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Poetry has been at the core of New Belfast activities since our inception. This year, New Belfast is making a radical departure from the way Poetry in Motion was run in previous years.
Six poets will have the opportunity to work at community level in performance poetry residencies; engaging with community groups but they will also be roaming the wider community, seeing opportunities to widen the making and reception of poetry.
We'll also be using the undoubted interactive talents of key members of BelfastPoets.com, among others who have worked on our programme over the years, to assess and organise poetry writing and more purposefully, performance in the community.
The current international trend for performance slams is being built upon and we will have a “grand slam” to conclude the process allowing for the professional recording of a CD that will be published, along with an accompanying booklet.
We urge that your submissions for the CD are recorded in your own voice and sent in via the form provided (a link to the form will be at the bottom of this page soon).
If you don't have access to a way to record your poem in a digital audio format you can still send us your poetry text via mail or email and we will get your poems read for you by an actor.