Digging by [[Seamus Heaney]]<br /> via Poetry Foundation

Dinah Lenny mentioned this poem at LAAC Writer's Club 2024-04-18

Seamus Heaney mentions how his father and grandfather worked the land to dig and grow potatoes, yet he chooses to do his "digging" with his pen.

See also and cross-date his other poem about digging potatoes: https://nationalfamineway.ie/seamus-heaneys-at-a-potato-digging/ "At a Potato Digging"