Lyrikline.org presents contemporary poetry which is translated into various languages. It features 3000 poems by 300 poets in 34 languages which are in turn translated into numerous other languages. Additionally the authors or translators read the texts and you can enjoy the audio version of the texts. The site also features information about the authors, their work, news, useful links and a search function. It also encourages the public to dialogue with the authors.

The site is run by the Literaturwerkstatt Berlin and won the Grimme Online Award for 2005 (German).You can access the site by languages,  by translations, or by authors. Australian poets are represented, such as Judith Wright and Antigone Kefala for example. Some of the German poets are Ingeborg Bachmann and Hans Magnus Enzensberger. His 'Freizeit' I found most appropriate for the ozzie weekend.