NHC has a Poet Laureate In celebration of National Poetry Month, student David Bell has been chosen to be the first Poet Laureate for NHC.
A committee of librarians and English and Creative Writing faculty chose David based on the poetry he submitted on the theme “achievement.”
Throughout the year, David will be asked to write poetry for college events and his poetry will be posted on student bulletin boards around the campus.
Choosing a Poet Laureate will be an annual event sponsored by the English Department and the Library.
Below are the two poems that won David the Poet Laureate title. They express very well some thoughts for our upcoming Graduation and Honors Convocation.
Achievement
North Harris College,
Pine-nestled symposia:
Aspirations Soar!
Achievement
Nothing simpler so emboldens a man
as achievement
Nothing gives greater rise to courage
as accomplishment
Nothing is more vital to a goal
than forging one’s own Many are the talented men
who wish for should have beens
waiting in vain for some great boon
Few are the great men
Who bend the should have beens to their will
Forging their own great blessing
Dancing with life, leading to their own tune The talented men belittle them
whining pitiful why not me’s
Great men pay no mind
For they have the will to achieve