J. Mark's review
Opened Ground: Selected Poems, 1966-1996 by Seamus Heaney
J. Mark's review
rating:
bookshelves: poetry
recommended for: poets, poetry fans
status: Read in January, 2004
rating:
bookshelves: poetry
recommended for: poets, poetry fans
status: Read in January, 2004
What does a Nobel Prize for poetry mean? Nothing unless it is accompanied by the kind of work Heaney has accomplished. Among my top 5 favorite poets ever, he may not appreciate my claim that he is a direct descendant of William Carlos Williams, but every poem has that same laser-like observation, that talent of looking into objects and scenes until they flower open into the world again. One could spend a life with this book.
