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Origin:
Ireland.
Gaelic roots
meaning:
kind, gentle, handsome
and
noble, birth.
Paired:
Too often,
with Karen,
known
to be
nosy, entitled
demanding.
Rhymes with:
Evan, Devin
heaven
seven
eleven
Check out some other poems related to my name: Tagged & Moniker.
Turbulent trolls, triggering my crusade.Your slanderous slurs ignite fevered flamesSouls jaded by your less-than-subtle shade,Beaten down by trending, trolling games. Like bombers blowing up vital bridgesSabotaging decaying foundations,You guide your flocks to unstable ledgesMoored to bottomless fears and frustrations. How do we withstand your explosive guileWhen you beg for attention hustling hate?You corral control through…
Is it fate?My destiny?Scribbled in the stars—faraway stars,those unreachable stars—that guide my stepsalong paths—dark paths I do not choose. Is it fate?My life,simply a game of chance,predetermined,played like a pawn,beyond my control. No.My fateis not written:the stars dragging mereluctantlythrough life. I am my own captain,guided by that one true star,and each step I take—however small,…
I used to play in the sandbox, digging to China, building dream castles, packing damp sand into walls that never cared how long they would stand. I dig my heels deep down in the sand pressing harder,harder againstshifting ground,bracing myself against the erosion beneath me. People around me lower their faces, lower, deeper into the…
“This story is great;
I remember it well.
It’s just like the one
My mother would tell…”
Stewardship isn’t about ownership. It’s about caring for something as though someone else will one day inherit it.
Go ahead, put a camera in my classroom. But first, make sure every student has their own textbook.