Poem
Prison Poems
| Title | Prison Poems |
|---|---|
| Author | Leland Bardwell |
Instances of Publication
A published appearance of this poem.
| Collection/Anthology | Year of Publication | Medium | View Details |
|---|---|---|---|
| Human Rights Have No Borders: Voices of Irish Poets | 1998 | View Details | |
| Collected Poems (Leland Bardwell) | 2022 | Print Collection | View Details |
Publication Instance Details #3217
Collection/Anthology Details
| Collection/Anthology | Collected Poems (Leland Bardwell) |
|---|---|
| Date of Publication | 2022 |
| Publisher | Salmon Poetry (Ireland) |
| Page Number(s) | 164-167 |
Publication Overview
| Translation | Is Multilingual | Explicit Irish Context? | Ekphrasis | Has Paratext? | Reference to News, Media or Technology |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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No |
Yes |
No |
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No |
Details
| Human Rights Issues | |
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| Irish Context | |
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| Genre | Long (narrative) Poem |
| Medium | Print Collection |
| Notes | Divided into four parts, the long narrative poem is written in response to the 1980 Hunger Strike in N.Ireland and revolves around universal notions of crime and punishment, law, justice, and class . There are references to the fissures of the law, Jean Paul-Sartre's existentialism, and the storming of the Bastille. The final poem figures a female prisoner who confronts a prison officer. It is included in the collection The Fly and the Bedbug published by Beaver Row Press (1984). The third poem in this sequence is dedicated to Pat McCann. |
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