no man's land

Publication Instance Details #391

Publication Overview

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

Details

Human Rights Issues	War
Irish Context	The Troubles/Sectarian Tensions (Ireland)
Languages	English
Original Language	Irish
Original Poem	talamh eadrána
Original Author	Celia de Fréine
Genre	Short Lyric
Medium	Print Collection
Notes	The poet speaker of this poem references the border between two countries. Neither country is named, the collection was written while the poet was on a writer's residency in Slovenia. The speaker derides the borders, claiming that birds, twigs, and pieces of earth have been known to cross the arbitrary borders that humans have created. The title creates the impression of a conflict or war that has led to this situation, and the last verse appears to refer to the border between the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland, a border which can be crossed freely as a result of the Good Friday Agreement.