Poem
'Concern'
| Title | 'Concern' |
|---|---|
| Author | Rita Kelly |
Instances of Publication
A published appearance of this poem.
| Collection/Anthology | Year of Publication | Medium | View Details |
|---|---|---|---|
| An Bealach Éadóigh | 1984 | Print Collection | View Details |
Translations
Connected translations of this poem.
| Title | Author | Collection/Anthology | Year | View Details |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dán (le John Cornford, arna aistriú go Gaeilge) | Paddy Bushe | Ó Choill go Barr Ghéaráin | 2013 | View Details |
Publication Instance Details #1847
Collection/Anthology Details
| Collection/Anthology | An Bealach Éadóigh |
|---|---|
| Date of Publication | 1984 |
| Publisher | Coiscéim (Ireland) |
| Page Number(s) | 21 |
Publication Overview
| Translation | Is Multilingual | Explicit Irish Context? | Ekphrasis | Has Paratext? | Reference to News, Media or Technology |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
No |
No |
Yes |
No |
No |
No |
Details
| Human Rights Issues | |
|---|---|
| Irish Context | |
| Languages | |
| Genre | Short Lyric |
| Medium | Print Collection |
| Notes | Poem in which the speaker seems to lament the forgetting of charity and caring for those less fortunate - during the fever and business of the Christmas period. The people don't acknowledge the hunger and suffering caused by an unnamed famine - somewhere in the world. Does the title, 'Concern', in quotation marks, question the Irish charity Concern specifically, or is it more of a meditation on miserly donations? The 'concern' for those who are starving is expressed through the coins rattling in the tin box at the end of the poem - or is this an image of someone being sold? |
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