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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
HATCHING; FOR DAW AUNG SAN SUU KYI, by KAREN SWENSON Poet's Biography
First Line: On university avenue in rangoon
Last Line: To crack its walls with wings.
Subject(s): Burma; Revolutions; Silence; Solitude; Loneliness
First Line: On university avenue in rangoon
Last Line: To crack its walls with wings.
Subject(s): Burma; Revolutions; Silence; Solitude; Loneliness
For Daw Aung San Suu Kyi
On University Avenue in Rangoon,
each day she dines on solitude.
Made mute by generals,
her voice is amplified by silence.
A bird eats its cell,
to crack its walls with wings.
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