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AING
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OA
TTWIN
OAT

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ST
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STAR
WA

THE DA
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DATES
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STAINED
THE DA
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DAY
THE ES
SENCE
ESSENCE

YANGON MORNING

IN THE FOG OF P
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PA
THE SONG GOOD - BYE

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HTA
THE REST ( 1 )
THE REST ( 2 )

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THE REST ( 3 )

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THE SCULPT
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HARVESTING BY SIL
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THE SKY WIND

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SECRETIVE

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INTRODUT
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PEACE

PEACE IN W
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MAGIC COUNTR
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MINERAL

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LIFE DEA
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THE TUNE S
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FULL MOON NIGHT

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AFFECTION

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BL
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TAUNGOO ERA

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PREF
ACE
PREFACE
. . . . Compr
essed wi
th minimal
ism . . . .
Compressed
with
minimalism
The two poets: MINN NYUNT HLAING and YAN LINN AUNG
who wrote THE COMMON NOUN, Poem Collection are not only the
poets from Sittaung river basin but aslo the ones born and grown up in
Taungoo region.
Both of them have different outlook and different passage of
time respectively, although their view - angles, thought - angles and
word usage are different, the age they observed and passed by together
is the same. They selected one way of composing poem which was
offered by their age they passed by. The age they experienced was
swift, short and confused. In order to match with such qualities of the
age, they selected the way and the system to compose poem. That is
to make the poem by compressing with minimalism.
It is the way of composing with the fewest words, seizing
tightly the swiftness of the changes of happenings in the age. This
means that the readers should enjoy as much as their mood is extreme
and feel as much as they widen their scope of sense. This is the
communication between the readers and the poets they have got.
All I said above is only a summary of the experiences they
passed by and the way how they composed and why I said that is I
want readers to notify how they composed or made the poems in THE
COMMON NOUN. I hope that poem readers discover the way of their
composing by compressing with minimalism in the two poets'forty three
poems.
May poets and readers be fresh and cheerful.

MA
UNG NI MON
MAUNG
( 11. 9. 2014 )

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PROFILE
Im hit,
I win
And make poem.
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OA
TTWIN
OAT
The old violet range
Takes a smoke to a cheroot,
Blows the smoke with the miss,
As the sun is swallowed.
A piece of fallen star,
Being still embedded into breast,
Cant be pulled out anymore.
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ST
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STAR
WA
Under such nights starry sky,
Im not a starry one,
Not to pray though see star falls,
Im just to fly my flag up,
Still to reach top the flag-staff.
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THE DA
TES CRUELL
Y ST
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DATES
CRUELLY
STAINED
Boots,
Such military boots kept
Treading on treads of our Building for
The Secretariats,
Crushing in violence,
*Gant-Gaw blossoms in
**Adipati Road were
At last in pieces .
Like the dogs passing
On the concrete not so set,
Unerasable, hoof-prints were left.
Blood,
Such drops in blood,
On ugly pages history stained,
Off never will be drained
In the flow of rain
Indeed!
These blood drops are matyrs
Certainly!
They are the heroic students
Dates,
The dates,
With the sprinkled blood drops,
Cruelly, firmly stained, the dates:
July the 19th, July the 7th
Done on earth __ the eternal inscription.
The truth asseverated with blood__
The curse made of the blood__
The false in belief__we dont need.

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THE DA
Y OF BEING SPIRIT
DAY
You just need to be sure.
The ways are already set,
Of human,
Of the spirit,
Of the beast,
And so on.....
On the day making poem,
All I am
Becomes a spirit
Even to smart suns eyes from
My radiance,twinkle and twinkle.

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THE ES
SENCE
ESSENCE
Dont care these cans so empty,
Refuse,honey,certainly.
In deep hole for society,
Love beautiful poverty.
On top mountain,roses flowering,
To you,Ill bring by hands bloodily.
No hope to get anything.
Just, like the emerald shawl,your loving.

