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Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Searching... Subject: BELFAST, NORTHERN IRELAND Matches Found: 9 UPDATE command denied to user 'poetryex_users'@'localhost' for table `poetryex_poems`.`subcnt` BELFAST CONFETTI, by CIARAN CARSON Poem Text Recitation by Author Poet's Biography First Line: Suddenly as the riot squad moved in, it was raining exclamation marks Last Line: Fusillarde of question-marks Subject(s): Belfast, Northern Ireland; Irish Unification Question BELFAST CONFETTI, by CIARAN CARSON Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: Suddenly as the riot squad moved in, it was raining exclamation marks Last Line: My name? Where am I coming from? Where am I going? A fusillade of question-marks Subject(s): Belfast, Northern Ireland; Irish Unification Question BELFAST TUNE, by JOSEPH BRODSKY Poem Text Poem Explanation Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Here's a girl from a dangerous town Last Line: Because the town's too small Subject(s): Belfast, Northern Ireland BELFAST TUNE, by JOSEPH BRODSKY Poem Source Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Here's a girl from a dangerous town Last Line: I dream of her either loved or killed %because the town's too small Subject(s): Belfast, Northern Ireland CAMPAIGN, by CIARAN CARSON Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: They had questioned him for hours. Who exactly was he? Last Line: Drawing pints for strangers, his almost-perfect fingers flecked with scum Subject(s): Belfast, Northern Ireland; Irish Unification Question DISAPPEARANCES IN THE GUARDED SECTOR, by TESS GALLAGHER Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: When we stop where you lived, the house Last Line: We will both come back Subject(s): Belfast, Northern Ireland MESSAGE FROM BELFAST FOR JUSTICE AND GERRY ADAMS, by JUNE JORDAN Poet Analysis Recitation by Author Poet's Biography Subject(s): Adams, Gerry (b. 1948); Belfast, Northern Ireland RESONANCE, by BRENDAN KENNELLY Poem Source First Line: When protestants march down the catholic road Last Line: When a housefly makes its last confession. Subject(s): Belfast, Northern Ireland; Ireland; Marching And Marches; Protest, Social; Religion UNDER THE EYES, by TOM PAULIN Poem Source First Line: Its retributions work like clockwork Last Line: A rain of turds; a pair of eyes; the sky and tears Subject(s): Belfast, Northern Ireland |
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