Seamus Heaney's Quote - In fact, in lyric poetry, truthfulness becomes recognizable as a r

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In fact, in lyric poetry, truthfulness becomes recognizable as a r

In fact, in lyric poetry, truthfulness becomes recognizable as a ring of truth within the medium itself. – Seamus Heaney

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But that citizens perception was also at one with the truth in recognizing that the very brutality of the means by which the IRA were pursuing change was destructive of the trust upon which new possibilities would have to be based. – Seamus Heaney

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I credit poetry for making this space-walk possible. – Seamus Heaney

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At home in Ireland, theres a habit of avoidance, an ironical attitude towards the authority figure. – Seamus Heaney

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Poetry is a perfectly reasonable means of overcoming chaos. – I.A. Richards (1893–1979)

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Pain is filtered in a poem so that it becomes finally, in the end, pleasure. – Mark Strand

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Its bad poetry executed by people that cant sing. Thats my definition of Rap. – Peter Steele

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