Responses to American Poetry

The aim of this online space is to host the research work of university students or young scholars as this emerges from larger projects focusing on the American poetry scene. The objective of this initiative is to bring this kind of research activity to the attention of the general public in an attempt to further promote the exchange of ideas with regard to the process of reading, understanding and appreciating poetry writing.

Tatiani Rapatzikou 
(Associate Professor, School of English, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece; Advisor and initiative co-ordinator trapatz@enl.auth.gr)

Lauryn Jones

Tired & Exhausted: A Pantoum

To be tired is to be weary
Weary of the ways of the world
And all who inhabit it
Crawling through the motions, daily

Weary of the ways of the world
The monotony of existence
Crawling through the motions, daily
Surviving instead of thriving

The monotony of existence;
A mirror into exhaustion
Surviving instead of thriving
The exacerbation of fatigue

A mirror into exhaustion
Complete depletion of mental, physical and emotional faculties
The exacerbation of fatigue
A mind state much better than the alternative

Complete depletion of mental, physical and emotional faculties
Where restoration comes at a cost
A mind state that seems better than the alternative
Death, the cousin of the restorative process

Where restoration comes at a cost
And all who inhabit it
Learn how to cope because,
To be tired is to be weary

But at least feeling weary, means you’re alive.

Contributor Bio: Lauryn Jones
Reflective Piece: Poem Reflection

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