Love, Hate and My Best Mate: Poems About Love and Relationships (Poetry Powerhouse) - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0340893877 ISBN 13: 9780340893876

Publisher: Hodder & Stoughton, 2004

Synopsis

From first dates and break-ups to finding and losing best mates, these poems are both thoroughly contemporary and timeless. Poets include Shakespeare, Andrew Marvell, John Clare, W.B. Yeats, Brian Patten, Helen Dunmore, Brian Moses, Carole Satyamurti, as well as many other outstanding poets.

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About the Author

Andrew Fusek Peters is an Anglo-Czech poet, storyteller, didgeridoo player, broadcaster, anthologist, author and creative writing tutor with an international reputation. He has worked in thousands of schools, libraries, arts centres and literary festivals, giving lively performances and running workshops for all ages and abilities. With his wife Polly Peters he has written several poetry collections, and is the author of the 'Ed' graphic novels, illustrated by Stephen Player.

Review

From elation to hopeless gloom in seconds, the opening poems in this excellent anthology for teenagers depict first love from both the male and the female viewpoint. The poems are presented in three strands, so a variety of poets from past and present are encountered together as they explore the main theme of the ups and downs of a growing emotional life. * Bookfest 2005-2006 * A totally now anthology in which Shelley, Marvell, year 9 from a Shropshire school and many others all rub shoulders slipping together with apparent ease in a programme by turns provocative, thoughtful and funny. * The School Librarian * Recommendation of the MonthThis lively and heart-felt collection of poetry is a perfect way to explore the turbulent world of love and relationships. The three sections - love, hate and my best mate - cover a huge spectrum of experiences and feelings. There are lyrical pieces alongside text-message sonnets and hauntingly sad poems juxtaposed with in-your-face humour. From Brian Patten to Robert Burns and Roger Stevens to Shakespeare, this unique anthology combines old favourites and new voices. All the ups and downs of love and friendship are to be found in its pages.For 10+ years. * Young Scottish Poetry Library Website * A very effective mix of old and new... The modern and classic are often juxtaposed in striking ways ... Well-produced visually... Highly recommended for KS3 readers, both for use in English and PSHE. * School Librarian * By turns provocative, thoughtful and funny * School Librarian * [An] excellent anthology for teenagers * Bookfest 2005 - 2006 * If you read this book you are getting a mixed bag full of admiration, betrayal, deception and a very good description of life as an adolescent -- Grace Austin, from St Brendan's NS * Cork Evening Echo *

Edition details

• Publisher: Hodder & Stoughton
• Publication date: 2004
• ISBN 10: 0340893877
• ISBN 13: 9780340893876
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 128