Poem

Asylum

Title	Asylum
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 #2174

Collection/Anthology Details

Collection/Anthology	Rules of Engagement
Date of Publication	2019
Publisher	Doire Press (Ireland)
Page Number(s)	72

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 Death Penalty/Unlawful Detention/Incarceration Poverty/Deprivation/Lack of Sustenance 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
Notes	An asylum/prisoner of war camp in Kosovo is described here. No details are given about why anyone is locked up in the 'asylum'- however the conditions seem to be very poor and the prisoners are in a state of undress and hunger. 'Asylum' could refer to the seeking of asylum in a foreign country as well. Irish peacekeepers, who are about to head home to Ireland, share their cigarettes, sweets, and chocolate with the inmates, throwing them over the coiled wire of the asylum.

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