Poem

Cows

Title Cows
Author Paul Muldoon

Instances of Publication

A published appearance of this poem.

Collection/Anthology Year of Publication Medium View Details
Poems 1968-1998 2001 Print Collection View Details
Publication Instance Details #1779
Collection/Anthology Details
Collection/Anthology Poems 1968-1998
Date of Publication 2001
Publisher Faber and Faber (UK)
Page Number(s) 344-346
Publication Overview
Translation Is Multilingual Explicit Irish Context? Ekphrasis Has Paratext? Reference to News, Media or Technology
No
No
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Details
Human Rights Issues
Irish Context
Languages
Genre Lyric Sequence
Medium Print Collection
Paratext Text For Dermot Seymour
Notes The poem's context is mostly Irish, but it also charts a wider landscape of violence and suffering. The final lines mention Paul Celan, and refer to "slaughter", a military helicopter, and a Kalashnikov. First published in The Annals of Chile (1994).
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