A collection of nearly fifty poems read and discussed on my podcast over the past few months, spanning Seamus Heaney’s entire career. Below the collection are the individual episodes that make it up.
As always, the full archive of Human Voices Wake Us is at Apple Podcasts and Spotify. Email me at humanpages@outlook.com or leave a comment below.
Seamus Heaney: Selected Poems – Human Voices Wake Us
A collection of all the poems by Seamus Heaney I have read here over the past few months, spanning his entire career.
Each of his collections of poetry can of course be purchased on their own, but nearly everything I read here can be found either in his career-spanning 100 Poems, or in the two volumes of his selected poetry: Selected Poems 1966-1987 and Selected Poems 1988-2013.
Death of a Naturalist (1966)
Follower
Poem
Personal Helicon
Door Into the Dark (1969)
Dream
The Forge
Bogland
Wintering Out (1972)
The Tollund Man
Limbo
First Calf
North (1975)
Belderg
Funeral Rites
Bog Queen
The Grauballe Man
Punishment
Strange Fruit
Kinship
Field Work (1979)
The Strand at Lough Beg
from "Field Work"
Station Island (1984)
The Railway Children
VII from Station Island
VIII from Station Island
The Scribes
The Haw Lantern (1987)
III from Clearances
The Mud Vision
Seeing Things (1991)
Seeing Things
1.1.87
#2, #8 from Lightenings
#15 from Settings
#25, #27, #31, #32 from Crossings
#40, #42, #45, #46 from Squarings
The Spirit Level (1996)
The Strand
Postscript
District & Circle (2006)
A Shiver
#1 from "District & Circle"
A Hagging Match
Human Chain (2010)
Uncoupled
Miracle
from "Colum Cille Cecinit"
from Hermit Songs
from In the Attic
from Heaney's translation of Beowulf
Any comments, or suggestions for readings I should make in later episodes, can be emailed to humanvoiceswakeus1@gmail.com.
I assume that the small amount of work presented in each episode constitutes fair use. Publishers, authors, or other copyright holders who would prefer to not have their work presented here can also email me at humanvoiceswakeus1@gmail.com, and I will remove the episode immediately.
Seamus Heaney: A Handful of Late Poems – Human Voices Wake Us
Seamus Heaney: 3 Poems on Old Age & Memory – Human Voices Wake Us
Seamus Heaney: A Poem in Memory of His Mother – Human Voices Wake Us
Seamus Heaney: 13 Poems from "Seeing Things" – Human Voices Wake Us
Seamus Heaney: Two Poems for His Murdered Cousin – Human Voices Wake Us
Seamus Heaney: 7 Poems from "North," & Interviews with Heaney – Human Voices Wake Us
Seamus Heaney: 3 Poems from "Wintering Out," & Interviews with Heaney – Human Voices Wake Us
Seamus Heaney: 3 Poems from "Door into the Dark" & Interviews with Heaney – Human Voices Wake Us
