Poem

You'll Never Walk Alone

Title	You'll Never Walk Alone
Author	Alan Gillis

Instances of Publication

A published appearance of this poem.

Collection/Anthology	Year of Publication	Medium	View Details
Hawks and Doves	2007	Print	View Details

Publication Instance Details #1016

Collection/Anthology Details

Collection/Anthology	Hawks and Doves
Date of Publication	2007
Publisher	The Gallery Press (Ireland)

Publication Overview

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

Details

Human Rights Issues	War HR & Natural Disasters HR Activism/Humanitarian Work HR & Environment Torture
Irish Context	Specific Irish place or place-name mentioned Minority/refugee rights (Ireland) The Troubles/Sectarian Tensions (Ireland)
Languages	English
Genre	Short Lyric
Medium	Print
Notes	The poem, set in Belfast alludes to numerous sectarian tensions. It also references reports of a number of foreign atrocities and tragedies: violence by guerillas against anti- oil drilling activists; the firing of flares over Baghdad and further allusion to oil wars; a tsunami; an earthquake. These events have less of an emotional impact on the 'she' of the poem than a neighbourly act of kindness, perhaps across the sectarian divide, that she witnesses.

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