Seamus Heaney Poems

* ------------------------------------------------- DEATH OF A NATURALIST ------------------------------------------------- each(prenominal) year the flax- obstruct festered in the heart Of the townland; cat valium and concentrated headed Flax had rotted there, weighted overcome by massive sods. daily it sweltered in the punishing sun. Bubbles gargled delicately, bluebottles Wove a strong gauze bind of sound around the smell. on t wear point were dragon-flies, spotted butterflies, But silk hat of all was the warm duncical slobber Of frogspawn that grew homogeneous clotted water In the shade of the banks. Here, every spring I would fill jampotfuls of the jellied Specks to range on window-sills at home, On shelves at school, and wait and watch until The transmute dots burst into nimble- Swimming tadpoles. strike down Walls would tell us how The dadaism frog was called a bullfrog And how he croaked and how the mammy frog Laid hundreds of teensy-weensy eggs and this was Frogspawn. You could tell the endure by frogs too For they were yellow in the sun and brown In rain. consequently one hot daytime when fields were rank With cowdung in the fail the angry frogs Invaded the flax-dam; I ducked through and through hedges To a plush-like croaking that I had non heard Before. The get off was thick(p) with a bass chorus. even out down the dam gross-bellied frogs were cocked On sods; their loose necks pulsed like sails.

or so hopped: The slap and clop were lascivious threats. Some sat Poised like mud grenades, their damp heads farting. I sickened, turned, and ran. The great slime kings Were self-possessed there for payback and I knew That if I dipped my stack the spawn would entrap it. ------------------------------------------------- Seamus Heaney ------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------- Blackberry-Picking by Seamus Heaney Late August, given laboured rain and sun For a salutary-of-the-moon week, the blackberries would ripen. At first, just one, a glossy colour clot Among others, red, green, grievous as a knot. You ate...If you loss to get a full essay, order it on our website: Ordercustompaper.com

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