Seamus Heaney
A special programme to mark the death and celebrate the life and work of Seamus Heaney. Heaney's poems have been regularly requested by the Poetry Please audience down the years so Roger McGough goes digging in the archive to present a selection of Heaney's poems read by the poet himself.
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Seamus Heaney, acclaimed by many as the best Irish poet since Yeats, has died aged 74.
This Week's Poems
All poems written and read by Seamus Heaney.
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Digging
From: Death of a Naturalist. pub: faber
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From: Death of a Naturalist
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Follower
From: Death of a Naturalist
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Mid-term break
From: ΜύDeath of a Naturalist
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Personal Helicon
From:Μύ Death of a Naturalist
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Bogland
From: Door into the Dark
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The Tollund Man
From: Wintering Out
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The Otter
From: Field Work
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The Forge
From:Μύ Door into the Dark
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Clearances - Sections 3 and 5
From: The Haw Lantern
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A Call
From: The Spirit Level
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Seeing things Section 3
From: Seeing Things
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St. Kevin and the Blackbird
From: The Spirit Level
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Postscript
From: The Spirit Level
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The Annals say
From: Opened Ground, Selected Poems
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Verse 7 of Glanmore sonnets
From: Field Work
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Credits
| Role | Contributor |
|---|---|
| Presenter | Roger McGough |
| Producer | Tim Dee |
Broadcasts
- Sun 1 Sep 2013 16:30Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4
- Sat 7 Sep 2013 23:30Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4