Myanmar poet Saw Wai was arrested Tuesday for publishing what appears to be a very bad love poem with a hidden message: it's an acrostic, and read vertically, the first word of each line forms the phrase "Power Crazy Senior General Than Shwe."
Than Shwe is the leader of the country's military junta. If I ran a well-trafficked online lit journal, I'd be calling for a quick "Power Crazy Senior General Than Shwe" acrostic issue (probably have to go with the first letter, not first word, of each line, unless you're writing in a language--like Saw Wai's Burmese--that can accomodate "Shwe" as a first word). As it is, I haven't been writing poetry for a while, and could use an assignment with constraints. I'll be working on a "Power Crazy Senior General Than Shwe" poem today.
UPDATE: Congrats to AJPL for making this chapbook happen.
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1.24.2008 at 9:54 AM
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10:18 AM
Dude. That's an awesome idea.
11:13 AM
Okay, I've got one up on my blog.
If you can't find a journal to run with this idea, you should put together an anthology or something.
11:03 PM
Love the idea! I'm going to work on one. Will post it to my blog soon.
9:13 AM
Wow, Angela--I love your "About Me" on your profile--some there I'll need to look up--and "stolentelling"--what an excellent word. Glad you stopped by.
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