“An Elegy to Oscar Grant”

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“I wanted to write an intelligent & coherent critique of the #OscarGrant verdict but I couldn’t. The logic wasn’t in my heart; just the poem.”

“The poem I just posted on my blog is made entirely of links to other poems & articles. It’s a found poem for the 21st century.”

— Saeed Jones has posted “An Elegy to Oscar Grant” at his blog. This “found poem” is really worth your time. The quotes above are tweets from his twitter feed.

If you’re not familiar with what happened to Oscar Grant, you should bring yourself up to speed. ColorLines has some good coverage.

Seth Fischer's writing has appeared or is forthcoming in Best Sex Writing 2013, The Rumpus, Pank, Guernica, Gertrude, and elsewhere. He teaches and tutors at Antioch University Los Angeles and Writing Workshops Los Angeles. Find more writing from him at www.seth-fischer.com, or reach him at seth.fischer (at) gmail.com or @sethfischer. More from this author →