strung on hyphens like rosary beads my given name, my saints name, my father’s name my mother’s name, her mother’s name erased my father’s name released to gather my husband’s name my name for cloister prayers my name arrayed in Tudor gowns my name in battle raised my name draped in wood witch cloak my name thrummed with owl feet my name carved on sandy shore my other name echoes ancestors the philippine scout the lands agent a remembrance of the woman who bore six daughters the woman who bore eight sons the woman who crossed an ocean the woman who remained their father’s names found in their son’s second names brought together in my name