Poem

Key West

Title Key West
Author Derek Mahon

Instances of Publication

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Collection/Anthology Year of Publication Medium View Details
New Collected Poems 2011 Print Collection View Details

Translations

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Title Author Collection/Anthology Year View Details
foreign beloved Celia de Fréine Migrant Shores: Irish, Moroccan & Galician Poetry 2017 View Details
Publication Instance Details #1961
Collection/Anthology Details
Collection/Anthology New Collected Poems
Date of Publication 2011
Publisher The Gallery Press (Ireland)
Page Number(s) 188-189
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
Irish Context
Genre Part Of Lyric Sequence
Medium Print Collection
Notes Addresses a storm hitting the US east coast, also includes references to the class and economic inequalities when facing such a natural disaster. Implicit reference to slavery in line mentioning people "landing from Senegal or Ivory Coast". First published in The Hudson Letter (1995).
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