Seamus Heaney (1939-2013) was an Irish poet and is considered the greatest Irish poet of the latter half of the 20th century. He was awarded several prestigious literary prizes to support this ...

In the poem “Blackberrying,” Sylvia Plath describes picking blackberries as an experience that immerses the senses; it sounds heavenly — “Ebon in the hedges fat / With blue red juices.” This Saturday, ...