Micheal O’Siadhail

“Almighty, I’ve no knock-down proof of you— / You’re far beyond the reach of any thought, / All logic fails, no argument will do”

Nature shimmies now beyond our ken, / Teaching us humility again.

Heaney’s legacy and his continued popularity as a lyric poet rest on the twelve volumes from which this selection is chosen. What makes his work so alluring?

In wonder at the glories of the word / You dare to celebrate the sacred bird. / How everything is God’s, who’s everywhere

“By conscious metaphor and fact combined / You parallel the purpose of God’s mind.”