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Maung Day

Maung Day is a Myanmar-born poet, artist, translator and development worker based in Yangon. He has published eight poetry books in Burmese and one chapbook Gasoline in English. His poems have appeared in international journals such as Guernica, the Awl, the Wolf, International Poetry Review, Asymptote and Shampoo. Maung Day participated in the 2016 Singapore Writers Festival.

I’ll Come Back Later | ခဏနေ ကျွန်မ ပြန်ခဲ့မယ်…

Stop setting me alight with that look on your face. Please just leave me alone. I’ll come back later. You have no idea How I collapse into madness, How my marrow melts and evaporates, And how a tempest forms in …

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Lily | လီလီ

Lily flutters her long pitch-black curly eyelashes. In the middle of the night, clusters of rainbows bloom From her ivy-like hair, from her cheeks and from her neck. Wearing a thin curved hem top and tight mini-jeans, Lily serves beer… …

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