We speak of the heart of the matter, of having butterflies in our stomach, of someone being the backbone of their community, of hitting a raw nerve— In our daily speech and across a variety of disciplines including poetry, there is widespread use of metaphors grounded in or pertaining to the body. In recent years,…

We speak of the heart of the matter, of having butterflies in our stomach, of someone being the backbone of their community, of hitting a raw nerve— In our daily speech and across a variety of disciplines including poetry, there is widespread use of metaphors grounded in or pertaining to the body. In recent years,…

We speak of the heart of the matter, of having butterflies in our stomach, of someone being the backbone of their community, of hitting a raw nerve— In our daily speech and across a variety of disciplines including poetry, there is widespread use of metaphors grounded in or pertaining to the body. In recent years,…