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2 months ago | 
3quarksdaily.com | Seamus Heaney |Jim Culleny
The StrandThe dotted line my father's ashplant made On Sandymount Strand Is something else the tide won't wash away. The Sharpening StoneHe walked on air himself, never more so Then when he had been widowed and the youth In him, the athlete who had wooed her- Breasting tapes and clearing the high bars- Grew lightsome once again. Going at eighty on the bendiest roads, going for broke At every point-to-point and poker school, 'He commenced his wild career' a second time And not a bother on him.
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Oct 30, 2024 | 
bettedangerous.com | Seamus Heaney |Heidi Cuda
***Please take out a membership to support the light of truth.***“It's time for clean up on aisle America. The question is, will Harris do that? I certainly hope so.”—High Fidelity for Bette DangerousAs I prepare for upcoming interviews about the election, I called my podcast partner, High Fidelity, to talk through various scenarios. We talked about how critical it is for Democrats to regain control of the House, and how nail-bitingly close some Senate races are and why.
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Aug 12, 2024 | 
theparisreview.org | Seamus Heaney
By Seamus Heaney August 12, 2024 The following five letters were written by the poet Seamus Heaney, all in the spring of 1995. The Paris Review’s interview with Heaney, referenced in his letter to Henri Cole, is available here; two of his poems appeared in the magazine in 1979. To Ted HughesMarch 14, 1995Dear Ted,Matthew’s letter jolted me.
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Jun 15, 2024 | 
onefabday.com | Seamus Heaney |Rebecca Dore
This stunning wedding film from White & Gold is sure to have you in a party frame of mind. Flavia and Paul marched to the beat of their own drum with their disco-infused wedding. The couple picked the charming alternative wedding venue Mount Druid in Co. Westmeath and their celebration was loaded with warm colour, incredible music and a "sprinkling of devilment".
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May 3, 2024 | 
3quarksdaily.com | Seamus Heaney |Jim Culleny
Honeymoon FlightBelow, the patchwork earth, dark hems of hedge, The long grey tapes of road that bind and loose Villages and fields in casual marriages: We bank above the small lough and farmhouseAnd the sure green world goes topsy-turvy As we climb out of our familiar landscape. The engine noises change. You look at me. The coastline slips away behind the wing-tip.
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Apr 11, 2024 | 
3quarksdaily.com | Seamus Heaney |Jim Culleny
SquaringsIn famous poems by the sage Han Shan, Cold Mountain is a place that can also mean A state of mind. Or different states of mindAt different times, for the poems seem One-off, impulsive, the kind of thing that starts I have sat here facing the Cold MountainFor twenty-nine years, or There is no path That goes all the way-enviable stuff, Unfussy and believable. Talking about it isn't good enough, But quoting from it at least demonstrates The virtue of an art that knows its mind.
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Mar 23, 2024 | 
3quarksdaily.com | Seamus Heaney |Jim Culleny
By Jim Culleny Crossings -xxxiiRunning water never disappointed. Crossing water always favored something. Stepping stones were stations of the soul. A kesh could mean the track some called a causey Raised above the wetness of the bog. Or the causey where it bridged old drains and streams. It steadies me to tell these things.
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Mar 13, 2024 | 
redrocknews.com | Christopher Fox Graham |Seamus Heaney |William Butler Yeats |James Joyce
While Sunday, March 17, is St. Patrick’s Day, Sedona’s nearly annual St. Patrick’s Parade will be held this Saturday, March 16. Since the parade moved off State Route 89A to Jordan Road in Uptown, annual estimated attendance ranges between 3,000 and 5,500, depending mainly on the weather.
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Dec 8, 2023 | 
moonofalabama.org | Seamus Heaney
December 08, 2023
Sad news:
Muhammad Shehada @muhammadshehad2 - 19:52 UTC · Dec 7, 2023
Israel killed Prof. Refaat al-Areer, one of Gaza's most prominent writers, poets & activists who spent his life trying to get Gaza's voice to the outside world.
He was killed in a targeted airstrike on his sister's home that also killed his brother, sister & her 4 kids...
Refaat's pinned tweet:
Refaat in Gaza 🇵🇸 @itranslate123 - 13:01 UTC · Nov 1, 2023
If I must die, let it be a tale.
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Nov 26, 2023 | 
newyorkfolk.com | James White |Seamus Heaney
What is the opposite of poetry? What slows the spark and puts sludge in the veins? What deadens the language? What rears up before you with livid and stupefying power—in the middle of the night, in the middle of the day—to make you feel like you’ll never write a good line again? Stuff. Not physical stuff, but mental stuff. You know: things you should have taken care of. The unanswered email. The unpaid bill. The unvisited dentist. The undischarged obligation. The unfinished job.
