[New-Poetry] a question

[Bob Grumman]

Too many possibilities, all good in one way or another--and there's no 
way I can bring them all to mind.  But I always liked "James Bond" for a 
male.  On the other hand, who could be better named than Sherlock 
Holmes!?  Viola is a nice name for a female.

Next game: the worst names for fictional characters.  Any of Henry 
James's males, I should think.  When someone mentioned Hemingway's Bret 
or Brett (seconded by another), I grimaced--that's close enough to the 
worst name I've heard for a female character, except some of the 
horribly sentimental ones I've now forgotten.

--Bob

Michael Snider wrote:
> Travis McGee's friend Meyer for the male
>
> Miranda for the female
>
>
> Weird how hard it was to decide!
>
> On Jan 3, 2008, at 4:06 PM, Anny Ballardini wrote:
>
>> Which is the name in literature you liked most (male and female)?
>>
>> Anny Ballardini
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>> http://www.fieralingue.it/modules.php?name=poetshome
>> http://www.moriapoetry.com/ebooks.html
>> I Tell You: One must still have chaos in one to give birth to a 
>> dancing star!
>> Friedrich Nietzsche
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