Heaney

Seamus Heaney Grade Level:  K-5  6-8  9-12 "Poets.org" is the Web site for The Academy of American Poets. Here you will find a brief biography of the poet Seamus Heaney. A Bibliography of his Poetry, Prose, and Anthology is listed here for you. An additional list of Web sites on Seamus Heaney is also provided. The index offers several other options: Find a Poet; Find a Poem; Listening Booth; Literary Links; and more. This Web site provides an abundance of information about poets and their writings. Topic: Poets URL: http://www.poets.org/poet.php/prmPID/211 Seamus Heaney--poems Grade Level:  K-5  6-8  9-12 Here at "PoemHunter.com" you will be able to search for anything you need regarding poetry. The Index provides choices such as: Poets; Poems; Random Poem; Free Poetry E-Books; and as well as a Search option. There are 27 poems by Seamus Heaney for your reading. You can also select from quotations by Heaney. If you have Adobe Reader, choose from over 100 Free-Poetry E-Books by famous poets such as Emily Dickinson and William Butler Yeats to download and copy. You will enjoy scrolling through this Web site on poems. Topic: Quotations URL: http://www.poemhunter.com/seamus-heaney/poet-6714/ Readings in Contemporary Poetry: Seamus Heaney Grade Level:  6-8  9-12 Seamus Heaney is the author of many poems and writings. He received the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1995. You will be able to read some of his most famous excerpts: Death of a Naturalist; Anahorish; and From the Frontier of Writing. In addition, if you have Real Player, you can click onto Audio and listen to Seamus Heaney recite his poetry in his own voice. Topic: Poets URL: http://www.diacenter.org/prg/poetry/87_88/heaneybio.html Seamus Heaney Grade Level:  9-12 "The Internet Poetry Archive" presents an excellent biography on the poet Seamus Heaney. Here you can choose to read about his life and poetry. The most valuable benefit you will get from visiting this site is the ability to read all of his famous poems. If you have Real Player, you can listen to Seamus Heaney recite his poems while you follow along reading the words. There is also an interesting 51-minute sound recording of his Nobel Prize in Literature Lecture: Crediting Poetry! Topic: Poets, Irish URL: http://www.ibiblio.org/ipa/heaney.php Influences: The power of T. S. Eliot by Seamus Heaney Grade Level:  9-12 Taken from the "Boston Review", this article by the famous Nobel Prize poet, Seamus Heaney, describes how he was influenced by T. S. Eliot: "One did not need to know any literary thing in particular in the 1950s to know that Eliot was the way, the truth, and the light, and that until one had found him one had not entered the kingdom of poetry." Read Heaney's examples and comparisons to Eliot's poetry. Finally, Heaney concludes with the fact that there is no end to the learning one can get from poetry. Topic: Poets URL: http://www.bostonreview.net/BR14.5/heaney.html The Nobel prize in literature 1995 Grade Level:  9-12 This Nobel Museum site is brimming with information about the work of Irish poet Seamus Heaney, the winner of 1995's Nobel Prize in Literature. The committee recognized Heaney "for works of lyrical beauty and ethical depth, which exalt everyday miracles and the living past." You can read some of those poems at this site, along with a biography, the press release announcing the award, and the Nobel lecture that Heaney delivered when he accepted. There are also links to more sites with information about Heaney. Topic: Poets, Irish URL: http://www.nobel.se/literature/laureates/1995/ Biography of Seamus Heaney Grade Level:  9-12 Here is a site about Irish poet laureate, Seamus Heaney. Seamus Heaney was a part of the "Northern School" of poets who felt a sense of responsibility for the problems of the "divided society" within their country as well as the responsibility to uphold the freedom to express what they felt. The visitor will find Heaney's Nobel lecture and image of his diploma; selected poems, a listing of his works and related resources. His online poems include " Mossbawn 1. Sunlight," "The Haw Lantern," and "Lightenings viii." Topic: Irish poetry URL: http://www.nobel.se/literature/laureates/1995/heaney-bio.html Breaking into Alcatraz Grade Level:  6-8  9-12 The youngest person to be a guard at Alcatraz tells what it was like to work at America's most famous prison. In this interview from Smithsonian Magazine online Frank Heaney explains why he wanted to be a prison guard and what it was like being a correctional officer on Alcatraz. See what a typical day was like for a prisoner there and find out what prisoners could have in their cells. There are photographs also. Topic: Prisons--United States URL: http://www.smithsonianmagazine.com/issues/2007/may/alcatraz.php Poets' Chair Grade Level:  9-12 Eighteen Irish poets are featured in The Poets' Chair, an archive of contemporary poets who write in Irish or who are from Ireland but write in English. Eavan Bolond has translated European poetry, as well as written her own. Mayo Cannon is working on her third poetry collection. Louis de Paor won the Oireachtas prize for his Irish poems in 2003. Brendan Kennelly has been writing poetry for 45 years. Ciaran Carson is a poetry professor in Belfast, and has published nine collections. Seamus Heaney has been writing poetry since the 1960s and has won numerous awards. Topic: Poets, Irish URL: http://www.poetryireland.ie/chair/select.asp