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Today\\u2019s poem is Famous by Naomi Shihab Nye. The Slowdown is your daily poetry ritual. In this episode, guest host Shira Erlichman writes\\u2026 \\u201cWhat makes someone famous? The dictionary says it\\u2019s the \\u201cstate of being known or talked about by many people.\\u201d Today\\u2019s poet resituates our cultural obsession with stardom and flips on its head who gets to be fanatically revered.\\u201d Celebrate the power of poems with a gift to The Slowdown today. Every donation makes a difference: https://tinyurl.com/rjm4synp