[New-Poetry] Love poet busted in Burma

[James Cervantes]

See what happens when you try to be a covert political poet.  Much
contemporary poetry will be re-examined in the light of this.

- Jim

On 1/25/08, jforjames at aol.com <jforjames at aol.com> wrote:
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> http://www.cbc.ca/arts/books/story/2008/01/24/burmese-poet.html
>  Burmese arrest poet over love verse with secret message
>  Last Updated: Thursday, January 24, 2008 | 3:03 PM ET
>  CBC News
>  Burma has arrested a well-known poet over a love poem authorities charge is
> a secret criticism of military leader Than Shwe.
> Saw Wai was arrested Tuesday after his February the 14th poem appeared in a
> Rangoon magazine, The Love Journal.
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>  Burmese police have arrested a poet they say wrote a secret criticism of
> military leader Than Shwe, shown in 2005, in a love poem.
>  (David Longstreath/Associated Press) The poem's secret message was "Power
> crazy Senior General Than Shwe," and could be discovered by reading the
> first words of each line.
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