needs
at least one subject
and one verb
(though sometimes the subject
is unnamed it's understood
nevertheless
objects must be named)
Johannes Mehserle shot Oscar Grant III.
subject: Johannes Mehserle
verb: shot
object: Oscar Grant III
a sentence becomes sophisticated
when it includes complexity and detail
Johannes Mehserle shot Oscar Grant III who was restrained faced down
on the ground surrounded by three police officers.
subject: Johannes Mehserle
verb: shot
object: Oscar Grant III
A white police officer shot a black man faced down on the ground
and will spend less than two years in jail for his criminal conviction.
what is the object
of that sentence?
object? anyone?
Added: Monday, July 7, 2014 / Used with permission.
Photo by Bob Hsiang.
Kevin Simmonds is a poet originally from New Orleans. His books include the poetry collections Bend to it (Salmon Poetry, 2014) and Mad for Meat (Salmon Poetry, 2011), the edited works Collective Brightness: LGBTIQ Poets on Faith, Religion & Spirituality (Sibling Rivalry Press, 2011) and Ota Benga under My Mother's Roof (University of South Carolina Press, 2012), and the chapbooks less than infinity: a san francisco psalter (Galvez & Allen, 2018) and The Noh of Dorian Corey (Galvez & Allen, 2017). He lives in San Francisco.
