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Seamus Heaney’s widow watches on as Joe Biden cites work of late Irish poet
Press Association News via AOL· 1 year agoAn emotional Marie Heaney, widow of Seamus Heaney, watched on as Joe Biden cited one of the late...
Biden and Irish poets: 'Hope and history,' a lifelong love
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 1 year agoWhen President Joe Biden visits Ireland this week, he will mark the 25th anniversary of the Good...
US President Joe Biden to address Irish Parliament as visit continues
Press Association News via AOL· 1 year agoJoe Biden’s visit to the island of Ireland continues on Thursday, with the US President to address...
Here’s the best spots in Dublin from US Ambassador Claire D. Cronin
NY Post via Yahoo News· 3 months agoUnited States Ambassador to Ireland, Claire D. Cronin, shares favorite go-tos on the Emerald Isle....
The best poetry books of 2024 so far
The Telegraph via Yahoo News· 13 hours agoThere has been so much recent poetry inspired by ancient Greece that I’ve wondered whether there’s anything left to say about the myths at all. Alice...
Jeff Newberry opens Jess Usher Lecture Series at Abraham Baldwin Agricultural College
The Albany Herald, Ga. via Yahoo News· 2 years agoSep. 11—TIFTON — Five fabulous presentations with storytelling venues ranging from Ireland to Scotland to King Arthur's England will highlight this year's Jess Usher Lecture Series at Abraham ...
Poems On The Underground archive donated to Cambridge University Library
Press Association News via AOL· 3 months agoPoems On The Underground, the public art scheme which has seen the words of literary greats...
Try reading some Irish poetry this St. Patrick’s Day
The Desert Sun via Yahoo News· 3 months ago"Life isn’t about finding yourself. Life is about creating yourself.” — George Bernard Shaw For some, St. Patrick’s Day is a time to swill green beer and...
Poet John Burnside on drug addiction, his abusive father and winning the ‘British Nobel’
The Telegraph via Yahoo News· 5 days agoJohn Burnside still cannot quite believe he is the winner of the 2023 David Cohen Prize for...
Elton John blown away playing concert on White House lawn: 'This is probably the icing on the cake'
USA TODAY via Yahoo News· 2 years agoThere was Crocodile Rockin' on the White House South Lawn. Even rocker Elton John was blown away by...