"In fact, in lyric poetry, truthfulness becomes recognizable as a ring of truth within the medium itself."
― Seamus Heaney
Topic(s):
Amazing
More From Seamus Heaney
- "Manifesting that order of poetry where we can at last grow up to that which we stored up as we grew."
- "The fact of the matter is that the most unexpected and miraculous thing in my life was the arrival in it of poetry itself – as a vocation and an elevation almost."
- "As writers and readers, as sinners and citizens, our realism and our aesthetic sense make us wary of crediting the positive note."
More In Amazing
- "I have amazing friends who have led inspirational lives."― Andrew Shue
- "It can have an enormous effect because big budget movies can have big budget perks, and small budget movies have no perks, but what is the driving force, of course, is the script, and your part in it."― Morgan Freeman
- "I’ve also long since realized that the way to really engage children is to give out prizes; it’s amazing how it concentrates their minds."― Alexander McCall Smith