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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

By Heart: “Annabel Lee” + New “The Star” Challenge

By Megan Willome 4 Comments

Edgar Allan Poe

Join author Megan Willome as she learns Edgar Allan Poe’s “Annabel Lee” By Heart and wonders why Poe never made a workout video.

Filed Under: Ballads, By Heart, love poems

By Heart: “Lake Isle of Innisfree” + New “Annabel Lee” Challenge

By Megan Willome 6 Comments

Yeats

Join author Megan Willome as she learns W.B. Yeats’ “The Lake Isle of Innisfree” By Heart, shares some deep insights about the poem, and finds a lake to love.

Filed Under: Blog, By Heart, W. B. Yeats

By Heart: Emily Dickinson + New “Lake Isle of Innisfree” Challenge

By Megan Willome 3 Comments

started early took dog

Even after spending a month with Dickinson and her unnamed dog (there is an unnamed dog in Sendak’s story too), I still don’t know what the poem means. And I did not go looking for an interpretation of it. I simply enjoyed the poem, dashes and all, says Megan Willome.

Filed Under: Blog, By Heart, Emily Dickinson

By Heart: “Delight in Disorder” + New Emily Dickinson Challenge

By Megan Willome 3 Comments

Robert Herrick

February means Valentine’s Day and love poetry, so Tweetspeak Poetry learned Robert Herrick’s “Delight in Disorder,” By Heart.

Filed Under: Blog, By Heart

By Heart: “Stopping by Woods” + New Herrick “Delight in Disorder” Challenge

By Megan Willome 30 Comments

Tweetspeak’s 2019 general theme is ‘Renaissance.’ So we just had to dip into Renaissance poetry! Join us as we learn Robert Herrick’s “Delight in Disorder,” By Heart.

Filed Under: Blog, By Heart, Poems

By Heart: “Let Evening Come” + New Frost “Stopping by Woods” Challenge

By Megan Willome 20 Comments

Jane Kenyon

The nights are short and sometimes the holidays are hard. Find comfort in this month’s By Heart column, in which we wrap up our memorization of Jane Kenyon’s “Let Evening Come.”

Filed Under: Blog, By Heart, Courage Poems, Farm Poems, Poems, poetry, Poetry for Life

By Heart: “Peace” by Sara Teasdale + New Kenyon “Let Evening Come” Challenge

By Megan Willome 13 Comments

Sara Teasdale

Looking for peace? Find it in this month’s By Heart column, in which we wrap up our memorization of Sara Teasdale’s “Peace” and learn some surprising memory techniques.

Filed Under: Blog, By Heart, Sara Teasdale

By Heart: “Ulysses” wrapup + New Teasdale “Peace” Challenge

By Megan Willome 11 Comments

“Come, my friends.” Join us for this month’s By Heart column, in which we wrap up our memorization of the last lines of Tennyson’s ‘Ulysses.’

Filed Under: Blog, By Heart, Finding Inspiration

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