Talking Turkeys

Here is the liveliest looking (and sounding) poetry for teenagers. The design on the page is inviting in its own way and frequently adds to the immediate quality of poems. There's 'According To My Mood' ('I have poetic licence, I write the way I want..) with its mix of fonts, size and case displaying the freedom of expression, and 'De Generation Rap' where the vocabulary of the streets is given a similar range of presentation. The issues and targets, the humour and music of the lines are an invitation to read, and read aloud: 'I used to think poets / Were boring, / Until I became one of them.'