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YANGON MORNING
Before the eyes of pigeons and crows open,
On the old,mossy,frayed and wither walls,
At rusty, iron-grilled and sunken windows,
Not well slept, women in busts.
Appeared and disappeared,
Up and up,waken,
Gradually.
Not so long
When, sunlight robbers,
High buildings and blocks
Squeeze as toothpaste,
The Great capital-dwellers are__
Gushed into the streets
The ants in ravine.
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IN THE FOG OF P
AST
PA
Surrounding the bonfire,
We all sat__brothers and sisters
As the drums little kept circular.
Took the warmth as milk suckers,
The puppies,jostling into dog mother.
Like the radios turned on together
Our voice got noisy and noisier,
In wall guarding against the wind
Piercing from cold weather.
Also in the family-net,
Pushed,into Moms hug,ourselves.
Over and over,
Turned Moms face to ours against.
Without fail,
Sucking Moms body- scent .
Out of the net,
The cold season was left.
Mom,
Then,the elders,
Brothers,sisters
Woke up at dawn earlier
Keeping their blankets on us
Layer by layer
Covering their love on us
Layer by layer.
So much I remember
Warm days in cold season
Left in childhood so further.
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w'dwf'dwf
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THE SONG GOOD-BYE


Having seen the face
Above water level,
Could you guess how
The body below is ?
As the beats the ship sails away,
The rock
Has pumped the blood warm
Rhythmically.
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jrefrmhtm;upm;udk
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tmPm&l;awGeJY
c&dkeDBuD;awG&JU
raumif;owif;tpHkpHkudk
aemufqHk;tajctaetxd
wdwdususpkaqmif;aerSmyJ /
igra&muf&Sdzl;wJh
avmuaxmifhusOf;awGxJ
ESYHESYHpyfpyfqGJac: jyrSmyJ /
NrdKUjytif*sifeD,m qdkwm
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olYudk,fydkifjyufvkH;eJY
[uf[ufyufyuf&,farmaerSmyJ /
atmf . . . .
aAmfvfwJ,m;eJYarG;aeYwlvdkY
BuHzef*kPf,lwwfolBuD;
aoaeYrSmb,foleJYwlzdkY
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IF MY FRIEND THANN HT
AY WERE . . .
HTA
If my friend Thann Htay were,
It was Myanmar Sports
He would vituperate,
Extremely.
It was the bad news
Of the power-mad,
The corrupt cronies
He would collect in detail,
Exactly.
It was the worlds narrow angles
All I have never been
He would bring me in,
Thoroughly.
It was his private joke that
Civil engineer is only
To show the city
He would laugh with
Heartily.
Oh! my friend,
Youre the one always proud of
Being same with Voltaire
In birthday,but
To whom were you eager
To be the same in
Death day?
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t us ef ( 1 )
ckawmh
c&rf;a&mifylazmif;
wpfvHk;
avxJrSmwef;vef;
ig hudk
pmem[efai;vdkY /

/
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THE REST ( 1 )
Now,
Hanging in the wind,
A purple baloon is
Gazing at me
In compassion .
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wpfa,mufwnf;aomuf&wJh
aumfzDcGufuav;&,f
uAsmrzGJU&ufawmhygbl;uG,f /
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THE REST ( 2 )
The coffee _ cup
To drink alone
I shan't compose of you .
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ckawmh
xD;uav;wpfvuf[mvnf;
rsuf&nfpufvufeJY /
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THE REST (3 )
Now,
Only umbrella is
In tears too .
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t oH a A '
olY&JU
ygVdbmomtoHxGufu
Xmefu&dkPf;odyfusw,f /
wpfckyJ
ajymp&m&Sd&JU
olUvufa0SUwkdif;
jcif&dkufbwfwH
ZD0defajcGoH
o[Zmwrjzpfwmav;
wpfckygyJav /
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THE PHONETICS
His pronunciation
In *Parli is
So distinct and
So excellent.
It is just one
To criticize that
Killing sound of
Waving hand at
His mosquito - bat
Is not so matched.

