The Study Ireland poetry TV series is presented 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. This 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 of the world-famous poets from Northern Ireland. |  |
 looks at how some writers experienced life from early childhood to adolescence. 
|  |  examines the complex webs that bind people together and break them apart. 
| |  draws on a long Irish written tradition that deals with animals and the world they live in. 
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 contains poetry written in response to the painful experiences of the people of Northern Ireland during the last thirty years. 
| |  shows how some writers respond to places that are very familiar to them. 
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  Each of the TV programmes is accompanies by teacher's notes which are free to download in PDF format. Find out more here. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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