In Northern Ireland, helicopters are not usually used to promote poetry. Seamus Heaney helicopterirelandnorthern Change image and share on social
Tom Sleigh's poetry is hard-earned and well founded. I great admire the way it refuses to cut emotional corners and yet achieves a sense of lyric absolution. Seamus Heaney absolutionachieveadmire Change image and share on social
Even if the last move did not succeed, the inner command says move again. Seamus Heaney commandmovesucceed Change image and share on social
Poems that come swiftly are usually the ones that you keep. Seamus Heaney poemswiftly Change image and share on social
I would say that something important for me and for my generation in Northern Ireland was the 1947 Education Act, which allowed students who won scholarships to go on to secondary schools and thence to university. Seamus Heaney actalloweducation share on social
The faking of feelings is a sin against the imagination. Seamus Heaney fakefeelingimagination Change image and share on social
There's never going to be a united Ireland, you know. Seamus Heaney irelandunite Change image and share on social
At home in Ireland, there's a habit of avoidance, an ironical attitude towards the authority figure. Seamus Heaney attitudeauthorityavoidance 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
