Hi!  Your Challenge:   "A poem without a title is like: you fill in the blank." Great responses follow below.  You are so creative and inspirational! The other day, I heard an interview with a lovely Aboriginal poet.  She said that names have power and that to name something is to define it.  Naming it helps you know it.  I agree.   It is the same with a poem.  A title makes a difference to the concept and reception of the poem.

Fill in the blank. I'll publish your response with your e-mail addresses or URL to your website.

A young man of 14 filled in the blank with:

Have fun with it. Get inspired. ~~ ~~ ~~

A poem without a title is like a pot of gold without the rainbow...nice, but somehow just not the same as it could be . . . lacking that which makes it so special, so distinct.   J. Haley
A poem without a title is like a man without a title. A poem without a title is like a cat; it doesn't matter much what you call it; it responds to you if that's what it wants to do.  A poem without a title is like a finger that refuses to point.   cheers!   Glenn Ingersoll  website: Love Settlement	A poem without a title is like: a game with no winner. a cave with no entrance a shout with no echo a lighthouse with no light a skater with no skates a kitten with no purr an ocean without a beach a Song without a melody a river with no beginning. by Sharon Rothenfluch Cooper
A poem without a title is like newspaper without a headline.  Wylie Estes A poem without a title is like being inspired and not having a pen.  violette Nlandu Ngoy
A poem without a title is like - - - A poem without a title is like a vase without any flowers.  ~ by: A. Berry A poem without a title is like water without a glass.       ~ by: D.Kay A poem without a title is like a horizon without a frame.        ~ by: G. Johnson A poem without a title is like starting a book on the second page. ~ by: cc A poem without a title is like a hurricane without a name, just another storm of hot air.  ~ by: Marsha A poem without a title is like a face without a name.  ~ by: KG A poem without a title is like bread, without butter or jam. ~ by: LK A poem without a title is like a song, without a tune.  ~ by: LK         One response had a different slant: poetry...poetry...the songs of four billion working men and women...It's poetry...old and new....."poetry" needs no title.... It allready has one!      ~ by: -Blinko
A poem without a title is like an Unfinished symphony       Or a cake without the icing    From J. Hemsley, U.K.	A poem without a title is like a person without a heart ~ from Stefanie
A poem without a title is like a winless race. A poem without a title is like an empty mirror. A poem without a title is merely a group of words. From: Roger J. Robicheau, The Poetic Plumber	A poem without a title is like a dog that refuses to bark. or like a poem with no meaning.  Allie