A glass of warm milk. Getting tucked in by a loved one. A soothing song. Sometimes we need a little help getting to sleep. Written by American writer and poet Eugene Field, “Wynken, Blynken, and Nod” ...

NPR's Scott Simon talks with John Himmelman about his new collection of illustrated poems for children, "The Boy Who Lived in a Shell: Snippets for Wandering Minds." A new collection of illustrated ...

Susan Cooper's poem "The Shortest Day," celebrating the winter solstice, is also a children's book illustrated by Carson Ellis. They collaborated by mail. SUSAN COOPER: (Reading) So the shortest day ...

What do the poems “Cartoon Physics part 1” by Nick Flynn, “England in 1819” by Percy Bysshe Shelley and “Sweet Tooth” by Russell Edson all have in common? Well, actually not very much. But that’s why ...

This image provided by singer and U.S.-based attorney Lee So-eun promotes her new album "Lee So-eun Siseon – Notes on a Poem." (PHOTO NOT FOR SALE) (Yonhap) SEOUL, July 22 (Yonhap) -- Singer and ...