Today's poem:
Villanelle for an Anniversary
- by Seamus Heaney
https://www.tumblr.com/ukdamo/727720187624898560/villanelle-for-an-anniversary?source=share
#university #JohnHarvard #harvard #massachussetts #SeamusHeaney #poetry #anniversary #founding
#university #johnharvard #harvard #massachussetts #seamusheaney #poetry #anniversary #founding
"Culture Re-View: Remembering the pastoral poetic beauty of Seamus Heaney, 10 years on"
Hercules and Antaeus
- by Seamus Heaney
https://www.tumblr.com/ukdamo/726977606392709120/hercules-and-antaeus?source=share
#hercules #antaeus #poetry #SeamusHeaney #wrestling
#fight #power #chthonic #struggle #origins
#hercules #antaeus #poetry #seamusheaney #wrestling #fight #power #chthonic #struggle #origins
Geezers need excitement.
“Joyce considered how the ‘sister’ nations Ireland and Scotland might be linked through similar philosophical traditions, MacDiarmid saw modern Irish cultural and political developments as a source of inspiration for Scotland, and Heaney turned to the Buile Suibhne story as a way of stressing cultural commonalities between the north and south of Ireland, as well as between #Ireland and #Scotland.”
#Scottish #Irish #literature #JamesJoyce #HughMacDiarmid #SeamusHeaney
#seamusheaney #hughmacdiarmid #JAMESJOYCE #literature #irish #scottish #scotland #ireland
Today's poem:
Mid-Term Break
- by Seamus Heaney
https://at.tumblr.com/ukdamo/mid-term-break/2v9aglupe4ws
#SeamusHeaney #poetry #death #brother #road accident #grief #bereavement
#seamusheaney #poetry #death #brother #road #grief #bereavement
So here’s my literary thought of the day:
#Bono of #U2 can be well-considered as an Irish poet along side people like #DavidWhyte #JamesJoyce, #SeamusHeaney, and even #Yeats
#bono #U2 #DavidWhyte #jamesjoyce #seamusheaney #Yeats