Poem

Gorta

Title Gorta
Author Liam Ó hÁinle

Instances of Publication

A published appearance of this poem.

Collection/Anthology Year of Publication Medium View Details
Dord Deataigh 1996 Print Collection View Details
Publication Instance Details #535
Collection/Anthology Details
Collection/Anthology Dord Deataigh
Date of Publication 1996
Publisher An Clóchomhar Teoranta (Ireland)
Page Number(s) 32
Publication Overview
Translation Is Multilingual Explicit Irish Context? Ekphrasis Has Paratext? Reference to News, Media or Technology
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Details
Human Rights Issues
Languages
Genre Short Lyric
Medium Print Collection
Notes The speaker of the poem notes the devastating results of Zambian food insecurity all around him. One of the skulls he sees begins to speak to him, castigating him for eating so easily and in a carefree manner and others starve. As a result of this, the speaker of the poem loses his appetite.
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