Poem, Waltmarie

Tuesday’s Child: A Waltmarie

Nancy's Notes 🖊️🎶

Written for dVerse Poets Meet At the Bar:
The Poetry of Names. Just last week
the theme at Song Lyric Sunday was
songs that feature our names.
This is my Waltmarie.*

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My father said my baby face was white like
sweet cream
He said my cheeks were round and plump as pink
peaches
My light auburn curls had the luscious fragrance of
berries
And my mouth was a perfect heart-shaped
plum tart
It is certainly no mystery as to why I now love
dessert!

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The name Nancy is derived from the medieval English vernacular form of Agnes, ‘Annis‘, and later became an English diminutive of Anne or Ann. In some English dialects, ‘mine‘ was used instead of ‘my’, and ‘Mine Ancy’ eventually became Nancy. My middle name is Ann …. the root name of Nancy. I was born on a Tuesday afternoon; in rhyme, Tuesday’s child is ‘full of grace’. It’s a bit of serendipity that Nancy means ‘grace‘.

*The Waltmarie poem format, created by Candace Kubinec, is a 10-line form where even-numbered lines are two syllables and form a mini-poem when read separately, while odd-numbered lines are longer with no syllable restrictions. The lines do not need to rhyme.

This is “Tuesday Afternoon” by the Moody Blues

MTB: The Poetry of Names

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30 thoughts on “Tuesday’s Child: A Waltmarie”

  2. So… how come Siciliano parents called you Nancy, eh?

    This is truly lovely. A form I needs must try soon.

    And hey, I was born on a Tuesday evening, my two last kids were born on Tuesday morning and Tuesday lunchtime!

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