Poem

Blás

Title Blás
Author Seosamh Ó Murchú

Instances of Publication

A published appearance of this poem.

Collection/Anthology Year of Publication Medium View Details
Taisí Tosta 2015 Print Collection View Details
Publication Instance Details #2096
Collection/Anthology Details
Collection/Anthology Taisí Tosta
Date of Publication 2015
Publisher Coiscéim (Ireland)
Page Number(s) 42
Publication Overview
Translation Is Multilingual Explicit Irish Context? Ekphrasis Has Paratext? Reference to News, Media or Technology
No
No
Yes
No
No
No
Details
Human Rights Issues
Irish Context
Languages
Genre Short Lyric
Medium Print Collection
Notes The speaker of this short poem, writing from an Irish perspective, compares the spread of gorse on the side of a mountain with the spread of the deadly disease Ebola in Africa. This poem is most likely in reference to the 2014 outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
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