Poem

My Name Is

Title	My Name Is
Author	Polina Cosgrave

Instances of Publication

A published appearance of this poem.

Collection/Anthology	Year of Publication	Medium	View Details
Writing Home: The 'New Irish' Poets	2019	Print Anthology	View Details

Publication Instance Details #2787

Collection/Anthology Details

Collection/Anthology	Writing Home: The 'New Irish' Poets
Date of Publication	2019
Publisher	Dedalus Press (Ireland)
Page Number(s)	15-17

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	War Death Penalty/Unlawful Detention/Incarceration Displacement/Forced Migration Gender-based violence Health HR & Weapons of Mass Destruction (incl. nuclear) Poverty/Deprivation/Lack of Sustenance Torture Racism/anti-Semitism/Sectarianism State Violence
War / Genocide Referenced	War: Second World War
Languages	English
Genre	Short Lyric
Medium	Print Anthology
Notes	This is a poem in which the speaker traces 'her name' through the history of her family and friends. The speaker mentions various events and phenomena of import in history that have affected members of her family and friends, such as the siege of Stalingrad, World War II, Nazi concentration camps, imprisonment of Soviet soldiers, torture in prison, typhus, displaced Armenians, gendered violence against women, and drug addiction. This captures the suffering and endurance of the speaker's family tree and heritage. The final statement of the poem, 'Cavt tanem' is Armenian, and means 'let me take your pain.'

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