The title of this blog comes from a Gaelic expression -"putting on the poor mouth"-which means to exaggerate the direness of one's situation in order to gain time or favour from creditors.
24 July 2010
Imagery of the Iran-Iraq War
I have posted the painting and the poem before but never together. THe painting is by Minoo Emami. It is inspired by her husband's experience in the war. He was seriously injured fighting the Iraqis. One of his legs was amputated.
The poem is The Necklace by Simin Behbahani, the Lioness of Iran. The last time I posted the poem in 2008 one of the comments made was "Jesus, that was DARK!!". I agree, In my mind it is as powerful as any of the works of Wilfred Owen.
I wanted to see how these two powerful indictments of war went together. I think they work together, others may not of course!
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8 comments:
Savage.
Very powerful!
Deeply poignant.
Good idea, Jams. And: it works. Impressive. Thank you.
They work very well together.
Oh yes, they do work well together.
Extremely moving Jams. What a juxtaposition
Thanks. I'm glad you find them as poignant as I did
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