Poem

Skeleton Head

Title	Skeleton Head
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 #2162

Collection/Anthology Details

Collection/Anthology	Rules of Engagement
Date of Publication	2019
Publisher	Doire Press (Ireland)
Page Number(s)	51

Publication Overview

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

Details

Human Rights Issues	War HR & Weapons of Mass Destruction (incl. nuclear) HR Activism/Humanitarian Work
War / Genocide Referenced	War: Kosovo War
Irish Context	HR-related International Involvement (Ireland)
Languages	English
Genre	Short Lyric
Medium	Print Collection
Paratext Text	Kosovo minefields
Notes	The poem describes the Kosovo minefields. The speaker of the poem, an Irish peacekeeping soldier, is warned of the imminent danger by a gruesome metal skeleton, wearing a helmet, that 'tallies his birthdays', and yells at him 'ACHTUNG MINEN' 'BEWARE MINES'. Kosovo was rife with minefields and the existence of these minefields to this day is disputed.

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