Two poems for you this Saint Patrick’s Day weekend. The first from Seamus Heaney, his ars poetica. The second from Nuala Ni Dhomhnaill, about her decision to write in the Irish language, followed by an English translation by Paul Muldoon.
Slainte!
–Shotts
Personal Helicon
for Michael Longley
As a child, they could not keep me from wells
And old pumps with [...]
Posted on March 16th, 2007 by Shotts
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