Poem

Míola Murdar

Title Míola Murdar
Author M.F. Ó Conchúir

Instances of Publication

A published appearance of this poem.

Collection/Anthology Year of Publication Medium View Details
Éigse Bhradach 1990 Print Collection View Details
Publication Instance Details #623
Collection/Anthology Details
Collection/Anthology Éigse Bhradach
Date of Publication 1990
Publisher Cló Iar-Chonnachta (Ireland)
Page Number(s) 25
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 this poem seems to be about a Sudanese person wishing they were a 'whale' in Alaska, because the preservation of whales is of more importance than saving the people of Sudan. The ineptitude and failings of both the United States and Russia to deal with the Sudanese crisis is palpable in this poem, as the speaker deals with oppression and hunger in their home country. The poem is likely referring to the famines caused by the Second Sudanese Civil War in 1993.
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