Poem

Songs of Peace

Title	Songs of Peace
Author	Mary Dorcey

Instances of Publication

A published appearance of this poem.

Collection/Anthology	Year of Publication	Medium	View Details
Moving into the Space Cleared by Our Mothers	1991	Print Collection	View Details

Publication Instance Details #3315

Collection/Anthology Details

Collection/Anthology	Moving into the Space Cleared by Our Mothers
Date of Publication	1991
Publisher	Salmon Poetry (Ireland)
Page Number(s)	32-34

Publication Overview

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

Details

Human Rights Issues	HR Activism/Humanitarian Work War Gender-based violence HR & Weapons of Mass Destruction (incl. nuclear) Peaceful Assembly
War / Genocide Referenced	War: Gulf War
Irish Context	Economic Inequality (Ireland) HR-related International Involvement (Ireland)
Languages	English
Genre	Long (narrative) Poem
Medium	Print Collection
Paratext Text	for a young woman marching against war in the streets of Dublin
Notes	The poem celebrates the contribution of women as peace-makers and resistance fighters against war and nuclear destruction. It is written at the backdrop of the Gulf war and alludes to a history of violence and conflict that is universal.

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