Short Family Name Poems

My named is used for either sex,
   Simply spelt or more complex.
Given to me to make it last,
   A family name from the past.
January 16, 2017...

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11-21-2016


Playing by your rules in this game
No cheating
Without comparing
Would you dare sharing?
Hoping you will tell me the dark secrets about your family name
Or will you be frozen by the ashame?
For goodness sake in what kind of cause?
What's in a name?...

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...Though in closing, it must be said
they did not remain there for long.
A damned Yankee wed to a Reb?
The locals all declared it wrong.

Like many others they went west,
and made Colorado there home,
the family lives there to his day,
‘Abner’ a family name well-known.

…and ‘April’ too....

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Once a promising cruise 
has become a curse 
fare thee well 
to a land I will never meet 
as I become one with the ocean 
my bones shall lie at the bottom 
of its endless graveyard 
taking my freedom for a new life 
and my family name with it 
all things must end 
yet the tragic history 
of the Titanic 
will live on...

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Hurt, disappointment, shame
It hurts just to reflect on your name
Why do you do the shameful things
Bringing down our family name

You are very ill
I know the agony that you face each day
Surely upsets you in every way
But there is help if you will depend on God

He loves you and will protect you
Covering you with his love...

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There once was a man named Archie
Definitely not so starchy
Ridicule his best gift
Supremacy his lift
An upper hand controlled Archie

Bunker was his family name
Superiority his game
He put intellect down
Made Michael wear a frown
And his viewers flush with red shame

Syllables checked. 
Written: 02/14/2019...

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I never angled for a laugh
for being known as bickerstaffe,
an English clan devoid of fame,
an ordinary family name.

I mused, then through the ages cast
in hopes to find a storied past
and found my folks had expertise
in cultivating honey-bees. 

I prize my humble pedigree
and praise the noble honey-bee
for all the sweetness that it brings
if I can just avoid those stings!...

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Mrs Wordsworth had a new baby
William was his name
She was so proud of her little son
Not expecting his rise to fame
He was a famous poet
I think Poet Laureate of his time
His beautiful choice of words
And the way he made them rhyme
This made him very wealthy
And he knew what his words were worth
I do not think his family name
Was an accident of birth
William Wordsworth!...

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Never angling for a laugh
I call myself just 'bickerstaffe;'
an English clan devoid of fame,
a plain and simple family name.

I mused, then through the ages cast
in hopes to find a storied past
to find my folk had expertise
in cultivating honey-bees. 

I prize my humble pedigree
and praise the noble honey-bee
for all the sweetness that it brings
if I can just avoid those stings!...

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Never angling for a laugh
I call myself just 'bickerstaffe;'
an English clan devoid of fame,
a plain and simple family name.

I mused, then through the ages cast
in hopes to find a storied past
to find my folk had expertise
in cultivating honey-bees. 

I prize my humble pedigree
and praise the noble honey-bee
for all the sweetness that it brings
if I can just avoid those stings!...

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Never angling for a laugh
I call myself just 'bickerstaffe;'
an English clan devoid of fame,
a plain and simple family name.

I mused, then through the ages cast
in hopes to find a storied past
to find my folk had expertise
in cultivating honey-bees. 

I prize my humble pedigree
and praise the noble honey-bee
for all the sweetness that it brings
(if I can just avoid those stings!)...

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Life Choices
Written: by Tom Wright.
7-20-2016

Tangible success or inner gratification,
Were the choices in life that I once faced.
My life could remain just an aberration,
And the family name, become disgraced;

Then I arrived at my road’s branching,
Firmly entrenched, I faced a life choice.
Trembling, I stood, with color blanching,
Jesus had given me cause to now rejoice.
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Knowing my ancestral roots changed my life
Where they came from and their names and their way of living
I come from a line of hard workers and intelligent people
I believe I can live to the family name
Even though they were not famous I know 
They are still my ancestors and so
My ancestors is where I came from and they are important part of my history
That without them I wouldn't be where I am today
My ancestors may be from long time ago
That indeed they are a part of me...

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