Wrapping Up 'Muses And Metaphor'
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Muses And Metaphor
Tell Me More commemorates April as National Poetry Month with "Muses and Metaphor," a series combining two of the program's passions: poetry and social media. The poems featured are "tweets," messages (140 characters or less) exchanged via Twitter by NPR fans. Poet, writer and performer Holly Bass is the curator.
Tweeted Verse Of The Day: April 27, 2011
()Today's tweeted poem comes from Summer Beretsky of Phoenixville, Pa. Summer works as an analyst at a marketing company and blogs about anxiety and panic for PsychCentral.com.
Tweeted Verse Of The Day: April 26, 2011
Today's poetic tweet comes from Pat Allen, of Tarboro, North Carolina.
()Tweeted Verse Of The Day: April 25, 2011
Celebrating National Poetry Month, host Michel Martin offers a poetic tweet from Landmark College.
()Tweeted Verse Of The Day: April 21, 2011()
April 21, 2011 Today's poetic tweet comes from Kasey Edison, a lifelong writer living in West Grove, Pa.
Tweeted Verse Of The Day: April 20, 2011()
April 20, 2011 Today's tweeted poem comes from Taylor Collins, a writer and painter from Dover, Delaware. She is also the past president of the National League of American Pen Women.
Tweeted Verse Of The Day: April 19, 2011()
April 19, 2011 Today's tweeted poem comes from freelance writer and poet Katherine Russo of Washington, DC. Listeners are also invited to send in original poems, no longer than 140 characters, via Twitter, using the hashtag, #TMMpoetry.
Tweeted Verse Of The Day: April 18, 2011()
April 18, 2011 Today's poetic tweet comes from poet and runner Melissa Holm of Atlanta, Georgia. Listeners are also invited to send in original poems, no longer than 140 characters, via Twitter, using the hashtag, #TMMpoetry.
Tweeted Verse Of The Day: April 15, 2011()
April 15, 2011 Today's poetic tweet comes from Philadelphia writer and English teacher Christine Chiosi. Listeners are invited to send in original poems of 140 characters or less, via Twitter, using the hashtag, T-M-M-poetry.
What Makes A Tweet A Poem?()
April 14, 2011 Writer and poet Holly Bass joins host Michel Martin to review listeners' submissions to Tell Me More's daily poetry series, Muses and Metaphor. Bass is curator for the series, which commemorates April as National Poetry Month
Tweeted Verse Of The Day: April 13, 2011()
April 13, 2011 In Tell Me More's daily series celebrating National Poetry Month, host Michel Martin presents another poetic tweet. Today, it comes from Hunter Gillezeau, a 23-year-old poet from Trinidad and Tobago, who now lives in Vienna, Virginia. Listeners are also invited to send in original poems, no longer than 140 characters, via Twitter, using the hashtag, #TMMpoetry.
Tweeted Verse Of The Day: April 12, 2011()
April 12, 2011 In Tell Me More's daily series celebrating National Poetry Month, Host Michel Martin presents another poetic tweet. Today, it comes from visual artist and writer Christena Hambrick of Oakland, Calif. Listeners are also invited to send in original poems, of 140 characters and less, via Twitter, using the hashtag, #TMMPoetry.
Tweeted Verse Of The Day: April 11, 2011()
April 11, 2011 In Tell Me More's daily series celebrating National Poetry Month, Host Michel Martin presents another poetic tweet. Today, it comes painter Dan Collins of Dallas, Texas. Listeners are also invited to send in original poems, of 140 characters and less, via Twitter, using the hashtag, #TMMpoetry.
Tweeted Verse Of The Day: April 8, 2011()
April 8, 2011 In Tell Me More's daily series celebrating National Poetry Month, guest host Allison Keyes offers another poetic tweet. Today, it comes Carnell Borden. He's a Pastor, husband, father-of-five and writer from Ganesha Hills, Calif. Listeners are also invited to send in original poems, of 140 characters and less, via Twitter using the hashtag, #TMMpoetry.
