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Mar 10, 2017 · Seamus Heaney (1939-2013) was one of the greatest and most popular English-language poets of the late twentieth century, and he continued to write into the current century. He was also the best-loved of the group of Irish poets who came to prominence in the second half of the twentieth century.
Indeed, Heaney's earliest poetry collections— Death of a Naturalist (1966) and Door into the Dark (1969)—evoke "a hard, mainly rural life with rare exactness," according to critic and Parnassus contributor Michael Wood.
Seamus Heaney is one of the best-loved poets of all time. During his lifetime, he was often referred to as the most famous living poet.
Dec 22, 2023 · 12 Best Seamus Heaney Poems: “Digging“ – This poem is often considered one of Heaney’s signature works. It explores his relationship with his family’s farming tradition and his identity as a poet. “Mid-Term Break“ – A poignant and emotionally charged poem that reflects on the death of Heaney’s younger brother and the grieving ...
Blackberry-Picking. By Seamus Heaney. for Philip Hobsbaum. Late August, given heavy rain and sun. For a full week, the blackberries would ripen. At first, just one, a glossy purple clot. Among others, red, green, hard as a knot. You ate that first one and its flesh was sweet. Like thickened wine: summer's blood was in it.
Digging. By Seamus Heaney. Between my finger and my thumb. The squat pen rests; snug as a gun. Under my window, a clean rasping sound. When the spade sinks into gravelly ground: My father, digging. I look down. Till his straining rump among the flowerbeds.
‘The Skylight’, a poem about the fitting of an unwanted window into the roof of his study, leads to an almost Damascene response to the wonder of this light streaming into his room; more threateningly, a trip on ‘The Underground’ becomes permeated with myths from Ovid, Hansel & Gretel and Eurydice.
