Fan Nóiméad

Publication Instance Details #2103

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	Death Penalty/Unlawful Detention/Incarceration Poverty/Deprivation/Lack of Sustenance State Violence
Irish Context	Other
Languages	Irish
Genre	Short Lyric
Medium	Print Collection
Notes	The speaker of the poem describes an inconsequential moment in his own life, five past nine in the morning. At the same time, however, he notes how a Cambodian mother has given up hope due to hunger and deprivation, and her breast milk has run dry. This is likely in reference to events caused by or preceding the Cambodian Khmer Rouge takeover. Additionally, the third last verse appears to contain a pointed reference to the incarceration of Nelson Mandela in South Africa, although this is not explicitly named as such.