Melody was an extremely gifted
poet whose newly discovered, poetic genius was quickly becoming apparent to
the faculty in the university English department.
"Your recent poetry
literally astounds us," her professor told her, after reading through one
of her projects.
"Thank you," she
responded, being uncertain as to what he was going to say next. "I saw the
light," she said cautiously, concerned that he might not understand what
she meant.
"Super! Explain that to
me!" he insisted. He suspected that she had experienced something that was
transforming her writing in an amazing way. "You never know, I just
might understand."
"You know that I have
always loved prose, but now, with my heavy course load, I realize that the
sheer volume of words frustrates me something fierce," Melody explained.
"Many students who become
successful poets have felt the same way and gone beyond prose into writing
poetry, for that very reason."
"Why write volumes, when
several words can make a powerful statement that says the same thing?"
"So how did this change
come about for you?" asked her professor. He was still curious as to how
she 'saw the light', so to speak.
"You know that our modern
day electronic communication far surpasses that of yesteryear, right?
"I would have to agree, at
least in some respects," her professor replied.
"I saw the light when I
was on Twitter," she went on to explain further. "What you say if I
told you I posted my last ninette on Twitter?"
"That is amazing!"
"You do understand."
"Just keep up the good
work, Melody."
No comments:
Post a Comment