Poems for the Speed of Life

PTLWB 14: "Postscript", by Seamus Heaney


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This is Episode 14 of Poems to Live Well By.

Today's poem is "Postscript" by Seamus Heaney. It's a poem about the startling beauty of the natural world, a moment caught in time on the Atlantic coast of Ireland, and also about the challenge of the poet, the artist, the musician to try to capture it.

You can read the poem here

You are also encouraged to listen to the poet himself read Postscript here.

Music Credit:

Once Upon a Time by Alex-Productions | https://onsound.eu/

Music promoted by https://www.free-stock-music.com

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