The poet's job is to make the familiar strange and the stran... - Seamus Heaney

This quote is attributed to Seamus Heaney.

"The poet's job is to make the familiar strange and the strange familiar."

Seamus Heaney Creativity

Poet Irish 1939–2013

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"I'm making this up as I go."