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Seamus Heaney - Mid-Term Break

I sat all morning in the college sick bay
Counting bells knelling classes to a close.
At two o'clock our neighbors drove me home.

In the porch I met my father crying--
He had always taken funerals in his stride--
And Big Jim Evans saying it was a hard blow.

The baby cooed and laughed and rocked the pram
When I came in, and I was embarrassed
By old men standing up to shake my hand

And tell me they were "sorry for my trouble,"
Whispers informed strangers I was the eldest,
Away at school, as my mother held my hand

In hers and coughed out angry tearless sighs.
At ten o'clock the ambulance arrived
With the corpse, stanched and bandaged by the nurses.

Next morning I went up into the room. Snowdrops
And candles soothed the bedside; I saw him
For the first time in six weeks. Paler now,

Wearing a poppy bruise on his left temple,
He lay in the four foot box as in his cot.
No gaudy scars, the bumper knocked him clear.

A four foot box, a foot for every year.

Added: on May 26th, 2006 at 9:45 AM | Viewed: 13006 times | Comments (26)


Mid-Term Break - Comments and Information

Poet: Seamus Heaney
Poem: Mid-Term Break

Comment 26 of 26, added on April 17th, 2009 at 5:42 AM.

this poem is very touching, it gets you thinking about life and makes you apreciate your family. -i'm studdying this poem for my junior cert exam... email me if anyone else is! :)

Leah
Comment 25 of 26, added on March 20th, 2009 at 8:05 PM.

this is a very sad poem the boy is still in shock that his brother is dead. seamus heaney, one of my favourite poets

oseri from Nigeria
Comment 24 of 26, added on May 26th, 2006 at 9:45 AM.

That delia woman should insert a yard stick into the crusty crevice that is her anal canal. Use melted ice cream as a lubricant and spread butter into your meaty kabab lips. This will give them a smooth texture with an added hint of mint and nut. The secret code to get into your anus is 'The sparrow has an erection' thank you for your time....

Clegg face from Costa Rica

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