Poem
Nowhere to Go
| Title | Nowhere to Go |
|---|---|
| Author | Deirdre Brennan |
Instances of Publication
A published appearance of this poem.
| Collection/Anthology | Year of Publication | Medium | View Details |
|---|---|---|---|
| Swimming with Pelicans/Ag Eitilt fara Condair | 2007 | Print Collection | View Details |
Translations
Connected translations of this poem.
| Title | Author | Collection/Anthology | Year | View Details |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| An Long | Paddy Bushe | Ó Choill go Barr Ghéaráin | 2013 | View Details |
Publication Instance Details #1663
Collection/Anthology Details
| Collection/Anthology | Swimming with Pelicans/Ag Eitilt fara Condair |
|---|---|
| Date of Publication | 2007 |
| Publisher | Arlen House (Ireland) |
| Page Number(s) | 87 |
Publication Overview
| Translation | Is Multilingual | Explicit Irish Context? | Ekphrasis | Has Paratext? | Reference to News, Media or Technology |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
Details
| Human Rights Issues | |
|---|---|
| Languages | |
| Genre | Short Lyric |
| Medium | Print Collection |
| Notes | This poem describes the journey of a group of displaced people fleeing a war-torn country for their own safety. Their identity is not specified. There is an explicit reference to hostility and discrimination: they are scapegoated when they arrive in a new place. There is also an explicit reference to state violence: the final lines state that they wait for 'the shatter of glass,/ the jackboot, detention camps'. |
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