Poem

Decorations

Title	Decorations
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 #2608

Collection/Anthology Details

Collection/Anthology	D-Day
Date of Publication	1995
Publisher	Lagan Press Poetry (Northern Ireland)
Page Number(s)	55

Publication Overview

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

Details

Human Rights Issues	War Death Penalty/Unlawful Detention/Incarceration
War / Genocide Referenced	War: Second World War
Languages	English
Original Language	Irish
Original Poem	Maisiúcháin
Original Author	Pól Ó Muirí
Genre	Short Lyric
Medium	Print Collection
Notes	This poem is likely in reference to an event during World War II. Russians are hung from lampposts and left there over winter, as a 'present' from the Germans. Soviet soldiers, civilians, and prisoners of war could be shot and executed with impunity on the orders of German officers, under the Barbarossa decree of 1941. This poem showcases an example of this cruelty.

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