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Anne K. Mcbride
(6/16/2009 4:08:00 PM) |
This poem was chosen by Father Michael Doyle for the completion of his celebration of 50 years of Priesthood, on Sunday, May 31,2009. After the Mass in Sacred Heart Church in Camden, NJ, we went outside to the site of a newly landscaped garden for the unveiling of the Peace Monument. Camden is a poor city in which many violent deaths from guns occur every year. It was Father's wish that this bronze monument express peace, not glorify war and violence. The monument depicts a very large grain of barley with broken guns at the base. Before the unveiling, Father recited 'Requiem for the Croppies' and gave the crowd the historical events that inspired it. Then we sang 'Let There Be Peace on Earth.' We will not easily forget that day and that poem. Anne K. McBride
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Nancy Gormley
(10/14/2008 10:11:00 PM) |
I came to know of this poem by listening to the long version of Four Green Fields by Tommy Makem. This never fails to stir my 'green' blood, and make me wish that man's inhumanity to his fellow man never had to happen. Beautiful poem, sentiment profound even today. I cannot hear this without crying for those lost, whose blood bathed the fields from that day on.
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Johnny Muir
(6/17/2008 8:14:00 AM) |
Hi, I work for the BBC in Belfast and am working on a documentary to mark Seamus Heaney's 70th birthday. His work is studied (and written about in exams) by people all over the world and I am trying to find out what impact it has them. In this poem he writes about historical events - yet it clearly has a resonance today. I would love to hear anyone's comments on what Heaney's poetry means to them. Tell me about individual poems that have made an impact on you and why!
Cheers,
johnny.muir@bbc.co.uk
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Declan McHenry
(11/29/2005 4:18:00 PM) |
The spirit of 1798. You sum it up well Joe.
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Joe Staunton
(1/13/2005 6:47:00 PM) |
This poem is redolent of all the things that make us Irish. Our capacity to endure. Our unquenchable spirit and the resurrection image of the barley all relate to the images in my psyche anyway.Hope you enjoy it.
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