Poem
Gorse Fires
| Title | Gorse Fires |
|---|---|
| Author | Michael Longley |
Instances of Publication
A published appearance of this poem.
| Collection/Anthology | Year of Publication | Medium | View Details |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collected Poems (Michael Longley) | 2006 | Print Collection | View Details |
Publication Instance Details #3096
Collection/Anthology Details
| Collection/Anthology | Collected Poems (Michael Longley) |
|---|---|
| Date of Publication | 2006 |
| Publisher | Jonathan Cape (UK) |
| Page Number(s) | 148 |
Publication Overview
| Translation | Is Multilingual | Explicit Irish Context? | Ekphrasis | Has Paratext? | Reference to News, Media or Technology |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
Details
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| Genre | Short Lyric |
| Medium | Print Collection |
| Notes | The poem describes a landscape, not named but with markers of Irishness. Longley has embedded the name of Paul Celan into the word "celandine", and the repeated train journey and the smoke rising from the fires seem to imply the Holocaust. From Gorse Fires (1991). |
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