Poem

The Bronx Seabirds

Title The Bronx Seabirds
Author Derek Mahon

Instances of Publication

A published appearance of this poem.

Collection/Anthology Year of Publication Medium View Details
New Collected Poems 2011 Print Collection View Details
Publication Instance Details #1958
Collection/Anthology Details
Collection/Anthology New Collected Poems
Date of Publication 2011
Publisher The Gallery Press (Ireland)
Page Number(s) 171
Publication Overview
Translation Is Multilingual Explicit Irish Context? Ekphrasis Has Paratext? Reference to News, Media or Technology
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Details
Human Rights Issues
Languages
Genre Part Of Lyric Sequence
Medium Print Collection
Notes The poem opens with several lines in capital letters, with no punctuation, like a news ticker. This section includes references to nuclear waste, "death" (no specific context), and other issues with possible, but no defined human rights relevance. First published in The Hudson Letter (1995).
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