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BURMA (MYANMAR)
• Poets
(16)
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(6)
• Audio
(9)
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One true Burma star
4 November 2013
by ko ko thett
On Monday 19 August 2013, tailgating the passing of journalist Maung Wuntha (11 August 2013, b. …
Why do I do what I do & why I love it
4 November 2013
by ko ko thett
Huge linguistic and cultural ‘untranslatabilities’ exist between Burmese and English, …
‘Mother died and time passed’
27 July 2013
by Violet Cho
The emergence of exiled Karen language media is recent but significant as a site for the …
Tin Moe’s Exile
27 July 2013
by Min Khet Ye
Exile is ‘the unhealable rift forced between a human being and a native place, between the …
Poetry of Burma’s literary frontiers
27 July 2013
by Violet Cho and David Gilbert
The Burmese poetic canon has long been dominated by writers in the main cities of the central …
From panegyrics to the end of poetry
1 January 2012
by ko ko thett
The Burmese word for poem or poetry is
kavya
, derived from the Sanskrit term
kavya
, …
POEM
THE CONNOISSEUR
When it came to happiness she was a gourmet, a connoisseur of small moments and …
POEM
ONE YEAR AFTER
I arrange my memory in readiness for the grave, Put spices in her shroud and silver …
POEM
IN THE NAME OF THE MOTHERS
It is a clear channel From Brigid, the master-poet, To Brigid of Kildare, Donor of …
POEM
BETWEEN THE STATUES OF O’CONNELL & LARKIN
dead pigeon debris is borne on the air bumper blows the clipped wing clean and the …
POEM
THE EIGHTIES
Dolls ’tached. Sindy, Jana drowned. Six and seven. Cat flat dead on a Massey. …
POEM
TAKE AND READ
You can study history, Riddles, rumours and gossip, Pages of crazy electronics, And …
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