Akron Public Library

"Between my fingers and my thumb The squat pen rests. I'll dig with it." Selected Poems 1966-1987 assembles the groundbreaking work of the first half of Seamus Heaney's extraordinary career. This edition, arranged by the author himself, includes the seminal early poetry that struck readers with the force of revelation and heralded the arrival of an heir to Gerard Manley Hopkins, W. B. Yeats, and Robert Frost. Helen Vendler called Heaney "a poet...

New deluxe editions of the classic Random House Value Publishing bestselling poetry series. The books all feature deluxe covers, ribbon markers, top stain, and decorative endpapers

Presents a collection of over thirty of Ireland's best-loved poems read by many noted celebrities such as Sinead O'Connor, Pierce Bronson, and others on the accompanying CD.

This collection of the lyrical, narrative and dramatic poetry published by Yeats from 1889 to 1939 incorporates his own final revisions and is indexed by titles and first lines.