textflows_logo This is an interesting site for lovers of poetry and for those staff looking for new ways to engage learners in what can often be a difficult area of study.

As the site itself says:’By converting text dynamically into Flash animation, poems are revealed phrase by phrase through motion and light, and at a pace controlled by the reader. The simplified words and crisp motion fixes one’s attention on the subtleties of language, increasing involvement, engagement, and understanding.’ On the site you’ll find poets from Shakespeare to Yeats being given the TextFlow treatment. Worth a look, though personally I might have liked to listen too.

William Butler Yeats

Image William Butler Yeats by litmuse, from Flickr used under Creative Commons

Click here for a test drive.