Poetic Obituaries: Tin Moe died gracefully, and the nation lost

a great national poet who deserves to be honored in his homeland, but the military leaders clearly are afraid of a poet and his poems.

An excerpt from Tin Moe's poem Meeting with the Buddha (2000) captures the power of his spirit and words:

Meeting with the Buddha

from The Irrawaddy: The Great Poet Is Dead But Not Forgiven

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