Poem
Winter Static
| Title | Winter Static |
|---|---|
| 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 #2746
Collection/Anthology Details
| Collection/Anthology | The Architect's Dream of Winter |
|---|---|
| Date of Publication | 2013 |
| Publisher | Dedalus Press (Ireland) |
| Page Number(s) | 75-77 |
Publication Overview
| Translation | Is Multilingual | Explicit Irish Context? | Ekphrasis | Has Paratext? | Reference to News, Media or Technology |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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No |
No |
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No |
Yes |
Details
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| Genre | Short Lyric |
| Medium | Print Collection |
| Notes | In this poem Earth's evolution is imagined in terms of computer programming: the programmer bemoans the flaws in the system of the planet, which causes her 'program' to fail again and again. The failure of the code, which has created life on earth, takes the form of wars, climate change, human intervention in nature, colonialism, and slavery, which are described here as serious flaws in the grand design of the planet. The programmer dreams of undoing the code she wrote to create the world anew. The poem clearly implies that humanity's present condition is also a failure of the 'program'. |
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