Friday, August 30, 2013

Farewell, Seamus Heaney

Ireland's foremost poet Seamus Heaney died today, leaving the world with over half a century of moving poetry, plays and prose.  In honor of Mr. Heaney, I'm re-posting a piece from earlier this year that I shared on the 1995 Nobel Prize for Literature winner.  His poem Digging is among my favorites as it speaks to me as a writer.  The world is sure to seem less beautiful without Seamus Heaney in it...or at least less beautifully described.

A Survey of English Literature: William Blake to J. K. Rowling: Seamus Heaney - Digging:                     Irish poet, playwright, and winner of the 1995 Nobel Prize in Literature Seamus Heaney has been called the great...

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