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 ...

Nobel Prize-winning poet Seamus Heaney died Friday ... collections like "Stations" (1975), "Field Work" (1979) and "Electric Light"(2001), as well as plays like "The Burial at Thebes" (2004 ...

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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 ...

Just hearing Seamus Heaney reading his own poems aloud is reason enough to listen – but each of the presenters shines a unique light on his work.

In a poem in "Electric Light", Seamus Heaney talked of "language that can still knock language sideways". This is what he did. He took ordinary words like "sod" and "drain" and "rot" and turned ...

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 ...

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 ...