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Tom Sleigh Reads Seamus Heaney

The New Yorker: Poetry

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The Real Danger With Any Poet

I know that james heney, along with many poets, of course, a, you know, kept a revising right on to the end. That was something that i always loved about sames, as you know. And his sort of command to me, both in person and on the page, was, now tom hit it. I agree with you. The real danger with any poet is learning to do too well what you already know how to do. For shamos a, do you remember paul when he published seeing things? It was like almost a completely different way to write.

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