Poetry is more a threshold than a path. Seamus Heaney pathpoetrythreshold Change image and share on social
Poetry is a domestic art, most itself when most at home. Seamus Heaney artdomestichome Change image and share on social
There is risk and truth to yourselves and the world before you. Seamus Heaney risktruthworld Change image and share on social
In my early teens, I acquired a kind of representative status: went on behalf of the family to wakes and funerals and so on. And I would be counted on as an adult contributor when it came to farm work - the hay in the summertime, for example. Seamus Heaney acquireadultbehalf 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
I came from a farming background, and my career was teaching. Seamus Heaney backgroundcareerfarm Change image and share on social
The day I entered St Columb's College, my parents bought me a Conway Stewart pen. It was a special afternoon, of course. We were going to be parting that evening; they were aware of it, I was aware of it, nothing much was said about it. Seamus Heaney afternoonawarebuy share on social
What I've said before, only half in joke, is that everybody in Ireland is famous. Or, maybe better, say everybody is familiar. Seamus Heaney familiarfamoushalf Change image and share on social
As a young poet, you need corroboration, and that's what publication does. Seamus Heaney corroborationpoetpublication Change image and share on social
I've always associated the moment of writing with a moment of lift, of joy, of unexpected reward. Seamus Heaney havejoylift Change image and share on social
