ah rest in peace lovely man. great poet. bard, magus. inspiration. my name an homage to him. happy thats hes left such fine work for us all. a real irish gentle-man.
@mouthforwar93 writing, or art for that matter, is less than one percent talent as a natural gift. Talent is unending patience in constant failure, talent does not equal ambition.
@Necronpc99 The ability to write well can, of course be a gift- and people like Heaney are usually extraordinarily gifted to begin with, and they apply hard work to an existing proficiency. Whatever self-help book you're using for guidance is lying to you. Heaney notes in a preface to an edition of Wordsworth, how dispute his enduring work ethic his vision receded from him with age- he sadly lost his way, and he never chose to do so, consciousness is Too complex to be guided by a rudder of inten
"There’s never going to be a united Ireland, you know. So why don’t you let them fly the flag?” Giving those Neanderthal Unionists a cosy Collective Security blanket ......Way to go Seamus....
