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The Haw Lantern (1987) is a collection of poems written by Irish poet Seamus Heaney, the recipient of the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1995. Several of the poems—including the sonnet cycle "Clearances"—explore themes of mortality and loss inspired by the death of his mother, Margaret Kathleen Heaney (the "M.K.H." referenced in ...
- Seamus Heaney
- 1987
The Haw Lantern. The wintry haw is burning out of season, crab of the thorn, a small light for small people, wanting no more from them but that they keep the wick of self-respect from dying out, not having to blind them with illumination.
In 2015, Clearances iii (‘When all the others were away at Mass’) was voted Ireland’s favourite poem of the past one hundred years. ‘ The Haw Lantern shows Heaney experimenting, enlarging his powers of invention’ Mark Rudman, New York Times. Buy Now.
From "The Haw Lantern", 1987. #IrishWriters. The wintry haw is burning out of s… crab of the thorn, a small light f… wanting no more from them but that… the wick of self-respect from dyin… not having to blind them with illu….
The Haw Lantern. The wintry haw is burning out of season, crab of the thorn, a small light for small people, wanting no more from them but that they keep. the wick of self-respect from dying out, not having to blind them with illumination. But sometimes when your breath plumes in the frost.
Among the later volumes that reflect Heaney’s honed and deceptively simple style are Field Work (1979), Station Island (1984), The Haw Lantern (1987), and Seeing Things (1991). The Spirit Level (1996) concerns the notion of centredness and balance in both the natural and the spiritual senses.
17 dic 1999 · La Lanterna di Biancospino di Seamus Heaney è il titolo italiano della raccolta di poesie The Haw Lantern, da lui pubblicata nel 1987 ed edita nel 1999 in Italia da Guanda a cura di Francesca Romana Paci (con testo originale a fronte).
