Ono no Komachi, “Untitled;” Seamus Heaney, “Sloe Gin”
Komachi tells of a tree burdened by its memories. “The pine tree,” she says, has “branches [which] lean towards the ground:” Untitled On...
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Seamus Heaney, “Chanson d’Aventure” iii
The last lines of “Because I could not stop for Death” stand out, remarkable. How can one be haunted, terrified at any given moment, and still find ...
from Seamus Heaney’s “The Digging Skeleton”
Drawings touched with an odd beauty As if the illustrator had Responded gravely to the sad Mementoes of anatomy -- - Seamus Heaney, from "The Digging Skeleton" ...
Rooted Cosmopolitanism and the Emergence of the Poet in Seamus Heaney’s North
The link goes to a short conference paper I’ve prepared for ACTC’s 23rd annual conference in Dallas, TX. I will be presenting the paper shortly at a...
Seamus Heaney, “Bone Dreams,” III
III (from “Bone Dreams”) Seamus Heaney In the coffered riches of grammar and declensions I found ban hus, its fire, benches, wattle and rafters, whe...