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.

Thursday, March 27, 2014

Beowulf new translation --

Hwaet! Listen up! It starts.

The very first Anglo-Saxon (Old English) poem Beowulf, or which only one copy exists in manuscript form (see Michael Wood documentary, scroll down)--This new translation is by Nobel laureate poet, Seamus Heany--

http://www.amazon.com/Beowulf-Verse-Translation-Bilingual-Edition/dp/0393320979#reader_0393320979

KyiMayKaung

Thursday, March 27, 2014

Beowulf new translation --

Trump cartoons-have a good laugh before your buy groceries--

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