Children of the War

Publication Instance Details #2160

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 Poverty/Deprivation/Lack of Sustenance HR Activism/Humanitarian Work
Irish Context	HR-related International Involvement (Ireland)
Languages	English
Genre	Short Lyric
Medium	Print Collection
Notes	The speaker of the poem describes dispensing aid and supplies to a 'forgotten' village that has been affected by war. The speaker encounters some children, who come toward them, begging, yet nervous of the Irish peacekeeping soldiers. They give the children chocolate, and the speaker is sentimentally reminded of their smiles to this day. The speaker describes their nervousness, although he states that they had nothing to fear of Irish peacekeeping soldiers. He acknowledges though, that they are 'weary' of seeing soldiers.