Who are you? Do you know yourself? One of the greatest aspects of poetry is the way it helps the writer explore his/her thoughts, ideas, and opinions. Feelings need to be understood and analyzed in order to express them. This poem is an example of one author's ideas about being famous.Famous
Naomi Shihab Nye
The River is famous to the Fish
The loud voice is famous to silence,
which knew it would inherit the earth
before anybody said so.
The cat sleeping on the fence is famous to the birds
watching him from the birdhouse.
The tear is famous, briefly to the cheek.
The idea you carry close to your bosom
if famous to your bosom.
The boot is famous to the earth,
more famous than the dress shoe,
which is famous only to floors.
The bent photograph is famous to the one who carries it
and not at all famous to the one who is pictured.
I want to be famous to shuffling men
who smile while crossing streets,
sticky children in grocery lines,
famous as the one who smiled back.
I want to be famous the way a pulley is famous,
or a buttonhole,
not because it did anything spectacular,
but because it never forgot what it could do.
What do you want to be known for? In what way do you want to be famous? Rewrite the last two stanzas to reflect your view on being famous.
Start by thinking about 2 things:
1. I want to be known for . . .
2. I am going to show this by . . .
or
The reader will see this by . . .
Image from http://www.flickr.com/photos/tlk/2379992801/sizes/s/
Posts
