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Publication Instance Details #552

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	Poverty/Deprivation/Lack of Sustenance Gender-based violence
Irish Context	Specific Irish place or place-name mentioned
Languages	Irish
Genre	Short Lyric
Medium	Print Collection
Paratext Text	(d'Eoghan Ó hAnluain)
Notes	The speaker of the poem reflects upon the suffering of others in the world, and the importance of showing mercy to those in need. The location of the poem is the GPO in central Dublin, at which native drums are being played. Described in the poem are a black man playing saxophone and expressing his sorrow through it; the handmade dolls of homeless Peruvian women; the young women suffering violence on the streets of Lima. The speaker of the poem describes himself as a baby learning to walk once again; this possibly refers to learning how the world works and how so many people suffer and die in poorer areas of the world.