Ceasefire,” his most famous poem, invoked the “Iliad” in exploring his country’s sectarian strife. But his work wasn’t ...

Seamus Heaney’s love-poem to marriage, The Skunk, combines exile and erotica, moving from an American wilderness image ...

Closely aligned to the theme of romantic love is that of desire, and across the centuries poets have written about the ...

The Irish have a rich tradition of storytelling and poetry, with their language full of colorful and insightful sayings and phrases that reflect their history, culture, and values. Irish sayings ...

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks with Irish poet Pádraig Ó Tuama about a new poetry anthology he edited called "44 Poems on Being with Each Other" and his own collection called "Kitchen Hymns." ...

Perhaps most striking about this work is a kind of Dadaist playfulness rarely found in Irish poetry – perhaps closest would be the poems of Paul Durcan, with their absurdist propositions often ...

Michael Longley, who has died aged 85, was a poet whose graceful and careful work made him one of the most cherished writers of Northern Ireland and, for some, the English-reading world.

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks with Irish poet Pádraig Ó Tuama about a new poetry anthology he edited called "44 Poems on Being with Each Other" and his own collection called "Kitchen Hymns." ...

The son of acclaimed Belfast poet Michael Longley said his family have been “overwhelmed” with the outpouring of love ...

On March 13, the series will host an “Irish Poets Night” in honor of St. Patrick’s Day, with John McDermott reading works by William Butler Yeats as well as his own poetry. National Poetry ...

Michael Longley, the last survivor of a remarkable triumvirate of Northern Irish poets that included Seamus Heaney and Derek Mahon, who was celebrated for the meditative beauty of his compact lyrics, ...