First name

[Richard]

Hey 67eager,
The others who posted feedback all made some great points. I'll try not to repeat too much of what they said. I'll go into greater detail below:

FIRST NAME - I am thinking this might be more effective if you gave an actually name. Of course, that might be too personal, but you could always make one up.

Cursed is that name which radiates across the room!
Queer is it's power to pierce the most soulful grin. -"Queer" has multiple meanings, so it could create interpretations for this line you may not intend. 
Withdrawing desires intended for the tomb,
Kindling sorrows neglected with the help of gin. -I like the image here. However, I feel like you need a stronger word than "neglected". May be "quenched"? I know this might mess up your meter...

Its delivery, at first, stirred no emotion,
It was merely the label on a dwelling soul. -Why a "dwelling soul"? I think this a time when rhyming might be influencing your wording and meaning too much.
In time, however, the title traded its role,
And came to be the object of devotion,

After it's audition came waves of desire
And a desperate longing for an amorous fate.
Unwilling at any moment to retire,
It became the relentless search for a soul mate. -I might be wrong, but I feel like "soul mate" is bordering on cliche. That could just be the non-romantic in me speaking though.

Hyphenating the name failed to mirror the dream, -What dream? I feel like this needs to be explained more.
Projecting instead the cold fact, It would seem -Why is the fact cold? Again, I feel like this is bordering close to a cliche.
That love, like life, is but a game governed by chance,
Leaving at times the lover alone in his dance. -These two lines are nice. They flow nicely and create a wonderful image in my mind.

In time the name invoked different feelings.
Far from being a bright hope for what was to come -"bright hope" seems a bit redundant to me
It became a cold memoir of the past's dealings, -I like the metaphor with the name and a memoir. I like it so much that I wish you had expanded upon it.
Leaving the once capable body and soul numb

I feel like some of the images you use are effective. However, I think that the rhyming and meter dominant what you're trying to say too often. My biggest suggestion would be to rewrite this poem and either loosen up the meter, and/or remove the rhyming. I look forward to seeing where you go from here with this.

Keep writing,
Richard