"Exile is ?the unhealable rift forced between a human being and a native place, between the self and its true home: Its essential sadness can never be surmounted?. Edward Said (2001) Reflections on Exile and Other Essays, 2nd Ed, Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, p.173. The late Burmese poet Tin Moe?s poems, written after he left his homeland, reflect his feelings grappling with exiled experience. The three poems I?m critiquing here are the pieces that best represent the exiled condition: Lwan Einmat Mha Nga Noe Hta Thaw (Awake from a Dream of Homesickness), Amay Boh Pan Khu Thwa Tawla (Flower-Picking Epic for Mum), and Hmyaw Lint Chat Mee Pon Kalay Hnit (With a Lantern of Hope)..."