Seamus Heaney’s unpublished poems to be released — read one exclusively here

<p>The Poems of Seamus Heaney, out on Thursday, will feature all 12 of the revered Irish author’s collections alongside uncollected works and 25 poems yet to be published</p><p>A trove of unpublished poems by the late Irish poet Seamus Heaney is set to be printed alongside his collected and uncollected poems, published together for the first time.</p><p>The Poems of Seamus Heaney will feature his 12 collections interspersed with poems published in magazines, journals and newspapers, plus 25 poems selected from Heaney’s large number of unpublished works.</p><p>Chair, Pocket Knife, Guitar is an unpublished poem by Seamus Heaney extracted from The Poems of Seamus Heaney, edited by Rosie Lavan and Bernard O’Donoghue with Matthew Hollis, to be published by Faber &amp; Faber on 9 October 2025 (£40). To support the Guardian order your copy at<a href="https://guardianbookshop.com/whats-with-baum-9781800756298/?utm_source=editoriallink&amp;amp;utm_medium=merch&amp;amp;utm_campaign=article"> </a><a href="https://guardianbookshop.com/the-poems-of-seamus-heaney-9780571340385/">guardianbookshop.com</a>. Delivery charges may apply.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/books/2025/oct/07/the-poems-of-seamus-heaney-published-on-thursday-will-feature-all-12-of-the-revered-irish-authors-collections-alongside-25-previously-unknown-works">Continue reading...</a>