Picking off new shoots will not stop the spring: witness poems and essays from Burma / Myanmar 1988–2021 festivals they explode out of her

they explode out of her like an over-squeezed stress ball

After decades of hiding

what if Hilo wasn’t the only thing to fall to our planet

he remains steadfast: “Raphael loves Jerome

or maybe it’s the gift giving and holiday parties to come that day

Picking off new shoots will not stop the spring: witness poems and essays from Burma / Myanmar 1988–2021 festivals they explode out of herEdited by Ko Ko Thett & Brian Haman paperback Fallen innocents on blood stained streets. The defiant banging of pots and pans echoing in the darkness. The birth of a springtime revolution amidst the interrupted lives of a country and its people. On the morning of 1 February 2021, a coup dtat was initiated by the Tatmadaw, Myanmars military, effectively overthrowing the democratically elected members of the countrys ruling party, the National League