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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

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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

By Heart: ‘I Have Wrapped My Dreams in a Silken Cloth’ + New Vachel Lindsay Challenge

By Megan Willome 4 Comments

Poet to Work

In celebration of Take Your Poet to Work Day, join Megan Willome as she learns Countee Cullen’s “I Have Wrapped My Dreams in a Silken Cloth” by heart.

Filed Under: A Poem in Every Heart, By Heart, Take Your Poet to Work Day

By Heart: ‘Song of Summer’ + New Countee Cullen Challenge

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Song of Summer

Savor the summer with author Megan Willome as she learns Margaret Wise Brown’s poem “Song of Summer” By Heart.

Filed Under: A Poem in Every Heart, By Heart, Childhood Poems, Children's Authors, Children's Poetry, Summer Poems

By Heart: a blessing poem for the exhausted + new Margaret Wise Brown challenge

By Megan Willome 6 Comments

exhausted

Return to your self, dear soul. Join us in learning John O’Donohue’s poem “For One Who Is Exhausted, A Blessing” By Heart.

Filed Under: A Poem in Every Heart, Blog, By Heart, Poems, To Bless the Space Between Us

By Heart: ‘The Tyger’ + New John O’Donohue Challenge

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Join author Megan Willome as she learns William Blake’s ‘The Tyger’ By Heart. And shares a tiger poem by Newbery-winner Nancy Willard too.

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

By Heart: ‘Dippold the Optician’ and William Blake Challenge

By Megan Willome 2 Comments

Spoon River Anthology Edgar Lee Masters

Join author Megan Willome as she learns a little wisdom poetry By Heart—’Dippold the Optician’ from Edgar Lee Masters’ ‘Spoon River Anthology.’

Filed Under: A Poem in Every Heart, Americana Poems, Blog, By Heart, poetry, Poets, wisdom literature

By Heart: “Snow-flakes” + New Edgar Lee Masters Challenge

By Megan Willome 4 Comments

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

Join author Megan Willome as she learns Henry Wadsworth Longfellow’s ‘Snow-flakes’ By Heart.

Filed Under: A Poem in Every Heart, By Heart, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, Nature Poems, poetry

By Heart: “The Darkling Thrush” + New Longfellow Challenge

By Megan Willome 6 Comments

Join author Megan Willome as she learns Thomas Hardy’s ‘The Darkling Thrush’ By Heart. This poem has it all: desolation, Hope, and ecstatic caroling.

Filed Under: A Poem in Every Heart, Bird Poems, Blog, By Heart, Coloring Page Poems

Evening Loveliness: poets Jane Kenyon & Sara Teasdale

By Megan Willome 8 Comments

As evening comes, author Megan Willome looks for wisdom and loveliness in the poetry of Jane Kenyon and Sara Teasdale.

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

By Heart: “Come, Night” + New Thomas Hardy Challenge

By Megan Willome 5 Comments

Romeo and Juliet

Join author Megan Willome as she learns William Shakespeare’s ‘Come, Night’ from ‘Romeo and Juliet’ By Heart while savoring this season of extra night.

Filed Under: A Poem in Every Heart, Blog, By Heart, Poems, poetry, Shakespeare

By Heart: “South of the Cap Rock” + New Shakespeare Challenge

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cowboy poetry

Join author Megan Willome as she learns Carlos Ashley’s’ “South of the Cap Rock” By Heart. And Mrs. George Reece speaks from the grave in praise of poetry memorization, for truth and beauty’s sake.

Filed Under: Blog, By Heart, Poems

By Heart: “This Is Just To Say” + New Carlos Ashley Challenge

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This Is Just To Say

Join author Megan Willome as she learns William Carlos Williams’ “This Is Just To Say” By Heart and talks about plums as a breakfast food.

Filed Under: A Poem in Every Heart, By Heart, English Teaching Resources, Poems, poetry

By Heart: “I Wandered Lonely As A Cloud” + New Poetry Challenge

By Megan Willome 2 Comments

couch

Join author Megan Willome as she learns Wordsworth’s “I Wandered Lonely As a Cloud” By Heart and considers authorship.

Filed Under: Blog, By Heart, nature, Nature Poems, Poems, Poets

By Heart: “Kindness” + Wordsworth Challenge

By Megan Willome 10 Comments

Naomi Shihab Nye

Join author Megan Willome as she learns Naomi Shihab Nye’s “Kindness” By Heart and throws in a few thoughts on “The Sound of Music.”

Filed Under: Blog, By Heart, Poems, poetry, Poets

By Heart: “The Star” + New “Kindness” Challenge

By Megan Willome 9 Comments

Lil Wayne

Join author Megan Willome as she learns Jane Taylor’s “The Star” By Heart and gets a little twinkly. Lil Wayne sings along.

Filed Under: Blog, By Heart, Children's Authors, Children's Poetry, Children's Stories

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