Poem

Laoi an Bhuamálaí

Title	Laoi an Bhuamálaí
Author	Alan Titley

Instances of Publication

A published appearance of this poem.

Collection/Anthology	Year of Publication	Medium	View Details
Rabhadh: Dánta	2013	Print Collection	View Details

Publication Instance Details #83

Collection/Anthology Details

Collection/Anthology	Rabhadh: Dánta
Date of Publication	2013
Publisher	Coiscéim (Ireland)
Page Number(s)	59-61

Publication Overview

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

Details

Human Rights Issues	War Racism/anti-Semitism/Sectarianism HR & Colonisation/Colonial Legacies Displacement/Forced Migration Genocide HR & Weapons of Mass Destruction (incl. nuclear)
War / Genocide Referenced	Genocide: Holocaust War: Gaza Wars
Languages	Irish
Genre	Dramatic Monologue
Medium	Print Collection
Paratext Text	'Scríofa i bhfeirg tar éis ionsaí aerfhórsa Iosraeil ar Stráice Gaza, Eanáir 2009'
Notes	The paratext of this poem indicates that it was 'written in anger after an attack by the Israeli Air Force on the Gaza Strip, January 2009'. The first-person speaker of the poem is an Israeli bomber. His monologue is a polemical justification for the bombing of the Gaza Strip, and he repeatedly references the Holocaust as a justification for the reactivity and defensiveness of the Israeli state. The indiscriminate killing of civilians is justified, in his view, as they are all terrorists. He maintains that international law does not apply to Israeli offensives. This poem was first published as a column in The Irish Times on 15 January 2009.

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