"Five Minutes After the air Raid", is a poignant and nostalgic evocation of a woman who loses everything after her home and family are destroyed by a bomb. The poem is written by Miroslav Holub, who skilfully balances the use of a factual journalistic tone with striking and at times shocking imagery, which combined evoke strong reactions in the reader. The encompassing sensation of horror and tragedy, are profoundly characteristic of Holub's entire oeuvre. He …showed first 75 words of 1079 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1079 total…or her life, other then the tragic events of the previous day, which Holub has managed to convey with a detached objectiveness, while also allowing room for an underlying feeling of empathy. On a more personal note, for me the poems content seems plausible yet surreal, its considerable subject is emotive, but easily dismissible, like hearing a ghost story, it initially affects us profoundly. But for me its own extremity is ultimately its own downfall.