Poem
Dust
| Title | Dust |
|---|---|
| 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 #2172
Collection/Anthology Details
| Collection/Anthology | Rules of Engagement |
|---|---|
| Date of Publication | 2019 |
| Publisher | Doire Press (Ireland) |
| Page Number(s) | 70 |
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 | |
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| War / Genocide Referenced | |
| Irish Context | |
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| Genre | Short Lyric |
| Medium | Print Collection |
| Notes | The speaker of the poem describes his concerns about the ethnic cleansing that occurred during the break-up of Yugoslavia, and in Kosovo in particular. He wonders if the dust falling from the sky is from an extermination camp furnace (a likely reference here to the ovens in which bodies were burned in Nazi death camps). The name Obilic, a place name, is notable as it is a town in Kosovo that was renamed in a forced process of Serbianization. To this day, Albanian nationalists have an alternate name for the town, Kastriot. |
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