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By Heart: ‘Dust of Snow’ + New Langston Hughes Challenge

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alternating green and white trees

Change your heart. Change your mood. Change a day that you have rued. Let’s read “Dust of Snow” then “Mother to Son” by Langston Hughes.

Filed Under: A Poem in Every Heart, Blog, By Heart, Robert Frost, Spring Poems, Winter Poems

By Heart: ‘I so liked Spring’ + New Robert Frost Challenge

By Megan Willome 4 Comments

purple flowers out of focus

What do the thrushes sing? Ah Holy, Holy or Crack! Join us as we learn Charlotte Mew’s poem “I so liked Spring” By Heart.

Filed Under: A Poem in Every Heart, Blog, By Heart, Nature Poems, Spring Poems

By Heart: ‘Wintering’ + New Charlotte Mew Challenge

By Megan Willome 2 Comments

crocuses snow wintering Sylvia Plath

We have a bit more wintering to do. Do you have your honey? Join us as we learn Sylvia Plath’s poem “Wintering” By Heart.

Filed Under: A Poem in Every Heart, Blog, By Heart, Spring Poems, Sylvia Plath, Take Your Poet to Work Day, Winter Poems

By Heart: ‘The Snow Man’ + New Sylvia Plath Challenge

By Megan Willome 2 Comments

Let’s step out of our own snow globe and have a mind of winter. Join us in learning Wallace Stevens’ poem “The Snow Man” By Heart.

Filed Under: A Poem in Every Heart, By Heart, Perspective, Poetry Memorization, Wallace Stevens, Winter Poems

By Heart: ‘The Good Life’ + New Wallace Stevens Challenge

By Megan Willome 2 Comments

fresh baked bread

It’s funny the things we are grateful for, in retrospect. Join us as we learn a poem of gratitude By Heart: “The Good Life” by Tracy K. Smith.

Filed Under: A Poem in Every Heart, Blog, By Heart, Gratitude

By Heart: ‘Sea Poppies’ + New Tracy K. Smith Challenge

By Megan Willome 5 Comments

flowers by the sea Cap Fréhel - Bretagne

Imagine discovering a treasure—a flower. Who will you tell? Join us and learn “Sea Poppies” by H.D. By Heart.

Filed Under: A Poem in Every Heart, Blog, By Heart, Flower Poems, Nature Poems

By Heart: ‘Somewhere or Other’ + New H.D. Challenge

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a branch of autumn leaves

Love is there — “Somewhere or Other.” Beauty keeps hope alive. Join us and learn a love poem by Christina Rossetti By Heart.

Filed Under: A Poem in Every Heart, Blog, By Heart, Christina Rossetti, love poems

By Heart: ‘What Men Die For Lack Of’ + New Christina Rossetti Challenge

By Megan Willome 4 Comments

poky white weed

You’d be surprised by what men die for lack of. So, we’re going on a poem hunt to make things better. Plus, we’re learning an Abigail Carroll poem about poetry By Heart.

Filed Under: A Poem in Every Heart, Blog, By Heart, Carl Sandburg, Christina Rossetti, Emily Dickinson, John Keats, Mary Oliver, Robert Frost, Robert Louis Stevenson, Sylvia Plath, W. B. Yeats, Walt Whitman

By Heart: Fall In Love With Poetry + New Abigail Carroll Challenge

By Megan Willome 4 Comments

Hauraki Gulf, Australia

Do you want to fall in love with poetry? Memorize a poem (or thirty-six). This By Heart column shows how—with time and tea.

Filed Under: A Poem in Every Heart, Blog, By Heart, Poems about poetry, Poetry Memorization

By Heart: ‘From Blossoms’ Peaches Poem by Li-Young Lee

By Megan Willome 4 Comments

peach blossoms in summer light

Join us and bite into the round jubilance of peaches as we learn Li-Young Lee’s poem “From Blossoms” By Heart.

Filed Under: A Poem in Every Heart, By Heart, Poetry Memorization, Summer Poems

By Heart: ‘Motherload’ + Li-Young Lee Challenge

By Megan Willome 7 Comments

mother holding child into the air Motherload poem Kate Baer

For this month’s By Heart, we learn a poem about motherhood by Kate Baer, called “Motherload.”

Filed Under: A Poem in Every Heart, Blog, By Heart, Mother Poems, Poetry Memorization

By Heart: ‘Choices’ + New Kate Baer Challenge

By Megan Willome 4 Comments

bamboo forest

Sometimes our choices come down to nests or mountains. Learn Tess Gallagher’s poem “Choices” By Heart and see which one you choose.

Filed Under: A Poem in Every Heart, By Heart, nature, Nature Poems

By Heart: ‘One Art’ + New Tess Gallagher Challenge

By Megan Willome 9 Comments

Sunset on the Nile-One-Art-Elizabeth-Bishop

What have you lost today? Poet Elizabeth Bishop’s “One Art” invites us into the art of losing in this month’s By Heart.

Filed Under: A Poem in Every Heart, By Heart, Poems, poetry, Poetry Memorization

By Heart: ‘Blessing the Boats’ + New Elizabeth Bishop Challenge

By Megan Willome 8 Comments

blue boat beside reeds in water

For Black History Month, we learn Lucille Clifton’s “blessing the boats” By Heart and consider the memory of a Chilean sea.

Filed Under: A Poem in Every Heart, Americana Poems, Black Poets, Blog, By Heart, Poems, Poetry Memorization

By Heart ‘As I Walked Out One Evening’ + New Lucille Clifton Challenge

By Megan Willome 4 Comments

golden river by castle

The river that is our country runs on, despite crooked hearts. Read W.H. Auden’s “As I Walked Out One Evening” beside your favorite river.

Filed Under: A Poem in Every Heart, By Heart, Poems, Poetry Memorization, Poets, W. H. Auden

By Heart: ‘Everything Is Going To Be All Right’ + New W.H. Auden Challenge

By Megan Willome 2 Comments

Death Valley with sunrise

A pandemic is a perfect time to learn a poem By Heart, especially Derek Mahon’s “Everything Is Going To Be All Right.”

Filed Under: A Poem in Every Heart, By Heart, Pandemic Journal

By Heart: ‘A Noiseless Patient Spider’ + New Derek Mahon Challenge

By Megan Willome 3 Comments

sunset over rock promontory

Uncle Walt says spiders and souls have a lot in common. Our By Heart column considers Whitman’s ‘A Noiseless Patient Spider’ and Charlotte.

Filed Under: A Poem in Every Heart, Blog, By Heart, Poetry Memorization, Walt Whitman

By Heart: ‘Some One’ + New Walt Whitman Challenge

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When a poem knocks, you open. Join Megan Willome as she learns Walter de la Mare’s creepy “Some One” By Heart, just in time for Halloween.

Filed Under: A Poem in Every Heart, Blog, By Heart, Childhood Poems, Halloween Poems

By Heart: ‘To Autumn’ + New Walter de la Mare Challenge

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Autumn’s signs may be subtle, but they are there. Join Megan Willome as she learns the end of John Keats’ poem ‘To Autumn’ by heart.

Filed Under: A Poem in Every Heart, By Heart, John Keats

By Heart: ‘The Dandelion’ + New Keats Challenge

By Megan Willome 2 Comments

green grass

The king of August is the dandelion. Join author Megan Willome as she learns Vachel Lindsay’s poem “The Dandelion” by heart.

Filed Under: A Poem in Every Heart, Americana Poems, Blog, By Heart, Sara Teasdale

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