I am both delighted and honored that Silver Birch Press selected a poem of mine for their wonderful series of ‘All About My Name’ poems. The whole series of Name Poems is well worth reading…so please do just that!
A Girl Who Wished for an Elegant ‘e’
by Mary Kendall
1. My Name
My name at birth was Mary Ann.
Grandpa called me Manya.
The old Polish mid-wife called me Marisha.
Daddy called me Marishka.
Momma called me Mary Ann.
Not one felt right to me.
I was six and my names felt wrong.
I was a nameless princess
in my child’s dreamy mind.
It was a lot like finding Cinderella,
fitting the perfect foot into the slipper,
only no prince would rename me.
I had to do it by myself.
2. A Plan
Once I learned to read and write,
the problem became clear.
Mary Ann looked too plain,
like a little cat without a curlicue tail.
It just didn’t balance.
I knew if I could add an ‘e’ to Ann, it
would become the beautiful Mary Anne.
A name worthy of me. Oh, I had such dreams!
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A Poet in Time 
Love it.
Signed,
Tina
Christina
Chris
Christa
Louise
tiny tina
(None feel right to me)
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Ha, ha, ha…love it!! 💕
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That all potent “e” could have made mine more exotic as well! Loved the poem!
D.Emmett
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Thanks so much for commenting. Amazing how powerful our names are, isn’t it? 😊
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This is beautiful and full of childhood wonder. Congratulations, Mary! xo
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Amazing how important the right name is to children. I loved your name poem very much, Robin.
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Thank you, Mary! 🙂
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great job!
from the girl who added an elegant ‘a’ to HER name:)
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Thanks so much dear J. 💕
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Ah, you too know about those magical letters. 😉
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Many congratulations Mary; now I will go and view the original work via the link.
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Thank you, Hariod.
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