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"Always use the proper name for things. Fear of a name increases fear of the thing itself.”, 'Cos I've been through the desert like a force with no aim, “If he be Mr. Hyde" he had thought "I shall be Mr. Seek.” ― Robert Louis Stevenson, “It ain't what they call you- it's what you answer to.” ― W.C. Fields, “The beginning of wisdom is to call things by their right names”, I tried to join a ping-pong club Sign on the door said "all full up", In the name of
Write my name,
You know what it be.
Pen it true
To connect to me;
The one appellation
That sets one free.
The initial moniker
Of she, you see,
Who has the fullest
Measure of thee.
Write. My. Name.
Write my name,
Not an alias of favour.
Print it bold,
It will have you braver.
Ink the letters
(Gold nib don’t waver).
Nay worries nor frets,
Just sit and savour.
Breath me in slow
And taste the flavour.
Write. My. Name.
Write my name,
On the mountains inscribe;
Though do take precautions,
(Be certain to hide).
Indite it clear,
Not merely implied.
Print that land’s flag —‘tis bona fide,
Fill heaven’s hilt
With a sky-writer’s glide.
Write. My. Name.
Write my name,
Scan your memories twice.
You know all is well
Worth the admission price.
No soubriquets please — do play gneiss.
Search through your matter,
Rediscover the slice
Sitting squarely in the folder,
That is labelled . . . ‘Vice’.
Right.
My.
Name.
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Beyonce eh? She’s not on my playlist, but fits the bill well enough gyrating all over the Cloud as she is. Thank you Mr Pink.
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Destiny’s Child, not Beyonce!!!!!!!
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The horror! Such a huge faux pas! Now go get your leotard on like Swar nand Hariod have and get dancing pronto!
And yes, I know, you’re Justin. – falls about
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Faux pas is a misstep. I don’t think Beyoncé ever missed a step
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Dammit Jim!
Esme Cloud winking at Jim and supping that beer.
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Sometimes I forget my first name is not Dammit.
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Better than Dammit Janet – a whole sea of Rocky Horror Show fans would be tailing you then.
Esme Cloud doing the Time Warp
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I’d hate to have to dress up in my cultish attire every birthday and throw crap at the tv screen
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Francis.
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HAHAHAHAHA.
No.
Esme Cloud falling about and poking John-boy in the ribs
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Moniker?
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Moaning Kath?
Esme seeing Chandler sat with H upon the Cloud
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You what love?
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Moniker – Moaning Kath (stretching out the vowels) – Monica – one of the main characters in Friends, married to Chandler.
I’m getting as nuts as John and his Dead pool here, smarty pants all round. Thing is, I’m particularly hallucinating and only holding onto the Cloud by two fingertips. What’s his excuse? laughs
Esme Cloud waving at John and H
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You what mate?
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🙂 i’m sorry, I’m on a Deadpool trip.
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Is number 2 out yet? It tickled me a great deal the first one as you may have guessed. Hariod does not have a TV which is most admirable and healthier I suspect.
Esme Cloud of Flu Fame
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There’s a second? Woot!
No TV. In the era of Agent Orange, that’s a great idea.
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There’s been one in the works for a while , seems it’s due June 2018 in cinemas. Here, this will amuse you, they had your pull one of the main poster images because God wouldn’t find it funny. If anyone has a sense of humour, it’s a God;
https://www.christianpost.com/amp/deadpool-2-release-date-news-new-movie-poster-reveals-sequels-title-210423/
Esme upon the germy Cloud giving John Zee a wink
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The Second Coming… LOL!
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falls about knocking Buttercup Syrup and Vicks Vapour Rub all over the show
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TRUE NAME
You mined me for gold
Your pick in your hand
No don’t mind me no
Ore waste your time
For my gold is mine
And mine alone
Nominal – a loan
A nom de plume
Plucked from the air
Light as morning mist
A feathery tag
Tagged – you’re it!