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o wd
aumif;uifMunfhola&
Mu,fawGudkajc&mcHyg
yef;yifuav;awGudk reif;rdygapeJY /
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TO NO
TIFY
NOTIFY
Sky-watcher,
Stalk the stars,
Dont step on flowers .
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THE TWO HANDS


The two hands
Different in points of departure
The two hands different in appearance
The two hands different in colour
The two hands different in background
The two hands
Mounting up to air between
The two hands as the iron bar
Still framed at bridge
The two hands __ either to greet in warmth
The two hands __ or to play arm-wrestling against
The two hands
Unable to sketch the point of arrival
The two hands.
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aemufaygufuav;awG pl;prf;Mu
a&SUvlrsm;udk tHhMoMu&JU /
rdom;pkawG pHkwGJawG
vnfMu ywfMu tyef;ajzMueJY
ppf[mrjzpfcJhovdk
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COMBA
TANT
S - CEMETER
Y
COMBAT
ANTS
CEMETERY
Contemporary kids observe,
To their amazement, the people in past.
Families, couples
Visit,tour and relax;
It seems that no war happened.

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y ef ; yk q & m
aeYpOf&ufquft&l;trl;
zkxpfuGJ&S vufMurf;rsm;eJY
pl;aqmuf"m;oGm;rsm;&JU rMuifemjcif;eJY
opf&dkif;wHk;xJ
ydwfrdaeqJewfrdr,fudku,fxkwfzdkY /
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THE SCULPT
OR
SCULPTOR
Day by day crazily with
Bruised cut rough hands
The blades of gimlet
Chisel and knife
In cruelity,
Within a raw log
Still stuck closely
Lovely angel
To be rescued .

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a iG v r if ; eJY a u m uf &d wf jc if ;
a&cJav eJY at;cJva&mif
c&rf;Eka&mifwaiGUaiGUawmufavmifvdkY
tarmufaxmifwJh Mu,ftdkawGMum;rSm
wHZOfauG;av;bmudk&dwfodrf;rvJ /
va&mifenf;enf;&Sd&if
enf;enf;vrf;avQmuf&r,fwJh
jrif;&dkif;wpfaumif&JU cGmoH
nxJrSmnHaeqJ /
cspfarwmudkpdkufysdK;cJholwdkY
vGrf;qGwfrIom&dwfodrf;&awmhrvm; /

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HARVESTING BY SIL
VER MOON
SILVER
Icy wind, freezing moon light
Smouldering dim glow in purple
Among the old stars cresting
What are you harvesting, bending sickle ?
If theres little moon light
Walk up little
The hoofs of a wild horse keep
Galloping noisily within the night .
Do all those who grew love
Have to harvest only the missing ?
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wd rf pG ef a v
NydKtHhrl;rl;wdrfrnf;ndK
avnif;wpfpvdkw,f /
aemufqHk;aumuf&dk;rQif
ukvm;tkwfausm&dk;udkcsdK;ypfowJh /
avnif;udkudkufcsDvmcJhr,f
aumuf&dk;wpfrQifulo,fyg&ap /

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THE SKY WIND


Going to collapse, the black clouds
The need is a piece of zephyr.
The last stalk of straw
Has broken the camals backbone.
Ill come biting zephyr,
Let me help carry a stalk of straw.

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& ef v if ; a t m if
YAN LINN A
UNG
AUNG

aygifrkefYwpfvHk;yJ pm;csifw,f
aygifrkefYtrsm;BuD;
jyefay;r,f
?
Only a loaf of br
ead , I w
ant to eat
bread
want
y loa
ves of br
ead , I'l
e back .
Many
loav
bread
I'lll giv
give
Man

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tHkY yk ef ;
rdk;rac:&JwJh zm;uav;
aoGYajcmuftufuGJajrvTmay:
odkodkodyfodyfrEmefawG
pkpnf;odrf;xkyf&if;
yJhwifeH&Ha0;ae&wkef;

pMu0Vm&,f . . . .
pdwfeJYrqHhawmh
ydawmufawG b,fvdkyGifhw,fqdkwm
em;rpGifh&Jbl; /
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SECRETIVE
Darent call the rain, the little frog.
On dried, burnt, cracked earth,
Gathering, keeping, packeging
Secretly suppressed *mantras,
Its still far away from
The wall to echo.
The universe . . . . .
Doesnt hold the soul
Darent listen mush to
How the **Padauks bloom.
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t zG ifh a w ;
a[h vl a[h vl
x x
a[h vl a[h vl
x x
a[h vl a[h vl
x x
cifAsm; vif;oavmuf
vufvufxr,fh
aumif;uifBuD;wJhAs /

