Michael Longley wrote poetry about Belfast, war, love, birds, plants and the landscapes of western Ireland. Collections such as Gorse Fires and The Weather in Japan bring classical references and memories of twentieth-century conflict into close contact with domestic and natural detail. Longley's poems are often short, formally controlled and precise, making a flower, bird or remembered object carry historical or emotional weight. These books sit naturally among Northern Irish poetry, nature poetry and war writing, particularly those interested in restrained lyric rather than expansive narrative verse. Read more Less
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