Quotes about surname
Two Fortune Tellers Said
When Vera and I first met,
a second marriage
was the last thing on her mind.
Her first husband had not long run off
with a fourteen year old
and left this world in a suicide pact.
Some years earlier,
a Fortuneteller had told her
she would never end her days with him.
She would meet a tall dark person
sooner than she thought.
She shrugged off the suggestion,
as she never wanted to marry again.
With a failed marriage
that only brought her grief.
She was not going to take the chance again.
Once was enough.
She could never trust
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poem by David Harris
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The Lawyer’s Second Tale: Christian
A highland inn among the western hills,
A single parlour, single bed that fills
With fisher or with tourist, as may be;
A waiting-maid. as fair as you can see,
With hazel eyes, and frequent blushing face,
And ample brow, and with a rustic grace
In all her easy quiet motions seen,
Large of her age, which haply is nineteen,
Christian her name, in full a pleasant name,
Christian and Christie scarcely seem the same;
A college fellow, who has sent away
The pupils he has taught for many a day,
And comes for fishing and for solitude,
Perhaps a little pensive in his mood,
An aspiration and a thought have failed,
Where he had hoped, another has prevailed,
But to the joys of hill and stream alive,
And in his boyhood yet, at twenty-five.
A merry dance, that made young people meet,
And set them moving, both with hands and feet;
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poem by Arthur Hugh Clough from Mari Magno or Tales on Board
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I was advised by an American agent when I was about 19 to change my surname.
quote by Rachel Weisz
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Identity
With just my Christian name
I have no identity
add my surname
to find me
for better or worse.
poem by Vince Gullaci
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It's very hard to step into a job when people are just dismissing you as a pretty face, and saying you got your job only because your surname is McMahon.
quote by Julian McMahon
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Atlantean Once Removed
Surname is from Seville, it can be proved
A noble name that means “Morning Star”
To be sure, I am Atlantean once removed
To skeptics this claim may sound bizarre
ROTMS
poem by Ray Lucero
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Names
There's more meaning in names
Than sometimes we know it
My name in old Manx
Is Teige - a poet!
In the world day to day
My name shall Keig be
But for poems i think
I'll use Teige for me.
(the derivation of my surname is something i only discovered this morning!)
poem by David Keig
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Jekyll and Hyde
His face like a jigsaw-puzzle
and it's very hard to recognize.
He is very famous as a Marxist
but his surname is Capitalist.
He wears different costumes.
Like cosmic rays; the go-between
who appears in social services.
He is very fond of womenfolk
and a man of quality among them.
Guess who comes to the dinner
with his creaky shoes?
poem by Nimal Dunuhinga
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Let me draw a Man
Innocent by birth.
And you could give a name
with his father's surname.
He has a Religion as salvage.
If he fails or pass the Examination
He could find a job for survival?
Search a partner and get married.
Then offspring, they disappear with their partners
When they grow up.
The old couple's soliloquy is very sad to hear.
poem by Nimal Dunuhinga
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Your name
Your name is
written in the stars
and your surname says
that you come from heaven,
but I know that you
bring meaning to my life.
I can hear your voice
in the evening wind
and you are still with me,
when I am alone
with my thoughts.
To me it’s destined
from the beginning,
that you are my biggest blessing.
When life throws us about
and shakes our world apart,
I can only keep learning
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poem by Gert Strydom
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