Poem

Sneachta

Title	Sneachta
Author	Séamus Ó hUltacháin

Instances of Publication

A published appearance of this poem.

Collection/Anthology	Year of Publication	Medium	View Details
Imeallaigh	2017	Print Collection	View Details

Publication Instance Details #2413

Collection/Anthology Details

Collection/Anthology	Imeallaigh
Date of Publication	2017
Publisher	Coiscéim (Ireland)
Page Number(s)	20

Publication Overview

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

Details

Human Rights Issues	HR & Colonisation/Colonial Legacies Genocide Indigenous Rights (incl. culture & language)
War / Genocide Referenced	Genocide: Genocide of indigenous people in USA (pre 20th century)
Languages	Irish
Genre	Short Lyric
Medium	Print Collection
Notes	The location of this poem in the collection means that it is clearly referential to previous poems about the 'Ghost Dance' and the Wounded Knee Massacre. The speaker of the poem describes the direct aftermath of the Wounded Knee Massacre: a snowy morning, covering up the 'horrors' of history. The whiteness of the snow could also be read as significant, i.e. the white race covering the earth. Additionally, the end of the poem mentions the 'aonchineálacht' or 'uniformity' of the future - when the white settlers will control all, and all dissenters will be wiped out.

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