Poem
A Net of Limes
| Title | A Net of Limes |
|---|---|
| Author | Billy Ramsell |
Instances of Publication
A published appearance of this poem.
| Collection/Anthology | Year of Publication | Medium | View Details |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Architect's Dream of Winter | 2013 | Print Collection | View Details |
Publication Instance Details #2744
Collection/Anthology Details
| Collection/Anthology | The Architect's Dream of Winter |
|---|---|
| Date of Publication | 2013 |
| Publisher | Dedalus Press (Ireland) |
| Page Number(s) | 37-38 |
Publication Overview
| Translation | Is Multilingual | Explicit Irish Context? | Ekphrasis | Has Paratext? | Reference to News, Media or Technology |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
Yes |
Details
| Human Rights Issues | |
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| War / Genocide Referenced | |
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| Genre | Short Lyric |
| Medium | Print Collection |
| Notes | This poem is written from the perspective of a computer virus, which has infected someone's hard-drive. The virus holds a dialogue with the human whose computer has been infected, drawing parallels between the virus and humanity as a whole. The computer virus mentions some salient examples of humanity's own 'virus': oil-war veterans re-living their conflicts, dead pornographic actors, fading ice-caps, the seas being polluted by oil. The virus identifies with the human in the poem - according to it, they are both slaves to their own 'code' - the 'twin spirals' of DNA in the human's case. This poem brings attention to the pertinent questions regarding human rights, ethics, AI and technology, including the right to privacy, cyber vulnerability, and issues of digital governance. |
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