Field Work (poetry)

Field Work (1979) is a collection of poems written by Irish Nobel laureate Seamus Heaney.

Fieldwork was written during a time when Heaney was away from his family, due to work. One of Heaney's best known poems, 'The Skunk', can be found in this collection. It's a poem about his wife, who he refers to, by using an extended metaphor, as the skunk. Heaney has been recorded reading this collection on the Seamus Heaney Collected Poems album.

Seamus Heaney
Poetry
  • Death of a Naturalist
  • Door into the Dark
  • Wintering Out
  • Stations
  • North
  • Field Work
  • Station Island
  • The Haw Lantern
  • Seeing Things
  • The Spirit Level
  • Electric Light
  • District and Circle
  • Human Chain
  • Selected Poems 1965-1975
  • New Selected Poems 1966-1987
Plays
  • The Cure at Troy
  • The Burial at Thebes
Translations
  • Sweeney Astray: A version from the Irish
  • Laments
  • Beowulf
  • The Testament of Cresseid & Seven Fables
Recordings
  • The Poet and The Piper
  • Collected Poems
Category:Works by Seamus Heaney

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