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Poetry Within the State

By Emmett Corbett

First published 2025

'Poetry within the State' invites readers to traverse a landscape wrought with the stark realities of modern Ireland, vividly conveyed through a collection of poems. This collection shares potent insights of social critique, entwining strands of hypocrisy and double standards with threads of injustice stitching through the fabric of today's society. The poet's voice oscillates between anger and advocacy, despair and devotion, capturing the depths of societal two-tier systems and the enduring human struggle to live by one's moral compass. The poems in "Poetry within the State" are not mere words arranged upon a page; they are a pulsating heartbeat of awareness, an outcry for change that echoes the silent murmurs of the unnoticed in Irish society. They serve as a profound exploration of confronting social problems-inequality, human rights issues, and the dynamic face of injustice. Yet, amidst the critical observation lies a core of spirituality.

Published
13 Jul 2025
Pages
70
Publisher
Orla Kelly Self Publishing Services
Edition
Paperback
Elsewhere
Open Library

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