Thought me caught fast
Not so fast though
Not so fast as you thought
A puff of wind blew me
Up, up and away
You cry out my name
From the still sky
Not even an echo
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What a marvellous comment, formed as it is, as a creation of your own angle on the tangle that names are. But don’t fly orft Ben, stay and have a cup of the finest green tea with me, I thank you in triplicate for the effort put in by you and the resulting words you saw fit to bestow upon Esme today.
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Thank you for the inspiration. 🙂
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You’ve made my day by saying I imparted some Ben. So thank you too. – beams a smile out
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“Beaming” always brings to mind the original Star Trek series. (Yes, I’m that old.)
Hence this hug-in-response:
https://bennaga.wordpress.com/2013/09/10/scottys-secret-habit-a-star-trek-tanka/
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I just beamed myself over and laughed once there Ben. I do wonder how some folks translate things like beams and pegs it, they may well see wooden beams and clothes hanging on a washing line for all I know!
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But then I’m sure wordplay is an indispensable element of much poetry.
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It’s some of the best play one can ever have I think. People don’t play enough, and words are great fun.
Esme isme smee mees waving upon the Cloud
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“Each day, and the living of it, has to be a conscious creation in which discipline and order are relieved with some play and pure foolishness.” – May Sarton
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Are we playing a name guessing game to guess what you’re real name is. I’m going to go with Hortense which would easily explain why you don’t use it. 🙂
I am a slave to the whims of homonyms and such mistakes are wons I make all the time, even though their intentional here. The poem reminds me how our knowledge of the meaning of words interrupts the sound. Even though phonetically the poem itself is unchanged. Spoke allowed we wood not no the difference.
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It’s saying I’d rather be called Esmeralda than Esme thanks.
laughs – No, that’s not the core, nor is it some kind guessing game Swarn. If I ask you my name I expect to see ‘Esme’ or ‘Esmeralda’ appear upon the page. I’m, happy to have ‘The Incredible’, The Wondrous’ etc added to either end or be expanded into an Empress. I wish no-one upon the Cloud to call me anything else for here that is truly my name. – nods
The piece was received as a bolt from the blue, an answer in the form of a question perhaps, I’m not sure, but I had to scribble it down as fast as I could before the morse code/some other sneaky communication device, stopped transmitting. So it’s rough and ready, but it came with instructions to post as soon as I could bear the prose to be seen. So here it is.
It reads as an incantation to me, a spell. Names are incredibly important even if we think we are blasé about them. The difference between a Richard and a Dick can be enormous.
Look at Victor Frankenstein, Huckleberry Finn, Eliza Doolittle, Randall Flagg, Veruca Salt, Robinson Crusoe, Bathsheba Everdene, Holly Golightly, Atticus Finch, Daenerys Targaryen, Lisbeth Salander, Willy Wonka . . . I could go on of course, because I just love names that seal a character in place, but I’ll stop, however at the last second throw in both Edmond Dantès and V. Two that sit on the top tier for Esme so far as favourite literary characters go. Interesting to me as they are both the titular characters in stories about revenge, So watch out m’kay? Hahahahaha. No, I am not at all vengeful, karma sorts all that out, but I do love to see the disenfranchised, the enslaved, the wronged, have their day. – nods
Thank you for your thoughts, I like the take you had from it. It isn’t a beauty, but it’s mine now and has found a good home. smiles
I’ll have to have a rest before tackling your other comment and C.A enquiries so you can blame yourself for that hahahaha.
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Esme is a wonderful name on the cloud. And I’m assuming I’ve been chided because I did magically guess your true name. It’s a skill!
I guess I was off on what you were trying to convey, but I see where you’re coming from. I agree with you that names are extremely powerful!
