Poem

Smoke

Title	Smoke
Author	Derek Mahon

Instances of Publication

A published appearance of this poem.

Collection/Anthology	Year of Publication	Medium	View Details
The Yellow Book	1997	Print Collection	View Details

Publication Instance Details #1985

Collection/Anthology Details

Collection/Anthology	The Yellow Book
Date of Publication	1997
Publisher	The Gallery Press (Ireland)
Page Number(s)	44-45

Publication Overview

Translation	Is Multilingual	Explicit Irish Context?	Ekphrasis	Has Paratext?	Reference to News, Media or Technology
No	No	Yes	No	No	Yes

Details

Human Rights Issues	War Death Penalty/Unlawful Detention/Incarceration
War / Genocide Referenced	War: Second World War
Irish Context	Colonization and Colonial Legacy (Ireland) Specific Irish place or place-name mentioned
Languages	English
Genre	Part Of Lyric Sequence
Medium	Print Collection
Notes	A contemplation of the world through philosophy and the history of smoking. Includes references to the colonial project (Raleigh, conquistadores), and the death penalty. Also mentions Mikhail Bakhtin, who is believed to have smoked the entire manuscript of a book during the siege of Leningrad during WWII.

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