Poem

St Mark's Place

Title St Mark's Place
Author Derek Mahon

Instances of Publication

A published appearance of this poem.

Collection/Anthology Year of Publication Medium View Details
New Collected Poems 2011 Print Collection View Details
Publication Instance Details #3126
Collection/Anthology Details
Collection/Anthology New Collected Poems
Date of Publication 2011
Publisher The Gallery Press (Ireland)
Page Number(s) 177-178
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
Genre Other
Medium Print Collection
Notes The poem is set in New York, and imagines Auden in the city during the Cold War years. Refers to Trotsky, several poets, popular and consumer culture, as well as the "military-industrial complex" and "smart bombs". From The Hudson Letter (1995).
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