Review of The Bird Catcher, in Library Journal, Vol. 124, No. 6, April 1, 1999, p. 96.

Keen, Suzanne, “Words Take Flight,” in Commonweal, Vol. 125, No. 16, September 25, 1998, pp. 23-24.

McKee, Louis, Review of The Bird Catcher, in Library Journal, Vol. 123, No. 2, February 1, 1998, p. 89.

Oser, Lee, Review of The Bird Catcher, in World Literature Today, Vol. 73, No. 1, Winter 1999, pp. 155-56.

Seaman, Donna, Review of The Bird Catcher, in Booklist, Vol. 94, No. 11, February 1, 1998, p. 894.

Smith, Dinitia, “Recognition at Last for a Poet of Elegant Complexity,” in the New York Times, April 13, 1999, Section E, p. 1.