Poem

Sadness

Title	Sadness
Author	Helen Soraghan Dwyer

Instances of Publication

A published appearance of this poem.

Collection/Anthology	Year of Publication	Medium	View Details
No Surrender/Nerenuntare/ Bás nó Bua	2014	Print Collection	View Details

Publication Instance Details #3360

Collection/Anthology Details

Collection/Anthology	No Surrender/Nerenuntare/ Bás nó Bua
Date of Publication	2014
Publisher	Editura Ratio et Revelatio (Romania)
Page Number(s)	146-47

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 Torture
Irish Context	HR-related International Involvement (Ireland)
Languages	English
Genre	Short Lyric
Medium	Print Collection
Paratext Text	For Sharon Commins and Hilda Kawuki, aid workers held captive in Sudan for 107 days.
Notes	The paratext of this poem indicates the historical context: an international hostage crisis that involved humanitarian workers -Sharon Commins (Dublin, Ireland) and Hilda Kawuki (Uganda). This took place July - October 2009. This poem, written in the second person plural, addresses both women and gives a brief account of their experiences while in captivity, including mock executions. The reference to 'teenage boys/ with war-crazed eyes' indicates the wider context of the kidnapping - war in Darfur (2003-2020).

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