Poets that...

What are some poets that you feel write with a real sense of place? They come from the same place that you do and you really connect with them because of that? What are some examples of those types poems?

I am really interested by this, so I hope some people take the time to reply. Thanks, and sorry for the vague title. I find that people click on threads more often when the title is very vague.

poetinahat said:

Interesting question - and yes, your vague title worked!

Seamus Heaney. Whenever I read a poem of his, I get an intimate sense of rural Ireland.

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Yeah Heaney is a very good example of what I mean! He is also one that I feel that sort of connection with, there are plenty of Ulster poets that are the same.

Are there any poets where you are from that particularly resonate with you, precisely because they are from the same place? As in the things they write about or certain references to local places/things strike a particular chord. The issue of identity and how this shapes us, has always interested me (perhaps because of where I am from) and so I am interested in how this manifests itself in poetry, from the perspectives of both reader and writer.