Translated from the Burmese and introduced by Violet Cho & David GilbertThis is the first anthology that presents contemporary poems translated from Burmese writers on the cultural margins. The introduction situates the poems of Mya Kabyar, Tin Nwan Lwin and Khaing Mar Kyaw Zaw within a historical and cultural context and explores their significance in Burmese poetry. The three poets provide alternative voices to the dominant culture of Burmese poetry because of their ethnic minority status or location in the country's troubled periphery. The featured poets are part of diverse literary communities that have emerged within and in response to Myanmar's decades-long experience of dictatorship and civil war.