Poem

Vietnam

Title Vietnam
Author Pól Ó Muirí

Instances of Publication

A published appearance of this poem.

Collection/Anthology Year of Publication Medium View Details
D-Day 1995 Print Collection View Details
Publication Instance Details #2460
Collection/Anthology Details
Collection/Anthology D-Day
Date of Publication 1995
Publisher Lagan Press Poetry (Northern Ireland)
Page Number(s) 26
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 / Genocide Referenced
Irish Context
Languages
Genre Short Lyric
Medium Print Collection
Notes The speaker of the poem finds out that his cousin - whose father emigrated to America from Ireland - fought in Vietnam. He imagines him in photographs of the war, searching for his dark eyes in the images he sees.
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