Poetry is more a threshold than a path. Seamus Heaney pathpoetrythreshold Change image and share on social
I'm not personally obsessed with death. At a certain age, the light that you live in is inhabited by the shades - it 'tis. Seamus Heaney agedeathinhabit 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
In Northern Ireland, helicopters are not usually used to promote poetry. Seamus Heaney helicopterirelandnorthern 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
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
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