My experience is that prose usually equals duty - last minute, overdue-deadline stuff or a panic lecture to be written. Seamus Heaney deadlinedutyequal Change image and share on social
I feel myself part of something. Not only being part of a community but part of an actual moment and a movement of Irish writing and art. That sense of being part of the whole thing is the deepest joy. Seamus Heaney actualartcommunity share on social
Poetry is more a threshold than a path. Seamus Heaney pathpoetrythreshold Change image and share on social
The fact of the matter is that the most unexpected and miraculous thing in my life was the arrival in it of poetry itself - as a vocation and an elevation almost. Seamus Heaney arrivalelevationfact 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
Anybody serious about poetry knows how hard it is to achieve anything worthwhile in it. Seamus Heaney achievehardpoetry 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
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
Anyone born and bred in Northern Ireland can't be too optimistic. Seamus Heaney bearbreedireland Change image and share on social
