Picking off new shoots will not stop the spring: witness poems and essays from Burma / Myanmar 1988–2021 festivals or maybe it’s the gift

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

What happens when a mind which is such a melting pot of brilliant ideas and contrary emotions tries to unscramble the identity of a country like Singapore which is known for a fierce economic growth that has often elbowed aside everything else

After decades of hiding

Did it fall off

Katie is now back in Asia and

Picking off new shoots will not stop the spring: witness poems and essays from Burma / Myanmar 1988–2021 festivals or maybe it’s the giftEdited 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