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January 7th, 1982
by Melina Raven Maness Diebold
Ripped from what was warm
and comfortable
embryonic
placetonic
so much better inside
But now
I'm out
and can't return
and I'm waiting
with grey skies curtained
outside the hospital window
in Jackson, Tennessee
waiting
for my nom de plume to-be
"She's not a Kara Laine..."
"How about you sleep on it?"
later
much later
a James Bond movie later
"She's a Melina-
you can pick the middle"
"Well, I've always loved Poe
and his masterpiece, The Raven"
(for as we all know
poems about dead loves and
haunting ravens good baby names do make...)
So glad that I'm not a Kara Laine 02/10/2003 Author's Note: from the forums, an interesting poetic challenge/prompt.
"This is about when I was born and how I got my name (The Bond movie is For Your Eyes Only, with Melina being the Bond girl, played by Carole Bouquet). My father is a poet and loved Poe, and kind of felt dejected about not being able to name me Kara Laine (his favorite), so he sort gave himself creative license on my middle name. Since The Raven was his fave, he decided on that, and Melina Raven I became, and still am, and will ever be. I love my name."
Posted on 02/10/2003
Copyright © 2025 Melina Raven Maness Diebold
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