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Seamus Heaney · bibliography

Seamus Heaney poetry and poetic booklets books in order

Original poetry collections, chapbooks, broadsides, and limited poetic publications by Seamus Heaney.

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  1. 1
    Eleven Poems

    Book 1 · chapbook · 1965

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  2. 2 Cover of Death of a Naturalist
    Death of a Naturalist

    Book 2 · poetry_collection · 1966

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    A Lough Neagh Sequence

    Book 3 · chapbook · 1969

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  4. 4
    Door into the Dark

    Book 4 · poetry_collection · 1969

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  5. 5
    Night Drive

    Book 5 · chapbook · 1970

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    A Boy Driving His Father to Confession

    Book 6 · chapbook · 1970

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    Land

    Book 7 · chapbook · 1971

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    Servant Boy

    Book 8 · chapbook · 1971

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  9. 9
    Wintering Out

    Book 9 · poetry_collection · 1972

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    Stations

    Book 10 · chapbook · 1975

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  11. 11 Cover of North
    North

    Book 11 · poetry_collection · 1975

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  12. 12
    Bog Poems

    Book 12 · chapbook · 1975

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  13. 13
    Four Poems

    Book 13 · chapbook · 1976

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  14. 14
    Glanmore Sonnets

    Book 14 · chapbook · 1977

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  15. 15
    In Their Element: A Selection of Poems

    Book 15 · poetry_collection · 1977

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    After Summer

    Book 16 · chapbook · 1978

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  17. 17 Cover of Field Work
    Field Work

    Book 17 · poetry_collection · 1979

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  18. 18
    Hedge School: Sonnets from Glanmore

    Book 18 · chapbook · 1979

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    Ugolino

    Book 19 · poetry_broadside · 1979

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  20. 20
    A Family Album

    Book 20 · poetry_broadside · 1979

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  21. 21
    Toome

    Book 21 · poetry_broadside · 1980

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  22. 22
    Sweeney Praises the Trees

    Book 22 · chapbook · 1981

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  23. 23
    An Open Letter

    Book 23 · poetry_collection · 1983

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  24. 24
    Remembering Malibu

    Book 24 · poetry_broadside · 1983

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  25. 25
    Hailstones

    Book 25 · chapbook · 1984

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  26. 26 Cover of Station Island
    Station Island

    Book 26 · poetry_collection · 1984

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  27. 27
    Verses for a Fordham Commencement

    Book 27 · poetry_broadside · 1984

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  28. 28
    From the Republic of Conscience

    Book 28 · poetry_broadside · 1985

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  29. 29
    Place and Displacement: Recent Poetry of Northern Ireland

    Book 29 · poetry_collection · 1985

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    Towards a Collaboration

    Book 30 · poetry_broadside · 1985

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  31. 31
    Clearances

    Book 31 · chapbook · 1986

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  32. 32 Cover of The Haw Lantern
    The Haw Lantern

    Book 32 · poetry_collection · 1987

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  33. 33
    The Tree Clock

    Book 33 · poetry_broadside · 1990

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  34. 34 Cover of Seeing Things
    Seeing Things

    Book 34 · poetry_collection · 1991

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  35. 35
    Mint

    Book 35 · poetry_broadside · 1991

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  36. 36
    Squarings

    Book 36 · chapbook · 1991

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  37. 37
    Iron Spike

    Book 37 · poetry_broadside · 1992

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  38. 38
    The Gravel Walks

    Book 38 · poetry_broadside · 1992

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  39. 39
    Keeping Going

    Book 39 · poetry_broadside · 1993

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  40. 40
    Joy or Night

    Book 40 · poetry_broadside · 1993

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  41. 41
    Extending the Alphabet

    Book 41 · poetry_broadside · 1994

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  42. 42
    Speranza in Reading

    Book 42 · poetry_broadside · 1994

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  43. 43
    Oscar Wilde Dedication

    Book 43 · lecture · 1995

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  44. 44
    Crediting Poetry: The Nobel Lecture

    Book 44 · lecture · 1995

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    The Spirit Level

    Book 45 · poetry_collection · 1996

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  46. 46
    The Light of the Leaves

    Book 46 · poetry_broadside · 1999

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  47. 47
    Electric Light

    Book 47 · poetry_collection · 2001

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  48. 48
    Something to Write Home About

    Book 48 · poetry_broadside · 2001

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  49. 49
    A Keen for the Coins

    Book 49 · poetry_broadside · 2002

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  50. 50
    Anything Can Happen

    Book 50 · poetry_broadside · 2004

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  51. 51
    The Door Stands Open

    Book 51 · poetry_broadside · 2005

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  52. 52
    A Shiver

    Book 52 · poetry_broadside · 2005

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  53. 53
    The Riverbank Field

    Book 53 · poetry_broadside · 2007

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  54. 54
    One on a Side

    Book 54 · poetry_broadside · 2008

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  55. 55
    Spelling It Out

    Book 55 · poetry_broadside · 2009

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  56. 56 Cover of Human Chain
    Human Chain

    Book 56 · poetry_collection · 2010

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