The Loneliness of Crazy Horse

Publication Instance Details #482

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	HR & Colonisation/Colonial Legacies Indigenous Rights (incl. culture & language) Genocide
War / Genocide Referenced	Genocide: Genocide of indigenous people in USA (pre 20th century)
Languages	English
Original Language	Irish
Original Poem	Cumha Chrazy Horse
Original Author	Gearóid Mac Lochlainn
Genre	Short Lyric
Medium	Print Collection
Notes	This poem is centred around 'Crazyhorse', a Lakota war hero and leader who took up arms against the United States government in the 19th Century, in order to preserve the traditional Lakota way of life. Crazyhorse was also a spiritual man who received visions and trances. Like 'Crazyhorse is an phíopa', this poem centres around the cultural and spiritual smoking of the pipe. There are hints of endings and decay in the poem - the autumn, dry leaves, the unborn poetry. This poem, based on its title, clearly highlights the feelings of Crazyhorse himself - possibly his reaction to the reality of his people's plight.