Poetry for the Ear in the Tradition of Blind Homer

   A free international educational resource of lyrical audio poetry in Modern English, founded in 1998.  As of November 27, 2009, 1,205 poems in the Real Audio format by 185 poets have been recorded and have been heard in 1,854,938 hits in the past year in 91 countries on all continents.  Currently there have been an average of 550 unique visitors daily: (STATS) 

Walter Rufus Eagles, Poet, Reader, Editor & Webmaster. Editor's Statement.  Dedication.  Click HERE for what's new.  Site last updated Sunday, February 28, 2010 14:12  Pacific Time.

    During the Renaissance generally, and in Elizabethan England in particular, Poetry and Music walked hand in hand and flourished in a special symbiosis.  Music is thus given special regard on this website. The organ work heard on this front page [press ESC for silence if you choose] is a third mode melody (Psalm 2 - "Why fum'th in fight") from Archbishop Parker's Psaltery, composed by the English Renaissance choral and organ composer, Thomas Tallis.  This melody inspired British modern composer, Ralph Vaughan Williams, to compose the latter's Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis for Strings.  Tallis was the teacher of William Byrd, the greatest Elizabethan composer.  Byrd's complete solo music for harpsichord (or virginals) performed here by the celebrated Canadian keyboardist, John Sankey, can be heard by clicking HERE.