Saw Wai
January 26, 2008 at 10:19 am | Posted in writing | 4 CommentsTags: poetry, revolution, writing
Saw Wai, hero poet. If they are putting us in jail then we must still have some power.
Saw Wai is a Burmese poet jailed this week for hiding a cryptic message about the insane Burmese military dictatorship in a love poem.
Saw Wai !
Here is the article in The BBC with a copy of the poem in the original language.
And here is the Save Burma Website where you can get involved.
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Maybe even guns are powerless against words.
Comment by Narnie— January 26, 2008 #
yup. truth (dissidents) is always the enemy of the guilty (authorities).
Comment by Chico Mahalo— January 28, 2008 #
Thanks for the links. Its terrible that people can be imprisoned for their words, but in a sense inspiring that poetry has the power to threaten a military dictatorship
Comment by Crafty Green Poet— January 30, 2008 #
Yes it is. I like the fact that it was a cryptic message hidden in a love poem. For obvious reasons that really appealed to me. Saw Wai! Never forgotten.
Comment by gingatao!— January 30, 2008 #