Oscar was once a popular poet. Now he lives in obscurity, gets drunk in bars, and is ridiculed rather than celebrated at local readings. No wonder his private life isn't looking rosy either: he lives with his mother, his daughter is ashamed of him, and his sister is pushing him to take a job as a teacher. However, when he reluctantly becomes the mentor of Yurlady, a teenager from a humble background with astonishing talent, hope begins to sprout.