Two Barks

A collection of poems for 11-year-olds upwards without an alien or demon headmaster in sight - wonderful! These poems are for real people who think and worry, have fun, quirky ideas and daydreams. O'Callaghan has the knack of climbing into your head and writing poems which reflect the myriad of thoughts a teenager goes through in any one day. What do you think about when you look into a glass of orange juice? Have you ever wondered where your life is going and followed it quietly down the street? How do you get hair with Zing? There is also a riveting stream of consciousness poem about waiting at home alone. This book is for all those who did not want to go to the young people's concert or the children's art exhibit, when...' All you want to do/ is sit in the kitchen/ twirling spaghetti/ onto a fork/ and after that/ to stop at the window/ as if watching for snow.'