Poetry and social media join forces in April, as Tell Me More celebrates National Poetry Month with the Muses and Metaphor series. We'll feature poems exchanged via Twitter by NPR fans — always in 140 ...

Let us start with a little poetry joke, shall we? Q: What did the poet say to Luke Skywalker? A: Metaphors be with you! Looking for a free mini puzzle? Play the USA TODAY Quick Cross now. As a poet by ...

In her Foley poetry contest submission, “Myself, the Almost Infinite (A ghazal),” Rainey Sierra writes about “My mother’s eyes—bloodshot boondocks—Chicago sprouting from Tennessee soil, everything ...

Neil Armstrong’s aspirational metaphor of “one giant leap for mankind” captured and encapsulated a once-in-a-planetary-lifetime moment. Visually, that moment is most famously represented by the ...

The concrete jungle is on fire. These symbolic flames blaze throughout “No Matter,” a collection of poems by Jana Prikryl. The author paints New York City as a metaphorical inferno burning with deep ...

The UC Davis Health System’s Interprofessional Book Club, in meetings through January, is exploring the connections between the Great Migration and social determinants of health and health disparities ...

This is a preview. Log in through your library . Abstract Music has had a presence in the poetry of José Hierro from his first collection, "Tierra sin nosotros", to his most recent "Cuaderno de Nueva ...

Murray Bartlett, Laurie Santos, and more guests join Elisa New to read Wallace Stevens. Modernist poet Wallace Stevens balanced his long career as an insurance executive with a thrilling life of the ...