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Michael Longley’s Life of Poetry | BBC Radio 3

In honour of the late poet Michael Longley, BBC Radio 3 will rebroadcast the series he made with Olivia O’Leary in 2024 to mark his 85th birthday. Tune in nightly 10th-14th February at 9:45pm.

Listen back on BBC Sounds: www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
BBC Radio 3 - The Essay, Michael Longley's Life of Poetry, The Early Years
In a 2024 interview, the late poet Michael Longley talks about Belfast and the classics.
www.bbc.co.uk
January 27, 2025 at 9:40 AM
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It is with deep sadness that Poetry Ireland heard today of the passing of one of Ireland's foremost poets, Michael Longley.

He had a long, impactful career, and he will be fondly remembered by all of us lucky enough to have read his work and to have crossed paths with him.
January 23, 2025 at 4:31 PM
Listen, I was always my own worst enemy.
She has taken even this from me.

Liz Lochhead. from My Rival's House. in Dreaming Frankenstein. 1984.
December 1, 2024 at 7:27 PM
The world's a minefield when I think of you.

Iain Crichton Smith. The World's A Minefield. 1974.
November 26, 2024 at 1:21 PM
The innocent and the beautiful
Have no enemy but time;

W.B. Yeats. from In Memory of Eva Gore-Booth and Con Markiewicz. 1927.
November 23, 2024 at 10:09 PM