Surnames Poems - Poems about Surnames

THEY TOO WERE WORTH REMEMBERING

...How do these women cut with their bare hands- their surrounding net?
Well, I refer to- Jane, Margaret, Aphra, Virginia and Charlotte,
Who are well known even without their surnames,
And who were w...

For My Protection

...

                                                    For My Protection  
     
When I try to open my email a big black bordered banner 
with a flashing red X appears on my screen with the messa...

The Fathers

...
The holders of custom and bearings
The teachers of manners and sayings 
The steerers of the leanings and standings
The givers of surnames and blessings
The fabric that makes priests and kings 
...

GREAT BAVILA TRADITIONAL PRIEST

...Great traditional bavila priest,
When you hear about the great 
traditional bavila priest called
          " Kasongo Nguni" 
from bahinga clan, 
Who worked for the bavila kingdom 
On the reign ...

Approximately Three Plus Days Elapsed

...Approximately three plus days elapsed...
without yours truly experiencing urge to defecate

Neither bloating nor constipation
arose, but one nondescript anguished
logophile anticipated intestina...

Wise Ass

...WISE ASS

You know this person!
In middle school his perfect sarcasm
seems funny and bold and  wise to our ears, 
makes adults and institutions seem hopelessly
inept, disingenuous, insecure 
B...

It's All In a Name

...This is a poem about surnames,
Surnames we could hear any day.
How their name was derived
From how they survived,
Their occupation will give them away.

ARCHER is the first one,
Shooting his a...

Parking Space

...Men with invisible hair or grey manes
gravitate to city parks 
by chance to meet each other.
They gather there to find long lost buddies 
in the company of strangers.

The universe of unreliabl...

Courtesy the Mighty Amazon Successful Deliverance Reported

...Courtesy the mighty Amazon successful deliverance reported...

Regarding unexpected Gadshill gift
(as if delivered from Magi)
tamper proof wrapped,
thus an obligation goads me
to communicate fo...

Redundant Giz a Job

...#
Are we as human's and our labour becoming redundant ?

By the means of our own
technical endeavour ?

Historically people's
surnames where derived from
the profession or trade they did

#...

Gratitude Cures Most Things

...I
Ayanda is a Zulu name (A to Z already), my daughter
Brindha is her aunt in KwaZulu-Natal, my "sister" - remember -
Calling cousins siblings is common among us (Tina's daughter, 
by marriage to ...

I Love F a I T H More Than Money

...ONE
Faith and Money
Are BOTH ... Gates
I chose WRONG
Thirty years later ...
He chose me



TWO: After Coming to Faith
Writing Psalms
Imitating David
Israel's King
Anoin...

The Burning

...The burning
Let Rome burn, so spake Nero or one of his flunkies
Towns and cities are burning every day in the Middle East
Flames taste not of roasted chestnuts in the Alley
Of peace but the stenc...

Lost Words

...Those thoughts not adopted
  and orphaned alone

To never have surnames
  —all bastards enthroned

(Villanova Pennsylvania: December 24, 2014)...

Saint James the Fisherman Day

...Saint James the Fisherman Day

Rohr family was nicest and kindest;
They had found it so hard to resist;
High point there,
They would share;
A new Episcopal Church does exist.

James Thomas Ho...

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