Naming Poems - Poems about Naming

A young couple next door just had a new girl, They looked at me for ideas so I gave it a whirl. Since she’s a gem, I’d name her Kim, Both quickly replied that our Gem will be Pearl. ...

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They all died The lying died Inside of her mind I travel Peeled rays of sunlight A distant eclipse The whale had Executed it’s reasons Casketing denial Of flight Thundering clap Of freedom Dismembermenting And shear Outfleshing law And principle To the news of breaching She hid in forfeits plans Filling your time Plan Plans against you explore Laughter The cosmic guess None of witch And only design Never Today perhaps a chore Fast of hinge Consequence of entry Always the return of cold Mysterious...

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Bluebird, Lilac, Little Dove Nicknames for someone beloved She knows of whom I speak about She knows it's her, without a doubt And I'll admit indeed it is That someday too I plan for this Her name tattooed within a vine Her name displayed in grand design...

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A Commentary on "A Note on the [Patriarchal-Colonizing] Treatment of Plant Names" by Robin Wall Kimmerer, p. 385 BRAIDING SWEETGRASS: INDIGENOUS WISDOM, SCIENTIFIC KNOWLEDGE, AND THE [SACRED] TEACHINGS OF PLANTS I too often accept with nary a LeftBrain dominant thought that our verbalized labels for individual EgoPersons are RoyallyCAPITALIZED. To write "Marvin Appletree" would be to strip my tree of His/Her sacred status as an EarthTribe indigenous child of MotherEartha Just-us another tree of unvoiced organic...

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Much serious thought should be given to the naming of them, for would we call a Byzantine Emperor Tiddles, Blackie or Patches, would we name an Egyptian Pharaoh, Ginger, Tiger, Tom, or Peanut? Cat’s are royalty, no less noble than the Great Charlemagne - and they know it, thus it is most essential that we get the little buggers neutered. ~~~~~~~~~ a nod to T.S. Eliot...

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If you hailed from South Dakota, And someone asked you, "Where you from?" You wouldn’t simply say, “Uh, Dakota.” And if you grew up in the hills of West Virginia, You’d never be inclined to just reply, “Oh, I’m from Virginia.” But if your mind is going to Carolina, And you knew James Taylor’s home address, It doesn’t matter whether North or...

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The sing-song chatter of small birds frame a window of light. My kettle is coughing; soon its shrill whistle will startle me, even though I know exactly when it will erupt. Bears have been sighted in Ohio. Elsewhere, the plague has been seen crossing rivers on a jet ski. The birds sing something from ‘The Magic Flute.’ or Bohemian Rhapsody – hard to tell. Far...

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Often a parent cannot know What seeds of anguish they do sow When a name on offspring they bestow Teased by army pals whilst abroad Oscar ,became Claude ! This soldier, painter ,who changed his name, Later found world-wide fame; So if you find an Oscar Monet, today Keep it safe,don't throw it away ! Copyright © Brian Strand | Year Posted 2009...

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The name of a baby is an important decision Easy to pronounce or a lifetime of derision ? Let us take for example Mr and Mrs Power Decided the name of their son in about a hour Max Power was born and a footballer he became Suppose he would have to be with that name Then of...

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In his school years he was good at naming things. Trees, minerals, the anatomy of rabbits, butterflies and all things he saw or imagined he saw. Later…much later, He realized he knew nothing of anything that walked the earth or grew upon it or flew above it. Later still, his internal organs began to name him. Bushes and flowers named him as he walked by. Birds called...

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Don’t be melodramatic, Mama Witch said. Don’t want to take curmudgeon with you to bed. Little Witch smelled honeysuckle of her Uncle Ted. It came incrementally as beddy bye book was read. You’re the kingpin of your life, said her cousin Zed. She loved it when these spirits came into her head. Next morning Mama Witch asked “Ready for a moped?” Why...

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Looking for a new name Thackray was playing the game Ready to survive Being alive In the high profile section Worthy to have fame protection To stay there another year A point needed to stay clear Out of relegation hanging with the right dear Off to see Old Trafford Information to be gathered A magical...

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Call it cold rock crow when it just sits there amidst untouchable brambles and mocks- Call it blind crow when it pecks out its own eyes becoming numb to injustice and violence- Call it plug crow when it covers the ears to a plea Call it humble crow when for God it takes a knee- Call it Jim crow...

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No one fairly knows what a "thing" is, not before "education" Attributes ... Names begin "THING-ing" for us, the indoctrination Moses means "pull out, draw" as Pharaoh's daughter did Even Avram was changed to Abraham, Jacob to "Isra El" by God Some naming is needed. But for God, human SHUTDOWN would be the rule! NOTES: 1. Most of...

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They wanted a name that was trendy And thought maybe "Cindy" or "Mindy" Spanked at the start Out popped a fart So everyone knew she was, "Wendy"...

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