Write about your first name: its meaning, significance, etymology, etc.
There was a time not
So long ago or maybe
Longer than I recall
My name was exotic
An unexpected turn
Of phrase. "I never,"
They'd say "heard it
Before. Such a pretty
Name." All that has
Changed. My name is
Channeled by bunches
Of girls and women,
All wearing it proudly
Or destroying it to a
Nickname that fore-
Shortens its beauty.
Tamara, really 