Status Updates From 100 Poems (Faber Poetry)

A great collection of poems to read slowly, almost like a walk in the woods with such earthy imagery infused in nearly every poem.

Put on some acoustic Hozier lightly in the background as I read tonight, pondering how he was surely influenced by Heaney in his earthy lyricism. Then I read a poem (The Singer’s House) which I’m pretty sure Hozier has indirectly referenced by pondering the sounds of Irish place names in Butchered Tongue just like Heaney does here. Feeling so literarily transformed right now.