Student project

1. Famous
Naomi Shihab Nye

2. The river is famous to the fish

3. The loud voice is famous to silence,The loud voice is famous to silence,
which knew it would inherit the earthwhich knew it would inherit the earth
before anybody said sobefore anybody said so

4. The cat sleeping on the fence isThe cat sleeping on the fence is
famous to the birdsfamous to the birds
watching him from the birdhousewatching him from the birdhouse

5. The tear is famous,The tear is famous,
briefly, to the cheekbriefly, to the cheek

6. The idea you carry close toThe idea you carry close to
your bosom is famous toyour bosom is famous to
your bosomyour bosom

7. The boot isThe boot is
famous to thefamous to the
earth,earth,
more famousmore famous
than the dressthan the dress
shoe,shoe,
which iswhich is
famous to thefamous to the
floorsfloors

8. The bent photograph is famous to theThe bent photograph is famous to the
one who carries it and not at allone who carries it and not at all
famous to the one who is picturedfamous to the one who is pictured

9. I want to beI want to be
famous tofamous to
shuffling menshuffling men
who smile whilewho smile while
crossing streets,crossing streets,
sticky childrensticky children
in grocery lines,in grocery lines,
famous, as thefamous, as the
one who smiledone who smiled
backback

10. I want to be famous in the wayI want to be famous in the way
a pulley is famous, or a buttonhole, not becausea pulley is famous, or a buttonhole, not because
it did anything spectacular,it did anything spectacular,
but because it never forgot what it could dobut because it never forgot what it could do

11. Creative Commons Images
Retrieved From
http://www.flickr.com/otos/fabricavenu
http://www.flickr.com/photos/kuzeytac
http://www.flickr.com/photos/odtaa/3
http://www.flickr.com/photos/suburb
anvoodoo/214580120/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/patrick
-smith-photography/3372340759/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/fortph
oto/460160694/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/leilit/3
61345200/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/-
lucie-/2422470833/