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

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

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Poetry is always slightly mysterious, and you wonder what is your relationship to it. – Seamus Heaney

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One has only as much morality as one has philosophy and poetry. – Karl Wilhelm Friedrich Schlegel

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[P]oetry often brings consolation to the heart which prose has failed to touch… – Luigi, Sweet Songs for Mourning Mothers, 1884

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The poet exposes himself to the risk. All that has been said about poetry, all that he has learned about poetry, is only a partial assurance. – A. R. Ammons

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If it is an imperfect word, no external circumstance can heighten its value as poetry. – John Drinkwater

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