Poem
The Colour Orange
| Title | The Colour Orange |
|---|---|
| Author | Leland Bardwell |
Instances of Publication
A published appearance of this poem.
| Collection/Anthology | Year of Publication | Medium | View Details |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collected Poems (Leland Bardwell) | 2022 | Print Collection | View Details |
Translations
Connected translations of this poem.
| Title | Author | Collection/Anthology | Year | View Details |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sceimhlitheoir | Bernadette Nic an tSaoir / McIntyre | No Surrender/Nerenuntare/ Bás nó Bua | 2014 | View Details |
Publication Instance Details #3229
Collection/Anthology Details
| Collection/Anthology | Collected Poems (Leland Bardwell) |
|---|---|
| Date of Publication | 2022 |
| Publisher | Salmon Poetry (Ireland) |
| Page Number(s) | 249 |
Publication Overview
| Translation | Is Multilingual | Explicit Irish Context? | Ekphrasis | Has Paratext? | Reference to News, Media or Technology |
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No |
Details
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| Genre | Short Lyric |
| Medium | Print Collection |
| Paratext Text | For Brian Keenan |
| Notes | The poem is included in Bardwell's periodicals from the early 2000s. It is dedicated to Brian Keenan, the Irish teacher and writer who, in 1986, was kidnapped by the Islamic Jihad and held hostage in Beirut, Lebanon for four and a half years. The short lyric references the colour orange and the fruit alluding to Keenan's autobiographical account of his incarceration in the Middle East in his memoir An Evil Cradling: "I lift an orange into the flat filthy palm of my hand and feel and smell and lick it. The colour orange, the colour, the colour, my God the colour orange." |
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