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The Study Ireland poetry TV series was presented in 2004 by Belfast novelist, Glenn
Patterson.
It features a wide range of contemporary poetic voices that explore five themes to give
students a clear idea of how and why poems are written.
Its website contains audio and video clips from the programmes and teacher's notes.
You can learn about the authors and read their poems online. 'So discover more about some
some of the world-famous poets from Northern Ireland.'
PoetsCiaran Carson Elaine Gaston Seamus Heaney | Michael Longley Maedbh McGuckian Eilish Martin | Paul Muldoon Cathal O'Searcaigh |
Themes & featured poems
Growing Up looks at how some writers experience life from early childhood to adolescence.
Blackberry Picking
by Seamus Heaney
The Singer
by Maedbh McGuckian |
| Relationships examines the complex webs that bind people together and break them apart.
Seasoned
by Elaine Gaston
Why Brownlee left
by Paul Muldoon |
| Nature & Landscape
draws on a long Irish written
tradition that deals with animals and the world they live in.
Carrigskeewaun
by Michael Longley
The Perch
by Seamus Heaney |
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War contains poetry written in response to the painful experiences of the people of Northern Ireland during the last thirty years.
Belfast Confetti
by Ciaran Carson
Graubelle Man
by Seamus Heaney
The Civil Servant
by Michael Longley |
| A sense of place shows how some writers respond to places that are very familiar to them
Caiseal na gCorr by Cathal O'Searcaigh
Paradise Fatigue by Ailish Martin
Turn Again by Ciaran Carson |
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