Poem

At the Sign of the Black Horse, September 1999

Title	At the Sign of the Black Horse, September 1999
Author	Paul Muldoon

Instances of Publication

A published appearance of this poem.

Collection/Anthology	Year of Publication	Medium	View Details
Moy Sand and Gravel	2002	Print	View Details
Moy Sand and Gravel	2002	Print	View Details

Publication Instance Details #73

Collection/Anthology Details

Collection/Anthology	Moy Sand and Gravel
Date of Publication	2002
Publisher	Faber and Faber (UK)
Page Number(s)	73-95

Publication Overview

Translation	Is Multilingual	Explicit Irish Context?	Ekphrasis	Has Paratext?	Reference to News, Media or Technology
No	No	Yes	Yes	No	No

Details

Human Rights Issues	Displacement/Forced Migration Genocide HR & Natural Disasters
War / Genocide Referenced	Genocide: Holocaust
Irish Context	HR-related International Involvement (Ireland) Specific Irish place or place-name mentioned Emigration (from Ireland)
Languages	English
Genre	Long (narrative) Poem
Medium	Print
Notes	A long poem or sequence, set in an American suburb after Hurricane Floyd in 1999. The poem considers this setting as an intersection of family histories and narratives, and their impact on the future life of a newborn child. There are also frequent references to the traumatic pasts of both the Irish and the Jewish side of the family, and the pressures they bring into the raising of the child. W. B. Yeats's "A Prayer for my Daughter" is a frequent point of reference.

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