Poem

Master of Ceremonies

Title Master of Ceremonies
Author Michael Longley

Instances of Publication

A published appearance of this poem.

Collection/Anthology Year of Publication Medium View Details
Earth Voices Whispering: An Anthology of Irish War Poetry, 1914-1945 2009 Print Anthology View Details
Collected Poems (Michael Longley) 2006 Print Collection View Details
Publication Instance Details #1571
Collection/Anthology Details
Collection/Anthology Earth Voices Whispering: An Anthology of Irish War Poetry, 1914-1945
Date of Publication 2009
Publisher Blackstaff Press (Ireland)
Page Number(s) 335
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
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Genre Short Lyric
Medium Print Anthology
Notes A short poem in which the poet interrogates his grandfather's memory of WWI and the part that his son, the speaker's uncle, played in it. Includes a graphic image of his uncle gathering scattered limbs from the battlefield. He was killed in 'No Man's Land'. From Man Lying on a Wall (1976).
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