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)

Matthew Eck

Ugly

is when bathroom mirrors crack your breast
into constellations of fine china on the floor
& your chest butterflies against the cabinet
glass into a mandala of shoulder blades. It reminds
you of pity, of the story you heard about a girl
who tripped

                       in a puddle of mud; and when fondling
the wet cement to retrieve her shoe, she grabbed
a dead body with blue cotton candy in its mouth instead.

Contributor Bio: Matthew Eck
Reflective Piece: Making Ugly

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