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How to Do a Simple Poetry Mandala

By T.S. Poetry 4 Comments

orange dahlias simple poetry mandala

Maybe you’d like to try a poetry mandala but you want to start simple. Here are two ways to create simple poetry mandalas. Display them and enjoy memorizing your chosen lines!

Filed Under: Art, article, Blog, Poetry Memorization

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: 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 9 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: ‘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: ‘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

“30 Poems to Memorize (Before It’s Too Late)” by David Kern

By Glynn Young 15 Comments

In “30 Poems to Memorize (Before It’s Too Late),” editor David Kern and 13 other contributors remind us of why we love poetry.

Filed Under: article, book reviews, Books, Memory, Poems, poetry, Poetry Memorization, Poets

Poetry Out Loud: When Poems Become Magic Cloaks

By Dana Kinsey 3 Comments

Pink flowers poetry cloak

Poetry memorization and recitation can be like a magic cloak, with the power to transform and transport students. Learn great tips for how to start, from theater teacher Dana Kinsey.

Filed Under: English Teaching Resources, Poetry Memorization, poetry teaching resources, Theater

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