From My Lai The Thunder Went West
1973 · CRD CRD 1005 · Dublin, Republic of Ireland
- Artist
- Richard Ryan
- Title
- From My Lai The Thunder Went West
- Release
- Ravenswood Poems
- Year
- 1973
- Label
- CRD # CRD 1005
- Format
- LP · Album
- Language
- English
- Country
- Dublin, Republic of Ireland
- Songwriter
- Richard Ryan
- Genre
- Spoken Word · Poetry
- Primary theme
- Peace, Protest & Anti-War
Annotation — European Songs
- "From My Lai The Thunder Went West" - Poetry, Dublin, Ireland1Sources1Wikipedia: Richard Ryan (diplomat)↩
Annotation by Justin A. Brummer
Notes
One of 18 poems read by the poet; gatefold LP (UK). Spoken-word poem.
About the artist
Richard Ryan, born 1946, Irish poet and diplomat educated in Dublin; published "Ledges" (Dolmen, 1970) and "Ravenswood" (Dolmen, 1973), taught at the University of St. Thomas, Minnesota (1970-71), joined the Irish diplomatic service in 1974 and served as ambassador to Korea, Japan, Spain, the Czech Republic and the Netherlands and as Permanent Representative to the UN (1998-2005). [Source: Wikipedia]
Themes
In collections
European Songs · My Lai & Lt. William Calley Songs · Peace, Protest, & Anti-War Songs [War Years]