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Category Archive: April 13

Seamus Heaney Quote: “I’m very conscious that people dear…”

I’m very conscious that people dear to me are alive in my imagination – poets in particular.

October 27, 2021 1939, April 13, Irish, Quotes by Poets, Seamus Heaney

Seamus Heaney Quote: “The poet is on the side…”

The poet is on the side of undeceiving the world.

October 14, 2021 1939, April 13, Irish, Quotes by Poets, Seamus Heaney

Seamus Heaney Quote: “My language and my sensibility are…”

My language and my sensibility are yearning to admit a kind of religious or transcendent dimension. But then there’s the reality: there’s no Heaven, no afterlife of the sort we were promised, and no personal God.

October 3, 2021 1939, April 13, Irish, Quotes by Poets, Seamus Heaney

Seamus Heaney Quote: “In a way, Anglo-Saxon poetry cannot…”

In a way, Anglo-Saxon poetry cannot be translated.

September 18, 2021 1939, April 13, Irish, Quotes by Poets, Seamus Heaney

Seamus Heaney Quote: “Eternal life can mean utter reverence…”

Eternal life can mean utter reverence for life itself.

August 27, 2021 1939, April 13, Irish, Quotes by Poets, Seamus Heaney

Seamus Heaney Quote: “In poetry, everything can be faked…”

In poetry, everything can be faked but the intensity of utterance.

August 22, 2021 1939, April 13, Irish, Quotes by Poets, Seamus Heaney

Seamus Heaney Quote: “Memory has always been fundamental for…”

Memory has always been fundamental for me. In fact, remembering what I had forgotten is the way most of the poems get started.

August 19, 2021 1939, April 13, Irish, Quotes by Poets, Seamus Heaney

Seamus Heaney Quote: “One of the best descriptions of…”

One of the best descriptions of the type of writer I am was given by Tom Paulin, who described himself as a ‘binge’ writer – like a binge drinker. I go on binges.

July 12, 2021 1939, April 13, Irish, Quotes by Poets, Seamus Heaney

Seamus Heaney Quote: “Write whatever you like!”

Write whatever you like!

May 25, 2021 1939, April 13, Irish, Quotes by Poets, Seamus Heaney

Seamus Heaney Quote: “I’m a firm believer in learning…”

I’m a firm believer in learning by heart.

May 23, 2021 1939, April 13, Irish, Quotes by Poets, Seamus Heaney

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