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The professor put his glasses down and sighed. Another letter with sheets of poetry had arrived today.
The perils of being a noted poet meant fans writing poems to him in the hope of being granted instant recognition. Another handwritten note, his thoughts on such missives were fairly well known.
"Visit please my humble residence also./ I am living just on the opposite house's backside."
Feeding the paper he began to type out a reply.
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Written for the Friday Fictioneers. Word count:100My story for today is speculative fiction. It comes from a line in article I once read. The link is in the story.
The poet I am referring to is Nissim Ezekiel, considered to be the “father of post-independence Indian verse in English”.
A favourite poem of mine is his Night of the Scorpion.
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I'd love read what you think about this post...
At least he replied
ReplyDeleteDear Subroto
ReplyDeleteYou have me wondering about the writer. Nicely done.
Shalom,
Rochelle
After that sarcastic invite, let's hope people don't find out where he lives. He did invite them, after all :-)
ReplyDeleteI'm with Neil, at least he replied. Most don't. Can't be too careful with addresses.
ReplyDeleteNice of him to reply...
ReplyDeleteI once did get a very good reply from a famous poet... but that was because I had been part of her workshop...
ReplyDeleteI can only dream of receiving a fan letter! I wait for the day :-)
ReplyDeleteIt would be nice to receive a snail mail fan letter but also anxiety-producing. Not sure if I would reply, and if I did would use a P.O. Box as a return address (and step up security measures around the house.)
ReplyDeleteAs others have said, he did at least reply. Such courtesy.
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