My poetry journey into the wilderness of language was a journey where each point of arrival turned out to be a stepping stone rather than a destination. (Seamus Heaney)

My poetry journey into the wilderness of language was a journey where each point of arrival turned out to be a stepping stone rather than a destination.

Seamus Heaney

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