In that vain, I must strongly recommend to you a series by Patrick Rothfuss (well actually only 2 fo 3 in the series has been written). When I say the quality of writing is equal to Tolkien’s, I don’t make that comparison lightly. But whereas Tolkien describes his world richly in terms botany, geology and history, Rothfuss does so more with language. But more importantly the theme of the books really is storytelling, and what stories teach us. What truth they hold. And the reason why your talk of names has brought this recommendation to the fore is that in the magic of this world, one of the types of magic is ‘naming’. In the history of this world, one of the oldest magic is naming. People who could look at things and understand their true name. “There is power in names, and once you know something’s true name you have power over it.” The first book is called The Name of the Wind. I think you’d really enjoy it. Not that I need to give you more things to do! lol
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Not much use here as you know, but thank you for the effort put in and enthusiasm too Swarn. The book was read when it first came out and enjoyed. I can’t recall too much about it as Esme keeps losing bits of her brain thanks to evil/lifesaving biological drugs. But I know ir was well enjoyed. In return, and of that ilk, I recommend ‘The Mists of Avalon’ by…by…Marion something something. You have more strength to Google than I. It’s a whopper.
There was not a hint of chiding, that’s why I said I was just pulling your leg nods – I was just being a little cheeky. smiles
Esme Cloud in a Fevre Dream (also a great read)
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Ha. I knew you were pulling my leg, which is why I was just joking that I must have been right about my guess of your name. lol
It’s too bad you don’t remember more of the book. Both Maggie and I are obsessed a little. We are a little miffed at Rothfuss to be honest, because it’s been 6 years since he put out the last book, and he keeps having children and making TV deals to turn his books into a series…meanwhile us readers are sitting here at the edge of our seat wanting to know what happens next! lol
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It does mean I can read it again one day without having much of a clue and know I’m on for a good ride though grins
Sticking to smaller volumes for a while, I’m reading 100 Years of Solitude at the moment with H. It’s nothing like I expected it would be all these years of having folks say I must dive in there and would love it. Which is not to say I don’t, I’m holding back until the end to decide but it’s a lovely, odd and in parts funny read up to now. Odd enough to fit in with some of my favourites, so I hope it pans out well.
Esme Cloud waving at Swarn and Maggie
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Swarn, all I can tell you is that Esme/ralda is not all that she seems, and I have that on very good authority directly from her ‘sister’ Pauline who (see video evidence) indulges similarly to her mysterious sibling whose pages we currently sit upon.
https://youtu.be/W8pZkvoZM3E
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Charming. I love Paul in mind you, she’s popped up on and off here in the Troposphere a few times. grins
Esme Cloud getting the hair spray out
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LOL…nice. Esmeralda definitely comes from good stock. 🙂
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“The beginning of wisdom is to call things by their right name”
Left-leaning/right-leaning, left-facing/right-facing, gaucher/doitier…
esme, “Print that land’s flag —‘tis bona fide,” fits the Paul Noth cartoon perfectly 🙂
https://condenaststore.com/featured/an-army-lines-up-for-battle-paul-noth.html
Here is my mirror take on “Write. My. Name.” ===> esme ! emse
Right!
❤ 🙂
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Ha, you’ve tickled me again Bill with your connections smiles as much as possible Thank you for them.
Esme drifting in and out whilst waving at Bill and Lisa ❤
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You mean it’s not Esme? 😉
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Heh, see my reply to Swarn, Carmen.
Esme Cloud winking or as close as feasible at her
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Reminds me of the princess at the end of The Neverending Story. “Say my name!” Bastian is entreated, lest The Nothing take over All. Being a writer, I can get behind ‘write’ and ‘right’ and ‘gneiss.’ HA! Love it. ❤
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A slice of vice is always nice. Bowing to you my ❤️ Empress, and hoping you feel better soon. xo
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I couldn’t agree more Val. Thank you for the kind wishes. I’m about halfway through the battle I suspect ❤
– Esme Cloud waving in a regal fashion which is purely due to weakness but suits an Empress
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