And then as he dipped and laved In the generous suds again, miraculum: The baby bits all came together swimming Into his soapy big hygienic hands And I myself came to, blinded with sweat, Blinking and ...

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Seamus Heaney, the poet and essayist from Ireland ... In his 2001 collection “Electric Light,” the L.A. Times said, “The echoes of the prehistoric past, classical mythology and Celtic ...

Seamus Heaney’s healing words a sound investmentOpens ... A signed, limited edition of Electric Light (192/300), is listed at €300-€500, and a signed limited edition of District and Circle ...

The New York Times calls Seamus Heaney a “poet of the everyday,” and the Irish poet, teacher, critic, and translator likens his pen to his father’s spade, a tool with which he excavates truths both ...

Ten years after his death, commentators and admirers of Ireland’s Nobel Laureate poet Seamus Heaney are still looking for new ways to measure his life and work. His official biographer described ...

Regular "Seamus Heaney Centre Presents" events showcase student writing and the work of a special guest that sheds an interesting light on a theme - a watchmaker for the "Seamus Heaney Centre ...

Seamus Heaney wrote a dozen books of poetry. But throughout his life he also translated poems from other languages. Theo Dorgan considers its range and its effect on his own work. Show more Seamus ...

She writes: “Seamus gave me the one thing I desperately needed growing up in that crazy family: my certificate of belonging.” In 1970, Heaney arrived in California with his family to spend the ...