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LISTEN TO TENNYSON, BROWNING, KIPLING and a growing number of poets up to the present day (HEANEY included) reading examples of their work. (Yes, I DID say Tennyson, Browning and Kipling!) (Real Audio)

Listen to W.B. Yeats talking about the work of Edith Sitwell, the effect of WW1, the revolutionary poet T.S. Eliot and the nature of Modern poets, on 11th October 1936 (Real Audio)

Visit Poetry.net... if you enjoy reading or writing poems, this site will point you toward top rated poetry-related sites on the web

Small Presses

	THE all-singing, all-dancing gateway to everything poetic. This extremely impressive site is packed with poetry and small press links and features well-written sections on all aspects of poetry writing. There are readable articles on every aspect of the craft of writing poetry, ranging from suggestions for absolute beginners to in-depth comment for all levels of skill. Probably the best kicking-off point for poetry lovers on the web! Unreservedly recommended!
Anthology of Poetry	Not really a small press, but a CORNUCOPIA of poetry and prose. I won't try to number the writers featured - go and have a look! Download FREE e-books (incredible as it may seem, one example is the collected poems of W.B. Yeats!). For lovers of literature, this site is a paradise!
	Over the last twenty or so years, Jessie Lendennie's small press has emerged as a significant force in the world of Irish literary publishing, with over 150 volumes produced to date. Female poets feature strongly and the promotion of new poets is central to her mission of fostering diversity in contemporary Irish publishing. This is a well-designed site with a panoply of writers' work on offer

**Poetry E-zines**
	Exciting initiative to create an on-line "artist-collective". Offers wide range of poetry and prose, with critical essays and even a horror serial! Well worth a visit!
Snakeskin poetry webzine	112 issues of excellent e-zine with a wide range of good poetry
poets.org	Award-winning website of The Academy of American Poets: essays on poetry, biographies of more than 500 poets, text of nearly 1800 poems, and RealAudio of over 150 poems read by their authors. New Prose section has around 400 pieces. If you love poetry (Yeats and Heaney, to name but two of those featured), you'll love this site!
Sound Eye ...Irish poetry and the Universe of writing	Very interesting site with an eclectic mix of poetry including work by Trevor Joyce and Brian Coffey
Internet Poetry Archive	*Includes 9 poems by Seamus Heaney - and you can listen to him read them (RealAudio)*
	A poetry community with poetry, haiku, discussion groups, classifieds, free web space and more!
Pogonip	Superb e-zine with poetry, fiction, drama, art. Unfortunately this link is currently dead, but I keep hoping ...
Lit-Net	Virtual literature centre for English West Midlands and beyond
NWHQ	Site with wide variety of poetic styles and beautiful graphics
The Poetry Super-Highway	Marvellous poetry source with mailing list
The Alsop Review	Another quality poetry site

**Collections**
Poetry of Joseph Mary Plunkett	A scholar, one of the signers of the Proclamation of the Irish Republic, and executed for his part in the 1916 Rising, during which he was stationed at the GPO. Not a collection in the strict sense of the word - but well worth a place in this section!
Seamus Heaney selection	Good range of Heaney poems with streaming Real Audio readings by the man himself. Site sponsored by the University of North Carolina Press and theNorth Carolina Arts Council.
Collected Poems of W.B. Yeats	The poetry of Yeats - no need to say any more :)
James Stephens	Eight poems by this lyrical Irish poet. A little treasure - it's very difficult to find his work on the internet.
The On-line Books Page	10000+ titles! Prose AND poetry
Kobe University, Japan	150 20th-Century Poets! Well worth a visit
The Irish Poetry Page	Well-regarded site at the Univeristy of Cologne, Germany
Babel Library of Poetry	About 700 poets from all over the world. An excellent selection, Ireland well represented. Finnish site

**Writers' Workshops**
Millennium Scribblers .. Creative Writers' Group	The 'Scribblers' meet every other Tuesday night in Gilford Resource Center in Gilford, Co. Armagh with the aim of learning from each other. They produce and share new work regularly. The site features a selection of poetry and short stories by local writers
The Dublin Writers' Workshop	*and its quarterly publication 'Electric Acorn'. Competitions, publications, literary links and an interactive forum add up to a valuable literature site.*
Irish Writers'Centre	Interesting and useful site with details of poetry competitions, interviews with writers

