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Poetry in Motion

century city comic coverCentury City Comix – 2006

This anthology took innovation to the next level producing a fully fledged poetry comic. Poetry submissions from contributors were illustrated and transformed into comic strips by professional graphic and visual artists.

Alongside these full publications, and the dozens of local collections, magazines and CD’s created in our various workshops, we have pursued a public art aspect to our literary work, producing a total of 550 Bus poetry posters and billboards, with an audience estimated at 10,000 or more.

 

Thumbnail exampleBT1 – A New Poet’s Code - 2005

BT1 (BT1 being the first part of New Belfast's postal address) has the form of a magazine style anthology printed on pulp paper, and showcases the work of over 120 contributors

 

 

 


ringing the changes coverRinging the Changes – 2004

This anthology features a mix of community and public poetry based on the theme of music, with over ninety contributions organised into sections based on musical aspects: Harmony, Melody, Pitch, Resonance, Rhythm, Timbre and Toning.

The anthology also includes a CD of thirty five contributors poems recorded live at the “Between The Lines” Literary Festival, along with added text files and Braille insert for the visually impaired.

 

class of belfast coverThe Lonely Poet’s Guide to Belfast – 2002

This anthology is based on the Lonely Planet Travel Guide format. Within the anthology readers are invited on a poetic tour around Belfast through the eyes of its inhabitants, with facts, travel information, contacts, and tours of different areas. Lonely Poets includes work from over eighty contributors and as well as a guide to local poetry, writers groups, literary festivals and arts organisations.

 

 

you can't eat flags for breakfast coverYou Can’t Eat Flags For Breakfast – 2001

The anthology features contributions from thirty established poets, including Seamus Heaney, Michael Longley, Paul Muldoon, Medbh McGuckian and Tom Paulin and local politicians, alongside over seventy public contributors.

 

 

 

Poetry in Motion Schools

 

class of belfast cover The Class of Belfast - 2006

56 schools participated in last years anthology.

Belfast CIty Hall celebrated it's centenary in 2006; many of the poems were centred on this perceived neutral space.

Yet many other themes explored in this anthology, hope for the future and negative reactions to environmental damage, anti-social behaviour. Also reflections of the many changes occurring in our society.

 

write across belfastWrite across Belfast - 2005

This collection of over 270 poems was created by children and young people from thirty seven schools, with thirty six illustrations by the children themselves.

Sadly, this publication is no longer available at this time.

 

 

 

converging lines coverConverging Lines - 2004

This collection of over 260 poems was created and illustrated by children and young people from forty three schools. In this anthology, the poems are arranged according to which of Belfast’s seven rivers they are closest to.

This city wide project mirrors the flow of these waterways and lines of communication, channeling their energy into one entity. All these “Converging Lines” finally come together, reaching the sea at Belfast Lough, as the fast flow of verse from our schools comes together in this anthology.

 

rhyming round belfast coverRhyming Round Belfast - 2003

This collection of over 300 poems was created and illustrated by children and young people from fifty three schools across the city.

It expresses their thoughts and feelings on many different topics such as dreams and wishes, the environment, and mystery and imagination.