Out of Order: between-age poems

Fusek Peters' anthologies are always surprising and interesting. He's done it again with this anthology of poems for young people/ adolescents/teenagers. There are poems about anorexia, text messaging, a first bra, kissing, homelessness, racism, school - to mention but a few. A light sprinkling of some well known poets such as Seamus Heaney and Elizabeth Barrett Browning create new contrasts and viewpoints alongside the lesser known poets in the selection. The poems can be disturbing, unsettling or funny, but they are never patronising and young people will have no difficulty in finding a poem which is relevant or makes them think or just laugh out loud. An excellent anthology for a difficult age range.