The poem given by President Connolly to Donald Trump. "Ceasefire", by MichaelLongley. The illustration is by Sarah Longley. (Fine Press Poetry.) #speirgorm
September 12, 2026 at 9:46 AM
The poem given by President Connolly to Donald Trump. "Ceasefire", by MichaelLongley. The illustration is by Sarah Longley. (Fine Press Poetry.) #speirgorm
August 21, 2024 at 11:10 AM
We are deeply saddened to hear of the death of #MichaelLongley, one of Ireland’s greatest poets. Our condolences to his family, friends and all who cherished him.
IMAGE: ‘Ceasefire’ by Michael Longley, 2020. The illustration is by Sarah Longley. Published by Fine Press Poetry.
IMAGE: ‘Ceasefire’ by Michael Longley, 2020. The illustration is by Sarah Longley. Published by Fine Press Poetry.
January 23, 2025 at 2:41 PM
We are deeply saddened to hear of the death of #MichaelLongley, one of Ireland’s greatest poets. Our condolences to his family, friends and all who cherished him.
IMAGE: ‘Ceasefire’ by Michael Longley, 2020. The illustration is by Sarah Longley. Published by Fine Press Poetry.
IMAGE: ‘Ceasefire’ by Michael Longley, 2020. The illustration is by Sarah Longley. Published by Fine Press Poetry.
Today is a very sad day, but we are left with a tremendous legacy
This my not be one of his more renowned poems, but is one of my favourites...
My thoughts are with Edna
#MichaelLongley
This my not be one of his more renowned poems, but is one of my favourites...
My thoughts are with Edna
#MichaelLongley
January 23, 2025 at 8:18 PM
Today is a very sad day, but we are left with a tremendous legacy
This my not be one of his more renowned poems, but is one of my favourites...
My thoughts are with Edna
#MichaelLongley
This my not be one of his more renowned poems, but is one of my favourites...
My thoughts are with Edna
#MichaelLongley
The Waterfall
If you were to read my poems, all of them
I mean my life's work at this one sitting,
in the one place, let it be here
by this half-hearted waterfall...
~ Michael Longley, Irish poet
#MichaelLongley
And now Michael's canon is complete - RIP
If you were to read my poems, all of them
I mean my life's work at this one sitting,
in the one place, let it be here
by this half-hearted waterfall...
~ Michael Longley, Irish poet
#MichaelLongley
And now Michael's canon is complete - RIP
January 23, 2025 at 7:19 PM
The Waterfall
If you were to read my poems, all of them
I mean my life's work at this one sitting,
in the one place, let it be here
by this half-hearted waterfall...
~ Michael Longley, Irish poet
#MichaelLongley
And now Michael's canon is complete - RIP
If you were to read my poems, all of them
I mean my life's work at this one sitting,
in the one place, let it be here
by this half-hearted waterfall...
~ Michael Longley, Irish poet
#MichaelLongley
And now Michael's canon is complete - RIP
Michael Longley RIP
A winding loss.
Every word, a story; fuck, every pause between them.
The language had rarely been in better hands.
#poetry #northernireland #michaellongley
A winding loss.
Every word, a story; fuck, every pause between them.
The language had rarely been in better hands.
#poetry #northernireland #michaellongley
January 23, 2025 at 1:32 PM
Michael Longley RIP
A winding loss.
Every word, a story; fuck, every pause between them.
The language had rarely been in better hands.
#poetry #northernireland #michaellongley
A winding loss.
Every word, a story; fuck, every pause between them.
The language had rarely been in better hands.
#poetry #northernireland #michaellongley
"I would insist that #poetry is a normal human activity and its proper concern all the things that happen to people."
Poems: www.poetryfoundation.org/poets/michae...
✒ #MichaelLongley, Northern Irish poet and academic, was #BOTD 27 July 1939. #Literature
Poems: www.poetryfoundation.org/poets/michae...
✒ #MichaelLongley, Northern Irish poet and academic, was #BOTD 27 July 1939. #Literature
July 26, 2026 at 11:03 PM
"I would insist that #poetry is a normal human activity and its proper concern all the things that happen to people."
Poems: www.poetryfoundation.org/poets/michae...
✒ #MichaelLongley, Northern Irish poet and academic, was #BOTD 27 July 1939. #Literature
Poems: www.poetryfoundation.org/poets/michae...
