Poem

Promises, Promises

Title	Promises, Promises
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 #1838

Collection/Anthology Details

Collection/Anthology	Poems 1968-1998
Date of Publication	2001
Publisher	Faber and Faber (UK)
Page Number(s)	85-86

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	HR & Colonisation/Colonial Legacies Indigenous Rights (incl. culture & language)
War / Genocide Referenced	Genocide: Genocide of indigenous people in USA (pre 20th century)
Languages	English
Genre	Short Lyric
Medium	Print Collection
Notes	The poem refers to the history of Raleigh's colony in the new world, and the fate of Native American peoples. First published in Why Brownlee Left (1980).

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