Who are the Belfast Poets?

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Monday July 11, 2005 13:04

by Colin Dardis - Belfast Poets

colonyink at yahoo dot co dot uk

1 Pakenham Mews, Belfast, BT7 1XA

07708931616

Belfast based arts group at large seeks new blood.

An introduction to the comings and goings of Belfast Poets, an active performance group of like-minded artists.

Belfast Poets are a collective of not only brassy and dexterous poets, but also attracts artists and writers of many inks and ilk. They have an online community at www.belfastpoets.com, and regularly meet up in various venues in Belfast. Recently they have held readings at Bookfinders Café and the Safehouse Arts Space, and are keen to attract new readers and listeners to future readings. They perform in a variety of styles and guises, and are always welcoming of new blood to the poetry scene.

They also occasionally display themselves externally as a slamming team and traveling performance group called Critical Mass. We have been involved in Between the Lines, Cathedral Quarter Festival, Castlereagh verbal arts festival, the Laganside Poetry Slam; many of our members have performed in Amsterdam, Dublin, Galway, Prague, Budapest and Copenhagen.

The purpose of the website is to create an online platform for these characters to showcase their work for the wider world (and his/her cousin) to see, to make people aware of events we participate in and to give the poor critters something to do.

Belfast Poets welcome readers of all backgrounds, and are actively supportive of many charitable organisations, both locally and nationally. Their members are always eager to encourage any good causes, so if you are interested in attending one of their events, wish to read your own work, or just merely listen and enjoy the craic, check out www.belfastpoets.com for the latest news, or contact the webmaster at editor@belfastpoets.com.

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by Anthony Wisener

Mon Jan 28, 2008 15:50

I've seen these guys (and gals) in bookfinders cafe and the black box, great stuff.

Isn't Belfast poets down

by Emmet Sloan

Mon May 11, 2009 02:34

I thought belfastpoets.com wasn't up any more. I thought Belfast Poets forum was now www.nipoets.com

Western Writers' Centre, Galway, would welcome them

by Fred Johnston

Mon May 11, 2009 14:16

westernwriters at eircom dot net

Canavan House, Nuns Island, Galway

087.2178138

We would be pleased at the Western Writers' Centre here in Galway to welcome the Belfast Poets to read here, or a small selection of them. You can contact us at 087.217138 or westernwriters@eircom.net

Poet

by Dipak 'Mashal'

Sat Mar 13, 2010 19:52

mashal.com at gmail dot com

22, University street, Belfast. BT7 1FZ

Great stuff.. Can you tell me please, how can I join this group??

beware

by joe

Sat Mar 13, 2010 20:27

Checked out the Belfast Poets site linked to above. It's just a glorified search engine . There are no poems on it whatsover ,there's nothing written about poetry or poets on it , and all the links are to sponsoring sites like Amazon.Follow the links on "inspirational poetry" for instance and you'll find yourself on a site where you can buy Inspirational Bathrooms suites online !
Unless the whole site is one big surreal poem that I don't get , I would say that this is a dodgy site.

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