Poem

Invoking the Moon

Title	Invoking the Moon
Author	Paddy Bushe

Instances of Publication

A published appearance of this poem.

Collection/Anthology	Year of Publication	Medium	View Details
Crann na Teanga/The Language Tree	2018	Print Collection	View Details

Publication Instance Details #382

Collection/Anthology Details

Collection/Anthology	Crann na Teanga/The Language Tree
Date of Publication	2018
Publisher	Irish Pages (Ireland)
Page Number(s)	424-425

Publication Overview

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

Details

Human Rights Issues	War Death Penalty/Unlawful Detention/Incarceration Displacement/Forced Migration Forced Labour (incl. slavery & child labour) Gender-based violence Genocide
War / Genocide Referenced	War: Iraq War and Insurgency War: Syrian Civil War
Languages	English
Original Language	Irish
Original Poem	Ag Guí chun na Gealaí
Original Author	Cathal Ó Searcaigh
Genre	Short Lyric
Medium	Print Collection
Notes	The speaker of this poem invokes the goddess or spirit of the moon to help those suffering. Human-rights related references include allusions to those who labour in sweatshops, sex-workers under duress, those in concentration camps, refugees fleeing their homes. Specific mention is made to warfare in Aleppo, Baghdad, or San'aa. The poet asks the moon to bless all of humanity with her benevolence and assist those most in need.

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