https://www.writermag.com/2016/02/29/14969/
The craft of poetry with Seamus Heaney
Poetry’s magic gone wild.
By Alicia Anstead, editor-in-chief | Published: February 29, 2016
Shortly after I returned from Ireland a few years ago, I encountered Seamus Heaney’s poem “Postscript.” The landscape he describes – “out west” – in County Clare had captivated me with its craggy rocks and rolling hills. It was (and still is) resonant in my imagination. Heaney’s poem caused a major take-me-back moment (in spirit of Irish crooner Van Morrison).
Just as Heaney brings the location to life, he quickly and disconcertingly tosses forward this important line:
Useless to think you’ll park or capture it
More thoroughly.
How my heart sings 