Seamus Justin Heaney image
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Born in April 1, 1939 / Ireland / English

Poems by Seamus Justin Heaney

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Anahorish

... of consonant, vowel-meadow,after-image of lamps ...

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Bogland

... The ground itself is kind, black butterMelting and opening underfoot, ...

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Casualty

... Everyone held His breath and trembled ...

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Postscript

... Their feathers roughed and ruffling, white on white, ...

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Keeping Going

... A clean spot Where his head had been, other stains subsumed ...

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From The Frontier Of Writing

... And suddenly you're through, arraigned yet freed, ...

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The Otter

... In the pool of the moment,Turning to swim on your back, ...

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Testimony

... down the hill. Two lines of them, guns on their ...

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Mossbawn: Two Poems in Dedication

... 2. The Seed CuttersThey seem hundreds of years away ...

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Docker

... God is a foreman with certain definite views ...

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Exposure

... Like a glimmer of haws and rose-hips,And I sometimes see a falling star ...

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Lovers on Aran

... Came glinting, sifting from the AmericasTo posess Aran ...

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Song

... And that moment when the bird sings very close ...

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Rite of Spring

... Round stem and snout, then a lightThat sent the pump up in a flame ...

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Osama Thou Art Inert

... When the pies are no longer trembling ...