Poem

Tuairiscíonn Krishnamurphy ó Bhagdad (4)

Title Tuairiscíonn Krishnamurphy ó Bhagdad (4)
Author Gabriel Rosenstock

Instances of Publication

A published appearance of this poem.

Collection/Anthology Year of Publication Medium View Details
Tuairiscíonn Krishnamurphy ó Bhagdad 2006 Print Collection View Details
Publication Instance Details #1358
Collection/Anthology Details
Collection/Anthology Tuairiscíonn Krishnamurphy ó Bhagdad
Date of Publication 2006
Publisher Coiscéim (Ireland)
Page Number(s) 45
Publication Overview
Translation Is Multilingual Explicit Irish Context? Ekphrasis Has Paratext? Reference to News, Media or Technology
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Details
Human Rights Issues
War / Genocide Referenced
Languages
Genre Short Lyric
Medium Print Collection
Paratext Text (Ina gcuirtear agallamh ar shaighdiúir marbh)
Notes An 'interview' from Baghdad: here Krishnamurphy interviews a dead soldier, who claims that his brother has killed him - they didn't speak the same language or even recognise each other. Did his brother really kill him, or could this be an allegory for the actions of humanity in warfare? Either way, the dead soldier in the poem notes that the world has been filled with absolute hate - to the extent that his 'brother' didn't kill him - 'hate' itself did. The poem likely refers to the War on Terror and invasion of Iraq.
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