Poem

Walls of Green Water

Title Walls of Green Water
Author Theo Dorgan

Instances of Publication

A published appearance of this poem.

Collection/Anthology Year of Publication Medium View Details
Nine Bright Shiners 2014 Print Collection View Details
Publication Instance Details #3274
Collection/Anthology Details
Collection/Anthology Nine Bright Shiners
Date of Publication 2014
Publisher Dedalus Press (Ireland)
Page Number(s) 113-5
Publication Overview
Translation Is Multilingual Explicit Irish Context? Ekphrasis Has Paratext? Reference to News, Media or Technology
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Details
Human Rights Issues
Irish Context
Languages
Genre Lyric Sequence
Medium Print Collection
Notes The speaker describes a long sea journey to allude to the Victorian sea funeral of his grandmother who died in childbirth off of Cape Horn. References to natural catastrophe and drowned bodies in the sea conjure up themes of refugeeness and forced migration.
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