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INTRODUCT
OR
Y SONG
INTRODUCTOR
ORY
Hey you !
Wake up, wake up.
wake up
Hey you !
Hey you !
wake up.
It is said that
The sky is to glitter
Just as you shine !
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Nid rf ; cs rf ; a & ;
ausmom;&ifom;Murf;wajy;wnf;xm;
&SifoefcP 'kvbw&m;
qdkcJuwdrsm; NrJMuygapom; /
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PEACE
Keep all the different on the same floor.
Life is very short time , hard to attain more.
May all the profound promises be kept to gain at all.
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p pf wG if ; Nid rf ; cs rf ; a & ;
tenf;qHk; xrif;wpfvkwf
trsm;qHk; em&D0uf
aumif;pGmtdyfpufEdl;x&&ifudkyJ
tJh'DaeY aovdkY&NyD /
/
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PEACE IN W
AR
WAR
If we could eat at least
A handful of rice
For half an hour the most
Sleep and wake up well
On such day!
We would be worth
Dying humanly.
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y O v uf Edl if iH o m ;
atmufvrf;q&mBuD;u
olxnfhxm;wJh tyif;
ig h udk,fxJu
oludk,fwdkifjyefqGJxkwfjy
a,mifuef;uef;eJY ighcrsm
aus;Zl; txl;wifcJh& /

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MAGIC COUNTR
Y CITIZEN
COUNTRY
The lord necromancy
Pulled out and showed me
The insinuated he had
Put within my body himself .
Being absent-minded,
I had to thank in depth .
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a &T 0g a & m if
aoG;pufcs
jyaomvrf;wavQmuf
arwmonfom
tom;wHqdyfyg /

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SAFFRON
Along the way guiding
Made by drops bleeding
Affection only is
Skin-print of seal.
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wG if ; xG uf
&ifylcJhw,f
ausmcsrf;cJhw,f
vlvm;ajrmufcJhw,f /

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MINERAL
Worried,
Given the creeps,
I was grown up.
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pdwftm;pdkufcJhw,f
aoG;tm;pdkufcJhw,f
wpfvrf;vHk;usm;ukwfusm;cJ
toufvkNyD;
tdwfpdkuf&Sif;cJhyg&JU
/
*emrNidrfwJh
onf;xdwf&ifzdk
ypfrSwfawGqD . . . . /
&efvif;atmif

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THROWING DAGGER EPISODE


Paid with concerntration
Paid with blood
The whole path is
Tenaciously deadly
Paid I have all myself .
Towards the horrifying
Fidgety targets .
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j' yf rJh y ef ; csD


udk,fxdvufa&muf
taotcsmzrf;cJhygw,f ?
udk,fhvufeJYvnf;
tukefvHk;xdw,f
rdw,f
udk,fhvufxJrawmh
wpfckrS&Sdraejyefbl; ?
qyfuyfabmvHk;awG
wpfvHk;NyD;wpfvHk;
ajrSmuf ajrSmuf upm;ae&ovdk
udk,fwdkY&JU
ESpf
v
aeY&uf awG . . . /
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ABSTRACT P
AINTING
PAINTING
Personally, so sure
I did the catch.
All are touched
All are captured
With my hands.
But,
Nothing is present
In my hands .
One after another . . . . .
Like playing juggling balls
Our years,
Months,
And the days are . . . . .
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&S if jc if ; a o jc if ;
avwdkufwdkif;
vIyfcwfaewJh opf&Guf[m
oufrJhjzpfw,f /
avxkudk vdk&myHkoGif;
avxJvrf;jzpfatmifcif;wJh
tawmifyHwpfpHk[m
ouf&Sdjzpfw,f /
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LIFE DEA
TH
DEATH
As the wind
Moving leaf ,
Lifeless .
Shape the air as they wish
Make the way within it,
A pair of wings ,
Alive .
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orPaw;
t&kPfwufNyD
&xm;vnf;qdkufNyD
tdyfrufyifawm&dkif;
oif;owfEdlifcJhNyD /

