Poem
Tuairiscíonn Krishnamurphy ó Bhagdad (3)
| Title | Tuairiscíonn Krishnamurphy ó Bhagdad (3) |
|---|---|
| Author | Gabriel Rosenstock |
Instances of Publication
A published appearance of this poem.
| Collection/Anthology | Year of Publication | Medium | View Details |
|---|---|---|---|
| An Guth 3 | 2005 | Print Anthology | View Details |
| Tuairiscíonn Krishnamurphy ó Bhagdad | 2006 | Print Collection | View Details |
Translations
Connected translations of this poem.
| Title | Author | Collection/Anthology | Year | View Details |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Iarracht fá Chaintic sa Teampall | Pearse Hutchinson | Faoistin Bhacach | 1968 | View Details |
Publication Instance Details #1352
Collection/Anthology Details
| Collection/Anthology | An Guth 3 |
|---|---|
| Date of Publication | 2005 |
| Publisher | Coiscéim (Ireland) |
| Page Number(s) | 174 |
| Alternative Title | Bagdad |
Publication Overview
| Translation | Is Multilingual | Explicit Irish Context? | Ekphrasis | Has Paratext? | Reference to News, Media or Technology |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
Details
| Human Rights Issues | |
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| War / Genocide Referenced | |
| Languages | |
| Genre | Short Lyric |
| Medium | Print Anthology |
| Notes | The speaker of the poem is 'Krishnamurphy', who appears to speak allegorically here about the War on Terror, ongoing in Iraq. The mention of the Sufi poets at the beginning of the poem is notable - the Sufi poets wrote devotional and worship poetry primarily in Persian. Krishnamurphy alludes that God/Allah doesn't hear the exploding rockets in Baghdad, only the devotional words of the Sufi poets. The echo of their words re-emerges through the wounds - either the wounds of the Iraqi landscape, or the wounds of the people bombed - it isn't specified. Could this be Krishnamurphy's argument: that God doesn't want to intervene to save his people - he only wants to hear their praise? |
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