tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1434302889299955261.post9047065920909083141..comments2023-07-31T11:01:56.340+01:00Comments on Parrish Lantern's PomesAllSizes: Seamus Heaney@parridhlanternhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12793548943992250238noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1434302889299955261.post-42339273060238608472013-09-05T04:53:07.329+01:002013-09-05T04:53:07.329+01:00Hi Col, thanks for the comment & the link,Hi Col, thanks for the comment & the link,@parridhlanternhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12793548943992250238noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1434302889299955261.post-61905847532769588742013-09-04T23:54:12.595+01:002013-09-04T23:54:12.595+01:00Here is the link to the piece I mentioned, in case...Here is the link to the piece I mentioned, in case you didn't hear it: http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p00kv04n<br />Col (Col Reads)https://www.blogger.com/profile/03136923310179832040noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1434302889299955261.post-69707054570134817902013-09-04T23:51:25.095+01:002013-09-04T23:51:25.095+01:00There was a lovely piece on Heaney on the BBC Worl...There was a lovely piece on Heaney on the BBC World Service. My entire family is from Ireland, so I wish I was familiar with his work. But I am going to seek some of it out now. Thanks for your thoughtful remembrance.Col (Col Reads)https://www.blogger.com/profile/03136923310179832040noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1434302889299955261.post-70143236828899216972013-09-04T03:40:28.297+01:002013-09-04T03:40:28.297+01:00Saw this on my friend Frances' blog (nonsuchbo...Saw this on my friend Frances' blog (nonsuchbook.typepad.com) about poetry and thought you would be as charmed by the article as I was:<br /><br />http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-poem-store-20130809-dto,0,6438656.htmlstoryBellezza https://www.blogger.com/profile/18073864187188953633noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1434302889299955261.post-54823166864824986602013-09-01T21:12:56.306+01:002013-09-01T21:12:56.306+01:00Hi Rachel, I think they both shared that steeped i...Hi Rachel, I think they both shared that steeped in the soil feeling to a lot of their verse.<br /><br />Hi Brian, have been meaning to read that myself, it's on my list :-)<br />thanks for your comment.<br /><br />Hi ds, Rattle Bag, was my go to book for a long time & still amongst my favourites, I think as an anthology it was only topped by the combined weight of the 3 bloodaxe publishers anthology collection of Being Alive, Staying Alive & Being Human.@parridhlanternhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12793548943992250238noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1434302889299955261.post-40854220611362640722013-09-01T16:16:42.733+01:002013-09-01T16:16:42.733+01:00The Rattle Bag is one of my favorite anthologies, ...The Rattle Bag is one of my favorite anthologies, too! Heaney is a great loss, for his own words, his translations, his profound belief in poetry and humanity.<br />Thank you for this.dshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07616750784052488695noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1434302889299955261.post-83678990765520714262013-09-01T13:37:04.766+01:002013-09-01T13:37:04.766+01:00I had heard about and was saddened by his death.
...I had heard about and was saddened by his death.<br /><br />I had previous read him a bit and found him very impressive. I have been meaning to get to his translation of Beowulf soon too. <br /><br />Thanks for this post.Brian Josephhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15139559400312336791noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1434302889299955261.post-30688950798556359132013-09-01T10:25:49.073+01:002013-09-01T10:25:49.073+01:00I think Hughes nature poems in particular nod to H...I think Hughes nature poems in particular nod to Heaney's - both men seemed, from their writings, to have been connected to the earth beneath their feet, anchored to it. <br />Rachel Fentonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10046917627054462214noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1434302889299955261.post-32725926470378637432013-09-01T07:26:03.572+01:002013-09-01T07:26:03.572+01:00Hi Seamus, love your piece on this man, as I say a...Hi Seamus, love your piece on this man, as I say although he was a wonderful writer, to me he was always a guide, almost like some source to knowledge of pomes & their ilk.<br /><br />Hi Bellezza, I bet if you could go back far enough there would be your father astride his father's shoulders riding him across that farmland like some great old horse, (as I have with mine), as moments of joy shining through that hard slog of daily toil,<br /><br />Hi Violet, would have been wonderful, listening to the names & lines being bandied about, almost as much to find out who got left out & why.<br /><br />Hi Chad, To me Crow, is like some great totem in my poetic life, I wrote about it on this blog (check pomesallsizes page if interest) so when I came across The Rattle bag, I had to have to see what Hughes liked & kind of re-found Heaney. The blurb on The Rattle Bag states it's not just poetry but charms, hunters prayers, oral poetry, incantations & what is considered literate verse, adding to its appeal immensely<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />@parridhlanternhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12793548943992250238noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1434302889299955261.post-12324336640610773122013-09-01T01:48:32.409+01:002013-09-01T01:48:32.409+01:00I'm a late comer to the poetry party and only ...I'm a late comer to the poetry party and only discovered Hughes and Crow earlier this month. Based on that alone and your mention of Heaney and Hughes working together on a project, you can consider me interested. Chad Hullhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17774092046594256969noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1434302889299955261.post-11565715775048995042013-09-01T01:44:45.213+01:002013-09-01T01:44:45.213+01:00I would have liked to have been a fly on the wall ...I would have liked to have been a fly on the wall when Heaney and Hughes discussed poetry. I think Heaney would have been happy to know that he was instrumental in setting you on the path to discover other poets. May he be at peace.Violethttp://still-life-with-books.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1434302889299955261.post-40624849311691986922013-09-01T00:03:03.779+01:002013-09-01T00:03:03.779+01:00That poem echoes my father's boyhood on the fa...That poem echoes my father's boyhood on the farm. Although he was not carried on his father's back, but rather expected to be the man himself, and his father followed no one around...still, the piercing quality of hard work, polished sod, fathers and sons who seem to be on parallel but not connecting paths is similar. <br /><br />I can see why you would have carried this poet with you. It's quite powerful stuff, what I have read from this post. Bellezza https://www.blogger.com/profile/18073864187188953633noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1434302889299955261.post-61305205314805418772013-08-31T23:07:07.967+01:002013-08-31T23:07:07.967+01:00Heaney seemed to make the vocation of poet seem im...Heaney seemed to make the vocation of poet seem important to the man on the street as well as the literati. He always used his own popularity to push poetry rather than just his own poetry. Nice to see this side of him celebrated.Séamus Dugganhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00574186409184247059noreply@blogger.com