Bloodaxe Poetry
Free
1.3.5for iPhone, iPad and more
University of Newcastle upon Tyne
Developer
9.4 MB
Size
Aug 7, 2019
Update Date
Entertainment
Category
12+
Age Rating
Age Rating
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About Bloodaxe Poetry
This free app includes poems, videos and audio of nearly 100 poets from around the world all published by Bloodaxe Books. Developed by Newcastle University in partnership with Bloodaxe, it allows readers to read, watch, listen to and share poetry on their mobile devices. From the Home screen, you can Search the app for a particular poem or poet, or the allow yourself to be guided by the random opening lines appearing at the screen.
Content can be browsed by name of Poet and by title of Poem, or by poems featuring Audio or Video recordings. Poets are also sorted in Categories and poems featured in the app have been tagged with Themes to allow you to browse related content. Once you have added some poems to your Favourites list, you can use this option to navigate to them quickly.
After reading, listening to, or watching a poem, the app currently allows you to share poems and recommendations via social media and email, add the poet to your Favourites list, or tag the poem with themes. You can also change how the poem appears on the screen using the Display option.
The poets currently featured are: Robert Adamson, Fleur Adcock, Kim Addonizio, John Agard, Anna Akhmatova, Elizabeth Alexander, Gillian Allnutt, Moniza Alvi, Simon Armitage, Claire Askew, James Berry, Ana Blandiana, Jean 'Binta' Breeze, Basil Bunting, Matthew Caley, Jane Clarke, Jane Commane, Stewart Conn, David Constantine, Ailbhe Darcy, Nia Davies, Imtiaz Dharker, Peter Didsbury, Katie Donovan, Maura Dooley, Tishani Doshi, Finuala Dowling, Helen Dunmore, Menna Elfyn, Ruth Fainlight, Roy Fisher, Carolyn Forché, Tua Forsström, Tess Gallagher, Deborah Garrison, Philip Gross, Friedrich Hölderlin, Choman Hardi, Robert Hass, John Hegley, W.N. Herbert, Selima Hill, Tony Hoagland, Matthew Hollis, Wayne Holloway-Smith, Esther Jansma, Jenny Joseph, Jaan Kaplinski, Doris Kareva, Jackie Kay, Brendan Kennelly, Philip Levine, Luljeta Lleshanaku, Thomas Lux, Nikola Madzirov, Jack Mapanje, W.S. Merwin, Taha Muhammad Ali, Leanne O'Sullivan, Abigail Parry, Pascale Petit, Clare Pollard, Adélia Prado, Ken Smith, Anne Stevenson, Ruth Stone, Arundhathi Subramaniam, Matthew Sweeney, Pia Tafdrup, Tomas Tranströmer, Chase Twichell, Ko Un, Mark Waldron, C.K. Williams, C.D. Wright, Benjamin Zephaniah
In future updates, we will be adding more poets to the list, as well as improving the look and feel of the app, but we would also like to add and improve other features based on the thoughts of poetry readers.
Please leave any feedback at: https://forms.ncl.ac.uk/view.php?id=5451563
Content can be browsed by name of Poet and by title of Poem, or by poems featuring Audio or Video recordings. Poets are also sorted in Categories and poems featured in the app have been tagged with Themes to allow you to browse related content. Once you have added some poems to your Favourites list, you can use this option to navigate to them quickly.
After reading, listening to, or watching a poem, the app currently allows you to share poems and recommendations via social media and email, add the poet to your Favourites list, or tag the poem with themes. You can also change how the poem appears on the screen using the Display option.
The poets currently featured are: Robert Adamson, Fleur Adcock, Kim Addonizio, John Agard, Anna Akhmatova, Elizabeth Alexander, Gillian Allnutt, Moniza Alvi, Simon Armitage, Claire Askew, James Berry, Ana Blandiana, Jean 'Binta' Breeze, Basil Bunting, Matthew Caley, Jane Clarke, Jane Commane, Stewart Conn, David Constantine, Ailbhe Darcy, Nia Davies, Imtiaz Dharker, Peter Didsbury, Katie Donovan, Maura Dooley, Tishani Doshi, Finuala Dowling, Helen Dunmore, Menna Elfyn, Ruth Fainlight, Roy Fisher, Carolyn Forché, Tua Forsström, Tess Gallagher, Deborah Garrison, Philip Gross, Friedrich Hölderlin, Choman Hardi, Robert Hass, John Hegley, W.N. Herbert, Selima Hill, Tony Hoagland, Matthew Hollis, Wayne Holloway-Smith, Esther Jansma, Jenny Joseph, Jaan Kaplinski, Doris Kareva, Jackie Kay, Brendan Kennelly, Philip Levine, Luljeta Lleshanaku, Thomas Lux, Nikola Madzirov, Jack Mapanje, W.S. Merwin, Taha Muhammad Ali, Leanne O'Sullivan, Abigail Parry, Pascale Petit, Clare Pollard, Adélia Prado, Ken Smith, Anne Stevenson, Ruth Stone, Arundhathi Subramaniam, Matthew Sweeney, Pia Tafdrup, Tomas Tranströmer, Chase Twichell, Ko Un, Mark Waldron, C.K. Williams, C.D. Wright, Benjamin Zephaniah
In future updates, we will be adding more poets to the list, as well as improving the look and feel of the app, but we would also like to add and improve other features based on the thoughts of poetry readers.
Please leave any feedback at: https://forms.ncl.ac.uk/view.php?id=5451563
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What's New in the Latest Version 1.3.5
Last updated on Aug 7, 2019
Old Versions
- Feedback form added to description (replacing email address)
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Version History
1.3.5
Aug 7, 2019
- Feedback form added to description (replacing email address)
1.3.4
Aug 2, 2019
- Updated app description.
1.3.3
Nov 21, 2018
- New front page.
- More poets added!
- More poets added!
1.3.2
May 30, 2018
Minor updates to offline content.
Bug fixes on poem display.
Bug fixes on poem display.
1.3.1
May 28, 2018
First public release:
- Fixed back button bug for iOS 9.
- Fixed back button bug for iOS 9.
1.3
May 28, 2018
First public release
1.2
May 26, 2018
More poets and interface improvements.
1.1
May 1, 2018
APR version - improved password protection.
1.0
Apr 27, 2018
Bloodaxe Poetry FAQ
Click here to learn how to download Bloodaxe Poetry in restricted country or region.
Check the following list to see the minimum requirements of Bloodaxe Poetry.
iPhone
Requires iOS 9.0 or later.
iPad
Requires iPadOS 9.0 or later.
iPod touch
Requires iOS 9.0 or later.
Bloodaxe Poetry supports English