Seamus Heaney

Brexit, Beowulf and the Bum Trumpet

The day after the Brexit referendum our dear leader - then candidate for the presidency - was on his way…

6 years ago

Blackberrying

Here then, as promised is the indulgence of blackberry poems. (For any very young readers confused by Thirteen Ways of…

7 years ago

Two Lorries

Two LorriesĀ  It's raining on black coal and warm wet ashes. There are tyre-marks in the yard, Agnew's old lorry…

7 years ago