The Haw Lantern. London: Faber, 1987. First Edition. Pp, 51. A fine bright copy in dust jacket.

Signed by Seamus Heaney on the title page.

The Haw Lantern intertwines poems of loss—including a poignant sonnet sequence on the death of the poet’s mother—with meditations on the writer’s conscience and allegorical reflections. The collection balances raw emotional depth with intellectual rigor, revealing both vulnerability and moral precision