Dylan Thomas is now as much a case history as a chapter in the history of poetry. Seamus Heaney casechapterdylan Change image and share on social
I'm a firm believer in learning by heart. Seamus Heaney believerfirmheart Change image and share on social
The group of writers I had grown up with in the '60s - Derek Mahon, Michael Longley, James Simmons, John Hewitt, Paul Muldoon - formed a very necessary and self-sustaining group. Seamus Heaney 60sderekform Change image and share on social
When I first encountered the name of the city of Stockholm, I little thought that I would ever visit it, never mind end up being welcomed to it as a guest of the Swedish Academy and the Nobel Foundation. Seamus Heaney academycityencounter share on social
Without needing to be theoretically instructed, consciousness quickly realizes that it is the site of variously contending discourses. Seamus Heaney consciousnesscontenddiscourse Change image and share on social
I'm very conscious that people dear to me are alive in my imagination - poets in particular. Seamus Heaney aliveconsciousdear Change image and share on social
I think of the bog as a feminine goddess-ridden ground, rather like the territory of Ireland itself. Seamus Heaney bogfemininegoddess Change image and share on social
Yeats was 18th-century oratory, almost. Seamus Heaney 18thcenturyoratory Change image and share on social
Memory has always been fundamental for me. In fact, remembering what I had forgotten is the way most of the poems get started. Seamus Heaney factforgetfundamental Change image and share on social
