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“Two buckets were easier carried than one. / I grew up in between.”

Quote by Seamus Heaney

Book:Finders Keepers: Selected Prose 1971-2001

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Finders Keepers: Selected Prose 1971-2001

This compilation includes a variety of prose pieces, showcasing the author's writing style and thematic concerns over a significant period of time. more

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Seamus Heaney was an Irish poet born on April 13, 1939, and passed away on August 30, 2013. He is renowned for his profound humanistic concerns and exquisite poetic skills, being one of the most influential poets of the 20th century. more

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Book:Crediting Poetry: The Nobel Lecture

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Book:Opened Ground: Selected Poems, 1966-1996

Source: Opened Ground: Selected Poems, 1966-1996

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“But in a lot of ways my poems are very conventional, and it's no big deal for me to write a poem in either free verse or strict form; modern poets can, and do, do both.”

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