Pastoráil i Suimint

Publication Instance Details #962

Publication Overview

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

Details

Human Rights Issues	Poverty/Deprivation/Lack of Sustenance Racism/anti-Semitism/Sectarianism
Languages	Irish
Genre	Short Lyric
Medium	Print Collection
Paratext Text	Lúnasa 1987
Notes	This poem gives an overview of the black community living in the Harlem area of New York City. Their poverty, deprivation, and suspicion of the state are obliquely referred to in this poem, with the speaker describing various characters: an old musician, someone looking fearfully around themselves as they go down the street, a woman carrying bags, someone selling popcorn to children, men and boys standing outside an old building as if they were on strike, an old man framed in a window. The poem is not explicit in its commentary, but seems to be aware of the social context of the lives of the black residents of Harlem.