Selected Poems
Give me a name
Give me a name, worn, on the sleeve, next to the heart.
to carry away from strangers in the street
to call into the crowd when dreaming in making sense.
A name better than Eve had anointed
one chosen by deed or by whim with excitement
having first met, with a music only a name can make.
A name to satisfy, sharpen claws and stretch
knowing to be known. A joy of arriving
and being announced as important.
A name spoken softly with sighs
which turns heads around, anticipating the change
that comes with that promise and new name.
to carry away from strangers in the street
to call into the crowd when dreaming in making sense.
A name better than Eve had anointed
one chosen by deed or by whim with excitement
having first met, with a music only a name can make.
A name to satisfy, sharpen claws and stretch
knowing to be known. A joy of arriving
and being announced as important.
A name spoken softly with sighs
which turns heads around, anticipating the change
that comes with that promise and new name.
