Seamus Heaney

On Sunday afternoon, October 2, I was more than delighted to hear my favorite poet, Irishman Seamus Heaney, read to a full auditorium at St. Benedict's College in St. Joseph, MN. I had heard him before at the original Guthrie Theatre in Minneapolis in 1996 and knew that it was an event not to be missed. Currently the new Guthrie Theatre is performing The Burial at Thebes, Heaney's poetic adaptation of Antigone. Internationally known and honored with multiple awards, including the Nobel Prize for Literature,  Heaney is probably the most important living poet in the world.

Poet Galway Kinnell

Charmingly eloquent, Galway Kinnell when discussing aging and life's changes said, "If you lose the ability to write in a way that is satisfying to you, then there are all sorts of things in the world that are just as good as writing, and you can turn to them." Blogging apparently satisfies that need in many of us!!

Poet, Josephine Dickinson

Josephine Dickinson became profoundly deaf at age six from meningitis, but managed to become a musician and music teacher! Gradually she turned to poetry and the stage at the Fitzgerald Theatre was graced by her presence last Thursday when she read her poems with another poet, Galway Kinnell.

Talking Volumes Guitarist

On Thursday two poets, Galway Kinnell and Josephine Dickinson read some of their poems on the stage of The Fitzgerald Theatre. Before the reading the audience was entertained by this guitarist.