Poem

Superior Aloeswood

Title Superior Aloeswood
Author Paul Muldoon

Instances of Publication

A published appearance of this poem.

Collection/Anthology Year of Publication Medium View Details
Frolic and Detour 2019 Print Collection View Details
Publication Instance Details #1618
Collection/Anthology Details
Collection/Anthology Frolic and Detour
Date of Publication 2019
Publisher Faber and Faber (UK)
Page Number(s) 90-95
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 Lyric Sequence
Medium Print Collection
Paratext Text In memory of Leonard Cohen
Notes The poem, dedicated to Leonard Cohen, includes references to Christian and Jewish mythology, the Holocaust and bombings in Syria. Auschwitz-Birkenau is explicitly mentioned in the poem. There is also an explicit reference to Bashar al-Assad "dropping barrel bombs on his own people".
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