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

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.