Martín Espada transforms cemetery lizards into powerful metaphors for American imperialism in his latest collection.

St. Joseph High School juniors in English teacher Alicia Yrle’s class recently wrote extended metaphor poems as part of an assignment related to the poem “Huswifery “ by Edward Taylor.

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 ...

As much as we profess to favor Originality in art, for me at least, it's more accurate to say that we want Originality to be refashioned out of something real -- and that very act of refashioning is ...

November stands as a quiet bridge between autumn’s golden farewell and winter’s silver silence. It is a month of reflection, ...

Song Lin’s poem, translated by Dong Li, primarily uses interesting images to articulate the feelings of a “divided self” and a sense of being everywhere and nowhere at once. The poet left China in the ...

In case you've faced some hurdles solving the clue, Metaphor for fog's silent arrival, in a Carl Sandburg poem, we've got the answer for you. Crossword puzzles offer a fantastic opportunity to engage ...