TORNADO SIREN

Publication Instance Details #2815

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	Gender-based violence HR & Natural Disasters
Languages	English
Genre	Concrete Poem
Medium	Print Anthology
Notes	This is a concrete poem, displayed on the page in the form of a tornado. In the poem, the speaker of the poem draws a comparison between the violence of her father's domestic abuse in the home and an approaching tornado. The poem is not explicit on whether the children are hiding in the basement from their father, or from the impending tornado. The speaker of the poem also reflects upon the fear and trepidation of her mother in the poem, living 'hot summer days that turn into violent nights'.