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Open Poetry #3

What's in a Name

Martie

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Member Empyrean

since 1999-09-21

Posts 28049
California

0 posted 1999-10-29 09:47 PM

I was recently thinking about names.
What’s in a name?
Just a word,
a few letters strung together,
given us at birth,
carefully thought out.
You had your name
before I knew you.
I had mine
before I knew me.
Your name is who you are.

But, it is not really you.
It’s written on tree trunks
and with a finger on the
fogged up window of the car,
you sign it
with love,
but who are you really?
I sign my name to this poem,
but who am I?

Then I got to thinking
what would happen
if I were just a symbol
of the letters that spell my name
and my name
was who I was.
It would play around with
the words in this poem,
probably not make any sense
at all,
then sign itself
with blood.

Mine!

Denise

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Member Seraphic

since 1999-08-22

Posts 22648

1 posted 1999-10-29 10:01 PM

Good one, Martie! (echoes of Prince or the Performer formally known as Prince!?)

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Denise

Watcher666
Senior Member

since 1999-10-13

Posts 1606

2 posted 1999-11-02 06:13 PM

Good read,enjoyed this!

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