Poem

I Flick Channels While...

Title	I Flick Channels While...
Author	Sarah Clancy

Instances of Publication

A published appearance of this poem.

Collection/Anthology	Year of Publication	Medium	View Details
Thanks for Nothing, Hippies	2012	Print Collection	View Details

Publication Instance Details #3304

Collection/Anthology Details

Collection/Anthology	Thanks for Nothing, Hippies
Date of Publication	2012
Publisher	Salmon Poetry (Ireland)
Page Number(s)	43

Publication Overview

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

Details

Human Rights Issues	War HR & Colonisation/Colonial Legacies Death Penalty/Unlawful Detention/Incarceration Displacement/Forced Migration Gender-based violence Genocide Indigenous Rights (incl. culture & language) Poverty/Deprivation/Lack of Sustenance Racism/anti-Semitism/Sectarianism State Violence Torture
Irish Context	Economic Inequality (Ireland) Minority/refugee rights (Ireland)
Languages	English
Genre	Long (narrative) Poem
Medium	Print Collection
Notes	While the speaker flicks through Irish TV channels, a series of injustices are taking place in South America and Gaza. References to mass graves, rape, women and children refugees, borders, Direct Provision, Fidel Castro and Che Guevara.

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