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Foreigners are not allowed in newly opened Keketuohai National Geological Park. But, drawn by a hundred 1000-foot granite domes that rise above the coniferous forests and the gushing, emerald-green Irytish River, how could we stay away?

That hazy, faintly discernible glow,
already half erased,
lodged in the corners of the night 

You smiled, slumped in your chair.
I was reclining. We talked but
not much was said. It was the day

How an insurgent movement of pro-democracy activists—from underground, in exile, or in prison—returned to take Burma’s military junta by political storm.

Once again the land was alone
with me. The hills were humped and low.