7 Comments

Lovely piece, Wendy, your joy came tumbling into my room this early morning, and that exhilarating picture of youth, you in your heals, and the poem. I have the book somewhere, I’ll go rooting. And yes, Digging is a favourite of mine too. Reading this, hunting for my book and soaking in a bit of Seamus Heaney will be a delicious start to my day. Thank you.

Expand full comment

You are very welcome x

Expand full comment

What a beautiful piece of writing about Swamy’s Heaney and his poetry. An absolute treat to read. I would have loved to hear him read but never did. He was one of my poetry first loves too. ‘Digging,’ just sucked me right in.

Expand full comment

Oh dear. I hate predictive text. Seamus. Seamus. Seamus. But maybe a poetry Swami not so way off.

Expand full comment

LOL

Expand full comment

Digging is absolutely beautiful, isn't it. I feel like it gave me permission to be a poet.

Expand full comment