11/20/2019 1 Comment Poem as BiographyIn celebrating an individual in a poem, a poet can uncover a self-truth in the reality of another. In the sequence on his mother in The Haw Lantern, Seamus Heaney reveals not only details of a family life but his sensitivity to the gift of their relationship. At her deathbed, recalling their peeling potatoes together, he writes " I remembered her head bent towards my head/ Her breath in mine, our fluent dipping knives--/Never closer the whole rest of our lives." (Poem 3).
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Joan
2/17/2020 09:16:21 pm
Touched my innards as nothing else has in a long while.
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Neva HerringtonNeva Herrington is a poet and former educator. She is currently working on a new book of poetry, a collection of short stories, and her memoir. Her inspiration comes from her own experience and the work of other poets. Archives
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