✒ #MichaelLongley, Northern Irish poet and academic, was #BOTD 27 July 1939. #Literature
In honour of recently departed Irish poet, Michael Longley (1939-2025), his poem ‘Freeze-Up’.
#calligraphy
#michaellongley
#michaellongleypoetry
#calligraphy
#michaellongley
#michaellongleypoetry
January 27, 2025 at 8:52 AM
In honour of recently departed Irish poet, Michael Longley (1939-2025), his poem ‘Freeze-Up’.
#calligraphy
#michaellongley
#michaellongleypoetry
#calligraphy
#michaellongley
#michaellongleypoetry
Many thanks to @irishexaminer
for including my piece in today's paper about #MichaelLongley and #MahvashSabet and their sharing of the #PENPinterPrize in 2017. @ucc.ie @englishpen.bsky.social @irishpen.bsky.social.
www.irishexaminer.com/opinion/comm...
for including my piece in today's paper about #MichaelLongley and #MahvashSabet and their sharing of the #PENPinterPrize in 2017. @ucc.ie @englishpen.bsky.social @irishpen.bsky.social.
www.irishexaminer.com/opinion/comm...
Michael Longley and the Songbird of Iran
Mr Longley died at the age of 85 in hospital
www.irishexaminer.com
February 6, 2025 at 9:12 AM
Many thanks to @irishexaminer
for including my piece in today's paper about #MichaelLongley and #MahvashSabet and their sharing of the #PENPinterPrize in 2017. @ucc.ie @englishpen.bsky.social @irishpen.bsky.social.
www.irishexaminer.com/opinion/comm...
for including my piece in today's paper about #MichaelLongley and #MahvashSabet and their sharing of the #PENPinterPrize in 2017. @ucc.ie @englishpen.bsky.social @irishpen.bsky.social.
www.irishexaminer.com/opinion/comm...
#MichaelLongley was not just a literary genius, but one of the warmest, most engaging people I have had the pleasure to know.
His sensitivity and insight were rivaled only by his humility and ability to communicate hope in his work.
Truly sad that he is no longer with us.
His sensitivity and insight were rivaled only by his humility and ability to communicate hope in his work.
Truly sad that he is no longer with us.
January 24, 2025 at 1:25 AM
#MichaelLongley was not just a literary genius, but one of the warmest, most engaging people I have had the pleasure to know.
His sensitivity and insight were rivaled only by his humility and ability to communicate hope in his work.
Truly sad that he is no longer with us.
His sensitivity and insight were rivaled only by his humility and ability to communicate hope in his work.
Truly sad that he is no longer with us.
President Higgins led the tributes to Michael Longley after his death, saying he would "be recognised as one of the greatest poets that Ireland has ever produced, & it has long been my belief that his work is of the level that would be befitting of a Nobel Prize for Literature".
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Michael Longley touched souls with poetry, funeral hears
Acclaimed Belfast poet Michael Longley managed to touch the souls of people with just a few words, his funeral has heard.
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February 1, 2025 at 6:44 PM
So sorry to hear this sad news. Another great voice has left us and what a voice it was. One of Belfast’s finest.
Condolences to all the family #MichaelLongley #RIP
Condolences to all the family #MichaelLongley #RIP
January 23, 2025 at 1:40 PM
So sorry to hear this sad news. Another great voice has left us and what a voice it was. One of Belfast’s finest.
Condolences to all the family #MichaelLongley #RIP
Condolences to all the family #MichaelLongley #RIP
When you read Michael Longley’s poetry, you can only do so by hearing his melodious voice inside your head as you read his words. One of the very best. Condolences to Edna and all the family #MichaelLongley #RIP
We’re mourning the loss of the wonderful Michael Longley, who has died in Belfast aged 85. A Vice President of The Poetry Society, we were proud to publish him in our magazine The Poetry Review throughout his long career. Sharing below a 2014 poem which celebrated his long marriage to Edna Longley.
