Chicken Spaghetti

I’ve loved the poem “I saw Emmett Till this week at the grocery store,” by Eve L. Ewing, ever since I first read it. My first reaction was that of course Emmett Till should be still alive, of course he should be. “It is possible to write a joyful Emmett Till poem,” says Terrance Hays in a note. Hayes curated a series of poems about Till for the Poetry Society of America, where this poem is posted, and I look forward to reading the rest.

Emmett Till would have turned 85 this summer, on July 25th.

Mary Lee Hahn is hosting the the Poetry Friday roundup at A(nother) Year of Reading.