The Skylight
The back story to this poem has to do with Heaney’s stubborness in refusing to allow his wife to alter his attic writing space by inserting a skylight. To Heaney’s surprise on a return home from an extended trip to Harvard University his wife had managed to pull it off and have a skylight inserted.…
Late August
I was looking for a different poem when I turned a few pages and out popped the following poem by Seamus Heaney. After reading it I no longer looked for that other poem, another day perhaps! Today’s poem was written in the 1960s when Heaney was in his early 20s. I am mindful that we…
THE WAY OF IT
Those of you who have been reading this blog for some time know my fondness for the words of R.S. Thomas. His words combine faith and doubt, certainty and mystery, sound and silence. His wife, Mildred “Elsie” Eldridge (for 51 years until her death) was a well regarded English Artist and book illustrator. They shared…
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