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Poetry by Irish poet Michael O'Dea. (poems © Michael O’Dea, Dedalus Press, Amastra-n-Galar, Lapwing Publications)

Showing posts with label Turn Your Head. Show all posts

Showing posts with label Turn Your Head. Show all posts

Thursday, September 19, 2013

Once my father and I found a skull in a field with the hum of a bee inside. My father said it was a last thought, that a man...

Thursday, April 18, 2013

Two poems from Turn Your Head

These two poems are from Tuol Sleng Still, a series of poems relating to the death camp, Tuol Sleng, run by the Khmer Rouge in Phnomh Penh d...

Wednesday, October 24, 2012

Resistance

Two poems from “Turn Your Head”. They refer to individuals’ defiance in the face of torture and death. The looks on two faces among the ...

Sunday, January 13, 2008

Tuol Sleng Still

In 1999 I wrote a series of poems called Tuol Sleng Still. They were inspired by the gut-wrenching photographs of the inmates of Tuol Sleng,...

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