Poem

Bombing

Title	Bombing
Author	Michael J. Whelan

Instances of Publication

A published appearance of this poem.

Collection/Anthology	Year of Publication	Medium	View Details
Rules of Engagement	2019	Print Collection	View Details

Publication Instance Details #2145

Collection/Anthology Details

Collection/Anthology	Rules of Engagement
Date of Publication	2019
Publisher	Doire Press (Ireland)
Page Number(s)	29

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	War HR & Weapons of Mass Destruction (incl. nuclear) HR Activism/Humanitarian Work
Irish Context	HR-related International Involvement (Ireland)
Languages	English
Genre	Short Lyric
Medium	Print Collection
Notes	The poet-speaker of the poem accounts his loss of 'pride' during his peacekeeping days in the Lebanon. When Israeli shells began to come down on the Irish 'Batt' - battalion - the poet-speaker ran for his rifle, helmet and protective gear. This led to him being slagged off by the 'Old Sweats' - the veterans who had been in the peacekeeping a bit longer. The poet-speaker describes this as making him realize that he could never look scared in a warzone, especially with veterans around.

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