We remember Hilary Tham - poet, painter, encourager - with one of her own poems:
Mrs. Wei on Governments
Malaysian Government is like the American
price system: take it or leave it.
It's easy enough to leave a dress hanging
on the rack, but a country is not something
you can get up and walk away from. Your Congress
resembles our marketplace: haggling and shouting
until everyone is a little satisfied.
Can we visit a shop where I can talk
the price down? I want to buy a victory,
I need a good fight.
- Hilary Tham
(From Bad Names for Women.)
In memory of Hilary Tham Goldberg, 1947-2005.
For more, visit Hilary Tham's website. (Be sure to read her poetry workshops page.)
