Famous Schools

We did an activity today with Naomi Nye's poem "Famous" in Creative Writing (http://www.amyjanecheney.com/famous.html). Students wrote their own poems about celebrity and being famous. The following is mine.

Famous Schools

A school is famous to those who learn.

Principals are famous to the school board;

for his dreams of commuity reach

beyond geographical borders.

Teachers are famous for teaching;

even when what is taught

is less than famous.

Students are famous for challenging;

more famous than prior

graduates who thought themselves

crowned in infamy.

We all are famous to our schools;

for what we do, what we achieve

is the celebrity of our time.

An all too brief time

Famous for four years Warhol'd down

to a fifteen minute era of

famosity.