Names Poems

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let me love you again
	in love with you in every way
	in love with you in every way again
   things you are
   giving up
	giving you up
	i need to give you up, but i know not yet how
		why can't i view you as a friend
		why can’t i get over it
		it’s been so long
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Categories: names, betrayal, break up, heartbreak,
Form: List

Premium MemberOur Mothers Gave Us Their Names

That quiet-ness,
middle of the night,
insomniac,
sleep as it gets bright
toss turn sides & back....
drift to afternoon wake,
stomach rumbles,
to an oven that bakes,
and is humbling.
The fall is a mind's wrap
of how the co-existence
leaves us in scrambles,
Our mother gave us our names,
and euphoria is always the blame.
Scrambling in dirt and even worse,
Limo carries another hearse
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Categories: names, introspection, mother son,
Form: Rhyme


Premium MemberWhat They Do to Names

it is hilarious to me that crib means home
that bread means money
that John means toilet
that Dick means
Well, you know
But I am not happy about what they have done….
to the name Karen
it’s how I pronounce my name
and it makes me sad.
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Categories: names, 10th grade, 11th grade,
Form: Free verse

Tiny Worm Pen Names

Tiny Worm pen names,
accounts in poetry world 
very clear to me
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Categories: names, allegory, analogy,
Form: Senryu

Names we gave

Name of hardship to life’s journey we gave,
To means that help move on, money we gave.

To loose change that’s today money the least,
What else? As a worthless penny we gave.

That which never if ever opened mouth,
To dumb mirror, nickname dummy we gave. 

To love’s first journey of sweet memories,
Yea, you have guessed it right: honey
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Categories: names, funny, journey, life, money,
Form: Ghazal


Names in a Sandstone Wall 27-07-25

A declaration of love etches
itself deep into a bed of soft sandstone.
The kind that's hastily scratched on
with nothing more than a stone
found on the nearby ground.
The letters are shaky, imperfect
but the heart that binds them is true.
Some initials are old, some much younger
yet all possess the flair of emotion that their carvers had. 
Inevitably, they
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Categories: names, 12th grade, love,
Form: Free verse

Ten Pen Names

I think that someone here uses ten pen names, two males eight females
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Categories: names, write,
Form: Monoku

Show, Don't Tell

In my experience
between the two
I'm not naming names
but what people say
and what they do
are not always
one and the same
as they don't follow through
life gets in the way
I understand
but that's no reason
not to let me know
there's been a change of plan
when told I'll call
give you a ring is when
I know I'll never
hear from them ever again
all
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Categories: names, how i feel, people,
Form: Rhyme

Just A Question

just question, how many pen names "some other" had/have used in here/there?
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Categories: names, write, writing,
Form: Monoku

Names, dates, birthdays

They don't know my name.

 I keep it hidden between the folds of my skirt. They told me I had to wear it but they don't like that they can't see my legs anymore. I keep it hidden in the bows holding my pigtails together. 


They don't know my name.

I'm my father's daughter, my brother's
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Categories: names, daughter, endurance, metaphor,
Form: Free verse

Premium Memberwe did not have names

I was a twirly whirly dancing girl
But not alone, for there was another spinning top
She looked like me, had my face and my smile
We laughed the same, an excited giggle really

Sometimes we laughed so hard, we went into silent laugh mode
Staring at each other as happy tears ran down our face
It looked like we were
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Categories: names, me,
Form: Free verse

Premium MemberThe Meanings Of Our Names

I gaze at a forest of willow trees beside the sea,
Presenting to me lovely meanings of love and beauty
In loving a man so deeply that I want him to be with me.
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Categories: names, boyfriend, dedication,
Form: Sijo

Premium MemberHow did you get their names so wrong

Thor did not live up to his name
He was skinny, weak a petite Fontaine
Wren, his brother was a Herculean guy
Brawny and strapping, he caught many an eye

How did you get their names so wrong?
I asked their mother, Mrs. Wong.
Thor weighed ten at birth, Wren weighed three.
A cruel joke God played on me.
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Categories: names, humor,
Form: Rhyme

Premium MemberBetter Names for a Camel

The dromedary camel has one hump,
and the Bactrian camel has two,
but I always get them mixed up!
Do you?

So, just for a bit of fun,
here are some alternate names for camels.
(Feel free to pick your favorite one!)

One alternative, after some study,
could be a handle like "Dune Buddy".

Or we could suggest, without fear of rebuke,
an appellation like
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Categories: names, humor,
Form: Rhyme

Premium MemberBetter Names for an Octopus

A better name for an octopus?
It's tough to make stuff up.
We could start with a brand-new appellation.
How about a name like "Suction Pup"?!

Or perhaps we could start the debate
with a numerical tag like "Ocean's Eight".

Another name open for discussion
would be a handle like "Squid's Cousin".

Still another, somewhat grandiloquent,
could be the rather pompous "Inknificent".

My Scottish friends,
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Categories: names, humor,
Form: Rhyme

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