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THE TUNE S
AMAN
SAMAN
AMANh A
The day has dawned .
The train has also arrived .
Dream in dense junggle
Could have been girdled .
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cGJwrf;t&
pHkvHk;uef;avvGifhacG;eufr
csdKifhcGufeJY acsmifBudKacsmifMum;xJ
ykef;vQdK;uG,fvQdK;tNrD;av;ukyf
cRwfeif;oGm;ae&
/
a0pkt&
pya&bl;aiGrSiftjynfh
a0SY,rf;jrifhwuf
,kefuav; cvkwfupm;um
EdSyfcsvdkuf
a&ukefa&crf;yJ /
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&efvif;atmif

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FULL MOON NIGHT


By quota
All blind , stray dark bitch
In ground-hollows and nooks,
Curling the tail inwards ,
Surreptitiously ,
Has to be wandering __stealthily
By share ,
Spray can full with silver paint ,
Gradually , waves and rises
Toying with the button ,
Rabbit little has
Pressed it off __ all out .
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a r w m
vuG,fnudk cif;tdyf&JwJh
Mu,fawGeJY
ig htdrfuav;udk rdk;xm;w,f ?
aygifrkefYwpfvHk;yJ pm;csifw,f
aygifrkefYtrsm;BuD;
jyefay;r,f
?
opf&Gufuav;udkawmif
BuHK&maveJY rvdkufapcsifolyg /
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AFFECTION
With the stars
That dare lay moonless night to sleep ,

My house little is roofed .

Only a loaf of bread , I want to eat


Many loaves of bread , I'll give back .
I'm the one who does't want even a leaf
To accompany with casual wind .
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t v if ; yG ifh
tpdrf;vnf;pdkap
teDvnf;&Jap
t0gvnf;0if;ap
tjymvnf;vGifap
tjzLvnf;vufap
a&wdrfepfaom tarmufrsm;
oif;cGJcH&aom tNrD;rsm;
reufjzefobuf ra&GUapvdk
udk,fht&yfeJY udk,fhZmwfrSm
udk,fhvrf;eJYudk,f
ql;ajimifhcvkwfrsm;uif;yMuygap /

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BL
OOMING LIGHT
BLOOMING
Green be emerald,
Red be scarlet,
Yellow be bright,
Blue be vivid,
White be shiny,
May the crests
That trun to grief
Through a trivial cause
And the tails
Made dissension within,
Wishing not to move to any days,
In harmony of . . . .
How they act, what they need,
On their way themselves,
Be free from all . . . . .
Obstacles, impediments and obstructions.
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TAUNGOO ERA
Into the thumbs tip,
Till the neddles end,
Courage was hit off .
With the ultimate force.
All history birds ..
Flew away in fear.
Still wearing a smile,
The hand of no recoil
Also conquered .
*Yatu empire.
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tar
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b,fvdkb,favmufyJ & &
wrf;wrd&Hkav;eJY
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MO
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MOTHER
Hurtful nights and days out of the tolerance
How much however I continually have
Only by yearning
Forever lasting
The voice medicinal .
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aqmifMuOf;ay;vwHU /
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jr Bud K ; Mu m p m tk yf wdk uf

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BIR
THDA
YS
BIRTHDA
THDAYS
One birthday
To fade and make withered
Militarists and dictators
All Influence and power
Was proudly carried,
More such birthdays
Are being carried,
More and more coming birthdays
Will aslo be carried.
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SUNSET
Who could borrow
A moment for me
For a moment ?
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qmavmifrI zuf&Sif&dI;
yef;xufrSm
tyGifhydkuJMu /
tdyfrufrSm
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tqdyftawmufeJY
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udk,fhtmumo
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BEEHIVE
Fashion show of hunger
Blooming more
Above the flower.
To the dream
To apply with nectar
Venom and
Life are invested.
My life
My space
So anxious sweetness.

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IGNORAMOUS
Like the mosquito fat with blood
Cant fly up at once, as if
Its familiar with troubles
Without fright and fear
Hover and hover
Only to take, greedily to live
Still thinking of .

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