KyiMayKaung

Burma, America, The World, Art, Literature, Political Economy through the eyes of a Permanent Exile. "We must take sides. Neutrality helps the oppressor, never the oppressed. Sometimes we must interfere. . . There is so much injustice and suffering crying out for our attention . . . writers and poets, prisoners in so many lands governed by the left and by the right." Elie Wiesel, Nobel Peace Prize Speech, 1986, Oslo. This entire site copyright Kyi May Kaung unless indicated otherwise.

Tuesday, February 18, 2014

Interview of Burmese-born poet Ko Ko Thett --

Bringing back up front.

This interview of poet Ko Ko Thett is exceptional. It brings out all I think will happen in Burma, that I have been thinking without (being able to go) going there. Thank you.

http://www.mizzima.com/opinion/interviews/item/10910-poetic-justice/10910-poetic-justice

pyinyar shii twe kyii tar
pyae kyii tar te hman te.

A wise person thinking it through
is more accurate than running to take a look.

KMKaung.

KyiMayKaung

Tuesday, February 18, 2014

Interview of Burmese-born poet Ko Ko Thett --

Place names I came across in reading DGE Hall--Mainly a history of the rivalry between the French, the British and the Dutch in S and SE Asia from the 16th century onwards.

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