Poem

Asthma

Title	Asthma
Author	Kevin Anderson

Instances of Publication

A published appearance of this poem.

Collection/Anthology	Year of Publication	Medium	View Details
Agus Rud Eile De: And Another Thing	2010	Print Collection	View Details

Publication Instance Details #3063

Collection/Anthology Details

Collection/Anthology	Agus Rud Eile De: And Another Thing
Date of Publication	2010
Publisher	Cló Iar-Chonnachta (Ireland)
Page Number(s)	88

Publication Overview

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

Details

Human Rights Issues	War
War / Genocide Referenced	War: Kosovo War
Irish Context	HR-related International Involvement (Ireland) Other
Languages	English
Original Language	Irish
Original Poem	Asma
Original Author	Louis de Paor
Genre	Short Lyric
Medium	Print Collection
Notes	The speaker of the poem describes his cousin's asthma affliction. In Ireland, he struggles greatly with breathing, while in Kosovo, he can breathe freely. The reference to Kosovo is notable as it was the site of a war (1998-1999) during which Serbs committed ethnic cleansing and forced expulsion of almost one million Albanian Muslims. The Irish Defence Forces had a presence there as part of an international peacekeeping force, which is likely the reason for his cousin's being in Kosovo in this poem.

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