Pro/Con

That title is word play.  It’s actually “prose” and “cons” I’m thinking about today.  And that’s not a typo – because it’s prose and conversations which are on my mind at the moment.

“Prose” is written or spoken language in its simplest state.  It is our language without flourishes like the structured stanzas of poetry, and so it is what we use every day for communicating.  We rarely have conversations in poetry:  we speak in prose.

I remember awhile ago, though, after enjoying a Shakespeare festival event, I did find myself thinking in iambic pentameters for the rest of the evening.