“Ireland is not at all a simple place, and in many ways it is spare and sad. It has no wealth, no power, no stability, no influence, no fashion, no size. Its only real arts are song and drama and poem. But Limerick alone has two thousand ruined castles and surely that many practicing poets.” WayArtTwoRealSongWealthSimpleInfluenceFashionPoetDramaThousandSizeStabilityIrelandSparesRuinedCastlesLimerick Book:The feminine eye Source: The feminine eye
“It is what the poets of Ireland used to be saying, that every brave man, good at fighting, and every man that could do great deeds and not be making much talk about them, was of the Sons of the Gael; and that every skilled man that had music and that did enchantments secretly, was of the Tuatha de Danaan.” MenUsedFightingSonPoetBraveDeedsEvery ManUsed To BeIrelandBrave ManEnchantment Book:The Essential Lady Gregory Collection Source: The Essential Lady Gregory Collection
“I was brought up in a home where I saw my parents read and I was taken to bookshops and libraries, so I grew up feeling very comfortable around books. Also, Ireland is a country which has honoured its writers and poets, so when someone says they wanted to be a writer, its not mocked or looked down upon.” BookCountryFeelingsHomeWantedParentTakenSawsPoetGrewComfortableGrew UpLibraryIrelandBookshopsWriters And Poets Author:Michael Scott
“In England especially, poetry's woven into the background fabric of society. And in Ireland, it's in the foreground. The place of the poet in Irish society is enormous. If you say you're a poet in Ireland, you'd better know what you're doing, because the standard and the expectations are incredibly high.” IfsKnowsPoetStandardsExpectationsEnglandBackgroundsEnormousIrelandFabricWovenForeground Author:David Whyte
“Each poet probably has his or her own cupboard of magnets. For some, it is cars; for others, works of art, or certain patterns of form or sound; for others, certain stories or places, Philip Levine's Detroit, Gwendolyn Brooks's Chicago, Seamus Heaney's time-tunneled, familied Ireland.” ArtStoriesFormCertainSoundCarPoetPatternsWorks Of ArtChicagoIrelandDetroitBrooksMagnetPhilipCupboards Author:Jane Hirshfield
“Someone in Ireland asked me how many Republican poets there were in the U.S., and I thought maybe two. Maybe there are 10,000 poets, and maybe there are two Republicans among them.” TwoPoetRepublicanIreland Author:Robert Hass
“Ireland is a land of poets and legends, of dreamers and rebels. All of these have music woven through and around them. Tunes for dancing or for weeping, for battle or for love.” LandPoetBattleDancingTunesLegendsRebelDreamerIrelandWeepingWoven Book:Tears of the Moon Source: Tears of the Moon