Poem
Mushroom
| Title | Mushroom |
|---|---|
| Author | Ruth Carr |
Instances of Publication
A published appearance of this poem.
| Collection/Anthology | Year of Publication | Medium | View Details |
|---|---|---|---|
| Our Shared Japan: An Anthology of Contemporary Irish Poetry | 2007 | Print Anthology | View Details |
Publication Instance Details #16
Collection/Anthology Details
| Collection/Anthology | Our Shared Japan: An Anthology of Contemporary Irish Poetry |
|---|---|
| Date of Publication | 2007 |
| Page Number(s) | 12-13 |
Publication Overview
| Translation | Is Multilingual | Explicit Irish Context? | Ekphrasis | Has Paratext? | Reference to News, Media or Technology |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
Yes |
Details
| Human Rights Issues | |
|---|---|
| War / Genocide Referenced | |
| Languages | |
| Genre | Short Lyric |
| Medium | Print Anthology |
| Notes | This short poem opens with the speaker of the poem rinsing some mushrooms and examining her child's new tooth. Suddenly, the homely scene is interrupted by a broadcast about the nuclear bombings in Japan, which have left human devastation and suffering in their wake. There are grisly descriptions of injuries suffered in the aftermath of the bombing, including a cheek being blown open to reveal teeth - recalling the child's new tooth in the beginning of the poem. The speaker of the poem imagines a 'mushroom field at dawn' - the 'mushroom cloud' of the bomb at Hiroshima occurred in the morning, at 8.16am. The poem ends with the line 'I drop one and it's gone', clearly alluding to the 'dropping' of the atomic bomb itself. |
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