Namesake

Posted byChristine BoltonPosted inBlog, DiscoveryTags:, , , 
My non religious parents gave me the name
Christine 
Named for Christ himself
Indeed
I believed until my questions could be answered no more
Deny
Blind Faith was never for me and probably not my parents
They knew
Teaching me to be my own person and not follow the crowd to
Get lost

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Laura is hosting Meet at the Bar at D’Verse and tonight’s theme is The Poetry of Names. It is a coincidence that this should be in the same week we were prompted with songs featuring our name for Song Lyric Sunday.

For the prompt we are writing a WaltMarie poetry style*:

10 lines
even lines are just 2 syllables
odd lines are longer but without syllable restriction
the even lines make their own mini-poem if read separately
meter and rhyme are unspecified
And the theme of your poem should be

the history/meaning of your name
or one you wish you had
or an imaginary one
Consider/imagine how it was chosen, what has it meant to carry that name

Published by Christine Bolton

I have been writing poetry since I was a child and it has helped in the good times and bad times. I am always looking within to find the answers to life's problems and to write thought-provoking poetry and prose. Thanks for checking it out. Christine

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