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Wednesday, January 31, 2007

Whatever You Say Say Nothing (a Seamus Heaney poem)

Whatever You Say Say Nothing audiofile (6:06).

Today I felt like reading a Heaney poem. The text of Whatever You Say Say Nothing. It's a powerful poem and requires no explanation from me.

2 comments:

Zachariah Wells said...

Occasionally, I forget how good a poet Heaney is. Thanks for the jog; ya done him justice.

John said...

You're welcome.