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Tigerbone Wine: Poems
Book by Tham, Hilary
85 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 1992
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February 5, 2024
A collection of poems about identity, family, religion, and folklore.
from Betrayal: "Each lie shrank him / in her eyes till she towered over him. / He turned to other women who believed / he was as tall as he claimed."
from The Toast: "I would not with on anyone the Chinese curse: / 'May you live in interesting time.' / The suburbs are dull—a little / land to call our own, the smell of fresh / cut grass, the sound of rain / pattering on our roof and neighbors who do not / covet what we have, they have it too."
from Losing Our Mothers: "Once again, we are the last child / anxious to be picked up from daycare, / and night coming. Though we have plenty / of coins in our pocket to call home, / we know that phone will sound in an empty house. / It will ring and ring, crying for connection."
from Betrayal: "Each lie shrank him / in her eyes till she towered over him. / He turned to other women who believed / he was as tall as he claimed."
from The Toast: "I would not with on anyone the Chinese curse: / 'May you live in interesting time.' / The suburbs are dull—a little / land to call our own, the smell of fresh / cut grass, the sound of rain / pattering on our roof and neighbors who do not / covet what we have, they have it too."
from Losing Our Mothers: "Once again, we are the last child / anxious to be picked up from daycare, / and night coming. Though we have plenty / of coins in our pocket to call home, / we know that phone will sound in an empty house. / It will ring and ring, crying for connection."
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