Seamus Heaney . . . poet laureate of Ireland

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/12/23/opinion/for-seamus.html?smid=pl-share

I'm not Irish. Born in South Dakota.  I was raised to believe I am Irish, in a world where everyone's grandparents and great grandparents had been born in Ireland.

Seamus Heaney's poetry resonates powerfully in me. The NYTimes has a sweet little documentary posted about Seamus.