November 11, 2008
They fear poetry
Yesterday in Burma: Poet Saw Wai was sentenced to two years imprisonment. He was charged under section 505/b of the Penal Code. The poet was arrested after his poem mocking junta’s leader Sr. Gen. Than Shwe entitled “February 14” was published in the Love Journal. The first words of each line of the poem spelled out “Power Crazy Senior General Than Shwe.”
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oh yes - poetry is so, so powerful. i'm not the littlest surprised.
remember the lives of others? of course you do. and yes.
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