Seamus Heaney’s love-poem to marriage, The Skunk, combines exile and erotica, moving from an American wilderness image ...

Closely aligned to the theme of romantic love is that of desire, and across the centuries poets have written about the ...

The following is an exploration of the poetry of Irish sayings and phrases ... coward for a minute than dead for the rest of your life." Irish language is also famous for its use of metaphors ...

Ceasefire,” his most famous poem, invoked the “Iliad” in exploring his country’s sectarian strife. But his work wasn’t ...

Well, for Irish poet Padraig O Tuama, seeing the world through poetry is a calling, whether that's his own ... Why did you ...

He was a driving force behind the Irish Literary Revival and ... emotionally expressive or tortured tribute to a real-life Muse than that contained in the poems and plays of Yeats inspired ...

The son of acclaimed Belfast poet Michael Longley said his family have been “overwhelmed” with the outpouring of love following his passing.

Faber has announced the publication of the long-awaited, definitive edition of Seamus Heaney ’s poetry, featuring a number of ...