January 24, 2025 at 7:46 AM
When you read Michael Longley’s poetry, you can only do so by hearing his melodious voice inside your head as you read his words. One of the very best. Condolences to Edna and all the family #MichaelLongley #RIP
Go well, Michael Longley. What a privilege it was to hear him read at the inaugural Winchester Poetry Festival in 2014. I pasted this poem into my notebook from the festival programme. He was commissioned to write it for the festival and the 100th anniversary of WWI. Rest in Peace. #MichaelLongley
January 23, 2025 at 1:13 PM
Go well, Michael Longley. What a privilege it was to hear him read at the inaugural Winchester Poetry Festival in 2014. I pasted this poem into my notebook from the festival programme. He was commissioned to write it for the festival and the 100th anniversary of WWI. Rest in Peace. #MichaelLongley
RIP. #MichaelLongley, prize-winning #poet of ‘griefs and wonders’, dies aged 85.
Part of a gifted generation of writers from Northern Ireland, Longley also gave years of service to the province’s arts council.
#Poetry
www.poetryfoundation.org/poets/michae...
www.theguardian.com/books/2025/j...
Part of a gifted generation of writers from Northern Ireland, Longley also gave years of service to the province’s arts council.
#Poetry
www.poetryfoundation.org/poets/michae...
www.theguardian.com/books/2025/j...
Michael Longley, prize-winning poet of ‘griefs and wonders’, dies aged 85
Part of a gifted generation of writers from Northern Ireland, Longley also gave years of service to the province’s arts council
www.theguardian.com
January 23, 2025 at 5:04 PM
RIP. #MichaelLongley, prize-winning #poet of ‘griefs and wonders’, dies aged 85.
Part of a gifted generation of writers from Northern Ireland, Longley also gave years of service to the province’s arts council.
#Poetry
www.poetryfoundation.org/poets/michae...
www.theguardian.com/books/2025/j...
Part of a gifted generation of writers from Northern Ireland, Longley also gave years of service to the province’s arts council.
#Poetry
www.poetryfoundation.org/poets/michae...
www.theguardian.com/books/2025/j...
All of these people, Michael Longley
Midori Black
Leuchtturm a5 standard
Travelers Company brass
Michael Longley (1939-2025) was a Northern Irish poet. Given that, this poem likely refers to "The Troubles"
#poetry #michaellongley #irishliterature #northernirishliterature #fountainpensandinks
Midori Black
Leuchtturm a5 standard
Travelers Company
Michael Longley (1939-2025) was a Northern Irish poet. Given that, this poem likely refers to "The Troubles"
#poetry #michaellongley #irishliterature #northernirishliterature #fountainpensandinks
March 6, 2026 at 1:09 PM
All of these people, Michael Longley
Midori Black
Leuchtturm a5 standard
Travelers Company brass
Michael Longley (1939-2025) was a Northern Irish poet. Given that, this poem likely refers to "The Troubles"
#poetry #michaellongley #irishliterature #northernirishliterature #fountainpensandinks
Midori Black
Leuchtturm a5 standard
Travelers Company
Michael Longley (1939-2025) was a Northern Irish poet. Given that, this poem likely refers to "The Troubles"
#poetry #michaellongley #irishliterature #northernirishliterature #fountainpensandinks
Sabne Raznik reads Michael Longley’s “Ceasefire” as Tribute
YouTube video by Sabne Raznik
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March 20, 2025 at 10:45 PM
January 25, 2025 at 2:32 AM
Michael Longley - Where Poems Come From (BBC)
YouTube video by Culture Vulture Rises
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August 23, 2025 at 6:58 PM
January 26, 2025 at 2:12 PM
The value of #poetry in political conflict: An Imagine Festival conversation with #MichaelLongley @williamcrawley
Read our summary by Alice HUTCHISON 👉
Read our summary by Alice HUTCHISON 👉
November 16, 2024 at 6:01 PM
The value of #poetry in political conflict: An Imagine Festival conversation with #MichaelLongley @williamcrawley
Read our summary by Alice HUTCHISON 👉
Read our summary by Alice HUTCHISON 👉
Died #otd Michael Longley (1939-2025), Northern Irish poet, 1 year ago today #MichaelLongleylife story...
January 22, 2026 at 7:45 AM
Died #otd Michael Longley (1939-2025), Northern Irish poet, 1 year ago today #MichaelLongleylife story...
#MichaelLongley conjuring profound beauty from great loss and small sorrows, as always. His voice will be much missed.
January 23, 2025 at 4:02 PM
#MichaelLongley conjuring profound beauty from great loss and small sorrows, as always. His voice will be much missed.