Mise agus an Leabhar i gCaifé na Beatha (5)

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Publication Overview

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

Details

Human Rights Issues	Displacement/Forced Migration
Irish Context	Minority/refugee rights (Ireland) Specific Irish place or place-name mentioned
Languages	Irish
Genre	Part Of Lyric Sequence
Medium	Print Collection
Notes	This poem is part five of a sequence entitled 'Mise agus an Leabhar i gCaifé na Beatha'. While this part of the poem doesn't have its own paratext, the overall sequence does: 'I dare not go deeply into this book, for if I did, I would stay with it forever and I wouldn't return...' John Berger (art critic and novelist). In this part of the sequence, the speaker of the poem describes a café scene, in which a woman refugee is serving the men in the café. The poet notes himself as feel awkward, as his shadow might trip up the woman before she reaches the sanctuary of the counter (this turn of phrase is likely significant).