Close Talking

Connor and Jack go on a mid-summer romp in the blackberry patch for a discussion of Seamus Heaney's "Blackberry-Picking." Along the way they discuss the poem's accessibility to a variety of audiences, Heaney's ability to create sonically perfect moments, and the meaning of the word "crepuscular." They also take time to marvel at Heaney's overall mastery of all things poetic and the way he uses all of the tools in his poet's toolbox to make the poem both more complex and more easily understandable. More on Seamus Heaney, here: https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poets/seamus-heaney More on Heaney's relationship to the Troubles, here: https://trinity.duke.edu/node/1637 The poem of Heaney's passed around online on the 20th Anniversary of the signing of the Good Friday accords, here: https://www.irishcentral.com/culture/good-friday-agreement-anniversary-seamus-heaney Find us on facebook at: facebook.com/closetalking Find us on twitter at: twitter.com/closetalking You can always send us an e-mail with thoughts on t