I’ve been meaning to do it for weeks. Write to Elizabeth Alexander. She’s the woman who wrote and read the poem “Praise Song for the Day” at Obama’s inauguration. It was a wonderful poem. It really was. I can’t imagine having to come up with something like that. A poem to be heard by the entire world.
Today, finally, I wrote to her, emailed. She’s a Yale professor so it wasn’t hard to find her email address. I wrote to her that I liked her poem. Short and to the point. She doesn’t know me so there really wasn’t much more to say. And then I hit send and went back to my day. Within a few minutes I had a reply. From Elizabeth Alexander herself.
“thank you very much.”
She didn’t have to do that. I wasn’t expecting a reply. But it was nice. And it made my day.
There are good people in the world. You just have to seek them out.
Friday, February 27, 2009
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It is a wonderful feeling when people who touch our lives without realizing it become aware of the fact and acknowledge it with appreciation.
ReplyDeletethat's really cool.
ReplyDeleteit's rare for someone to get praise today so I'm sure she really appreciated it.
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