tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-786207835641480928.post6768250002986199718..comments2024-03-27T11:10:57.384-04:00Comments on NeverEnding Story: Butterfly Dream: Ulster Hedgerow Haiku by Marion ClarkeChen-ou Liu, 劉鎮歐http://www.blogger.com/profile/06235248170011255532noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-786207835641480928.post-53135330639008612472013-10-15T10:53:08.073-04:002013-10-15T10:53:08.073-04:00Below is excerpted from Marion comment on Heaney&#...Below is excerpted from Marion comment on Heaney's haiku:<br /><br />... anyone who has lived during The Troubles in Northern Ireland will immediately recognise the 'squawk of walkie-talkies' of the British Army as they patrolled the hedgerows here. An inspired choice of words!...<br /><br />For more info., see "Dark Wings of Night: Seamus Heaney and His View of Haiku," which can be accessed at http://neverendingstoryhaikutanka.blogspot.ca/2013/08/dark-wings-of-night-seamus-heaney-and.html Chen-ou Liu, 劉鎮歐https://www.blogger.com/profile/06235248170011255532noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-786207835641480928.post-57275885906670125712013-10-15T10:49:55.018-04:002013-10-15T10:49:55.018-04:00In Marion's haiku, Ulster is more like a typic...In Marion's haiku, Ulster is more like a typical bedroom community in North America, and it is sociopolitically different from the Ulster of the Troubles, one that is vividly portrayed in Heaney's haiku below:<br /><br />Springtime in Ulster:<br />aerials in hedges, squawk<br />of walkie-talkies<br /><br />Stepping Stones: Interviews with Seamus Heaney, 2008<br /><br />Marion's skillful use of allusion makes the contrasts between her haiku and Heaney's poignant.<br /><br /><br />Note: below is excerpted from the Wikipedia entry, titled The Troubles:<br /><br />The Troubles (Irish: Na Trioblóidí) is the most common name for the ethno-nationalist conflict in Northern Ireland that spilled over at various times into the Republic of Ireland, England and mainland Europe. The Troubles began in the late 1960s and is considered by many to have ended with the Belfast "Good Friday" Agreement of 1998. However, sporadic violence has continued since then.Chen-ou Liu, 劉鎮歐https://www.blogger.com/profile/06235248170011255532noreply@blogger.com