**Poetry Homepages**
Freelance Poetry and Drama	Adrian Rice is a poet and editor from Belfast, N. Ireland. Molly Freeman is a freelance drama teacher/director from North Carolina, USA. Here on their joint site you'll find much to delight you, including children's poetry and drama projects. An added bonus is direct access to their individual sites, with impressive poetry from Rice and some excellent educational links with lesson plans thrown in for good measure. Beautifully designed sites, too. Get clicking now!
Poetry by Des Donnelly - "Unseen, unsought, unopened, and unsold"	There's quite a dire C&W song about a 'sweet li'l girl from Omagh', in the county of Tyrone (which I can't help mentioning); but that's just to attract the attention of my American visitors. Des Donnelly (from Omagh) has a large selection of his poems on this site; if you're one of my regular readers, you will (I hope) expect that this site is WELL WORTH A VISIT. If you've not been here before, take my word for it - this site is WELL WORTH A VISIT! There - I've said it twice and used an exclamation point/mark. Over to you, reader.....
Poetry Mine	Poetry and autobiographical prose by Geoff Jones. Fresh, vibrant style with genuinely interesting glimpses of life in a small Welsh mining-town fifty years ago; and a developing historical novel to boot! Well worth a visit! He is an IRELingus guest poet here
Childhood Hills	Pat Mullan, a native of Derry, lives in Connemara. His thriller novel, Of Conscious Evil, will be available soon. He is currently at work on a new novel, Who Killed Hammarskjold?. Childhood Hills is a selection of his poetry; he says himself: 'My work is simple, accessible, and unencumbered with intellectual reference ... 'The Early Years' are exactly that: vignettes of life growing up in Derry in Northern Ireland with some searing memories of the subliminal fear imposed by the political, religious and educational systems'.
Poems by Richard F. Meredith	A selection of about a dozen poems by an award-winning writer. There is a slow and gentle feel to these poems with suggestions of contentment tinged with some regret and longing. There is a close eye for physical detail; subjects range from touching a pebble to a Sunday game of 'pitch and toss'. A visit will be well rewarded.
CyberMinstrel's Poetry Site	Attractive site with some interesting poets featured - and a good selection of 'classic' poetry
Beyond Ben Bulben	Australian site celebrating the work of W.B. Yeats and his Circle. Newsletter available; also details of International Summer School, Sligo; competitions and poems related to Yeats and Sligo.
Poems by Ciara Na Tuama	Some excellent poetry springing from the tragedy of Northern Ireland. You don't hear female poetic voices on this subject very often - don't miss this site!
Kookamonga Square	Poetry of Suzanne Delaney - worth a visit!
Poetry of William Brendan McPhillips	Lively, humorous poems of 'A Magical Journey Home'
Ward Kelley: a Man and his poetry	*If you've enjoyed reading Ward's poems on the Irelingus Guest Poets* page , you'll enjoy this even more ...includes RealAudio readings**
A Writer's Choice Literary Journal	Good collection of poetry and writers' links
Red Frog's World	A whimsical, attractive site with animations
Reflections in Verse	Thoughtful and and gentle poems with some inner strands of steel - from Mary E. Harris
Poems in Irish	Click link number SEVEN on the front page for some splendid mediaeval Irish poetry, with translations, and a fantastic range of links.
Add a Poetry Link	Know a good poetry site you'd like to see on this page? Let me know! - just a brief description and the URL, please

Miscellaneous

Zeroland	A systematic directory of art and culture web pages, indexed alphabetically under subject, genre, period, name and country. ... a MUST VISIT site!
Dia Center for the Arts (formerly the Dia Art Foundation)	New York Arts Institution covering a wide range of artistic endeavours. You can find Heaney recordings and so much more ... a MUST VISIT site!
Books Ulster	Specialists in new, rare and out-of-print books of Irish interest, particularly those relating to Ulster. Established in 1997 as Northern Ireland's first on-line out-of-print bookstore. Get your credit card ready - some great books!
Abbey Press	Young Newry publishing company which has already caught a few big Irish literary fish...
Palgrave's Golden Treasury of English Verse	If you went to school in Britain or Ireland before the 1980s, you'll love this one! ;)
Lionheart	Full text of 1000 love poems from the 1500s to 1900
Drowning Man	Comprehensive directory of literary publications, from small presses up to the most famous
Random quotation from Oscar Wilde	"I didn't say that!" - "You will, Oscar, you will" (Monty Python)

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