My Generational Name
Katie daily,
A name given to me by my grandmother,
A name only she uses.
A name that brings me home
A name she sings to me,
The one that we share
A name past down to me
As thin as a piece of hair.
So much pressure upon one name
Generations of women before me
And many more to come.
By Katie Begley
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This is a lovely meditation on the pros and cons of having a name passed down – it can make you feel part of a wonderful community of ancestors, but it can also put a lot of pressure on the individual to live up to expectations. Great to see such complexity in a poem, and so well-executed with good use of metaphor and simile.
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