Short Naming Poems

Short Naming Poems. Below are examples of the most popular short poems about Naming by PoetrySoup poets. Search short poems about Naming by length and keyword.


Haiku's Temple 304

Naming ceremony-
even haiku can
claim a word....

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Categories: naming, abuse, love,
Form: Haiku


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Naming of Nothing

Nothing
cannot be named
but the naming
of something
may seem
good enough~~~
...

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Categories: naming, beauty, words,
Form: Free verse
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Mars

Mars
seeming
emptiness
as fullness of
observation
and forms
with naming
and no names 
as it seems on
Earth
...

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Categories: naming, analogy, inspiration, words,
Form: Light Verse

Turtle

Turtle

Alpha and Omega were
the last words my
pet turtle spoke before
he died. I never got around to 
naming him.
...

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Categories: naming, humor,
Form: Free verse

Misguided Cartography

Looking at the stars
We play life's cartographers
Hastily naming
Which ones we're meant to follow
And which to pass in wonder...

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Categories: naming, confusion, journey, life, stars,
Form: Tanka


Naming

Please, name the heart!
-Love
Rename!
-Love

Please, name the love!
-Heart
Rename!
-Heart

-November 01, 2018 Chattogram...

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Categories: naming, how i feel,
Form: Free verse
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The Miracle of Life

So I wrote a poem
About the miracle of life
And posted it quite proudly
However naming it
Life Insurance
I fear the soup finds dowdy...

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Categories: naming, humorous, introspection, poetry, poets,
Form: Rhyme
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our daughter bob

my wife insists im a slob

for naming our daughter bob

was all I could do

and quite really true

bobs sure to find a great job.
...

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Categories: naming, anti bullying, cheer up, child, funny, giggle,
Form: Limerick

The Buck of Life

The Buck of Life

Fearful passing of…
Responsibility’s angst
Naming another.

© Dane Ann Smith-Johnsen
March 16, 2010
Poetic form: Senryu...

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Categories: naming, angst
Form: Senryu
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Storyteller unknown

Words

Seem to arise

Declaring independence

Naming everything

Which cannot be named..

An amazing story

Storyteller unknown...

...

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Categories: naming, words,
Form: Light Verse

Baby Naming

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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Categories: naming, baby,
Form: Limerick

Finger

FINGER

Finishing your thoughts
Integrating your memories
Naming your feelings
Getting your goals met
Everything comes together
Re-entering the human race...

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Categories: naming, recovery from...
Form: Prose Poetry

Columbus Daze

landing on a land
that wasn't the one
someone else had
found years before

but all the same

naming it and it's
people what they
were supposed
to have been...

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Categories: naming, muse,
Form: I do not know?

Preconception

They call white sour
they call mestizo black
they call oriental yellow
they call indian red
By naming the misfortune
exposing prejudice.
preconcetion fissure !...

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Categories: naming, allusion, analogy, appreciation, extended metaphor, prejudice,
Form: Light Verse

The Naming Day

He came outside to a circling hawk
on the day of the child
t'was the name he caught
on a spiraling feather
in his hand,
now Circling Hawk 
is the name of the man....

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Categories: naming, family, native american, nature,
Form: Couplet

Deloris

Deloris was her second name
her mother thought that it 
would tame
a wild and rambunctious child
Deloris would surely make her mild


(for the naming Sara contest)...

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Categories: naming,
Form: I do not know?

Good News - Bad News

His Doc stated "You got a problem my friend",

when his examination was through!

"But, there again, the news isn't all bad!

We're naming this disease, after you"!...

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Categories: naming, humor,
Form: Rhyme

The Bruise Was Worth It

I kissed the fall.
Ran barefoot through glass and silence.
Told him I loved him—
even when it undid me.
It was raw.
It was ruin.
But it stayed,
like a scar
worth naming...

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Categories: naming, loss, love, silence,
Form: Free verse

Not From Turkey

The turkey does not come from Turkey. We humans are totally quirky. Why call it a Turkey? The reasons are murky. Such naming is strikingly jerky.
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Categories: naming, bird, humor, humorous,
Form: Limerick

A Moment With Jonah

Lying flat on our backs
Parallel to the sky
Both completely relaxed
Lying flat on our backs
Naming clouds that go by
Just sweet Jonah and I
Lying flat on our backs
Parallel to the sky...

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Categories: naming, mother son, my child,
Form: Triolet

Adam-Eve

Adam First, lonely Observing, naming, learning, man, husband, wife, woman Helping, sinning, knowing sorrowful, second Eve Ó November 28, 2011 Dane Smith-Johnsen
...

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Categories: naming, faith, religion,
Form: Diamante
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Name and Shame

By naming their little girl Boo Her silly name caused a to do At school Boo got teased Her mother’s not pleased New parents, please think a name through! 02/01/21
...

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Categories: naming, child, humorous,
Form: Limerick

The Loop

Birth is the echo of death undone,
each breath a leash to the infinite.
We orbit ourselves,
naming the stars as though they’ll stay.
But time only dances in circles—
wearing masks we once wore....

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Categories: naming, life,
Form: Lyric
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Naming First Born

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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© Tom Wright  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: naming, baby, girl,
Form: Limerick

To My Sister

What lines of mine
can bind you into symmetry?

Can a fence stop a shout?
Silence, a light?

I watch you pass above my imagination.
My words can only lie here
and play at naming 
your shifting shapes....

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Categories: naming, appreciation, imagery, imagination, metaphor, sister, tribute,
Form: Free verse
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