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

By Megan Willome 4 Comments

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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: “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

National Poetry Month Dare: Commit ‘The Stolen Child’ by W. B. Yeats

By Will Willingham 14 Comments

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Join us in our National Poetry Month Dare as we memorize “The Stolen Child” by W. B. Yeats, complete with printable Faery Badges.

Filed Under: Blog, Commit Poetry, National Poetry Month, poetry, Poetry Dare, W. B. Yeats

Learning about Christmas Poems

By Glynn Young 16 Comments

Poets over the ages have written Christmas verse, but some Christmas poems turn out to be written by someone else! Includes great Christmas poem examples.

Filed Under: Christmas Poems, Hope Poems, Poems, poetry, Poets, W. B. Yeats

Take Your Poet to Work: W. B. Yeats

By Will Willingham 20 Comments

Take Your Poet to Work W.B. Yeats

Have you chosen your favorite poet for Take Your Poet to Work Day? W. B. Yeats joins our growing collection of ready-for-work poets today.

Filed Under: love poems, love poetry, Poems, Poets, Take Your Poet to Work Day, W. B. Yeats

National Poetry Month: William Butler Yeats

By Glynn Young 2 Comments

The career of William Butler Yeats (1865-1939) spanned two centuries, and he became one of the foremost figures of English literature. He was a major force behind the Irish Literary Revival and was a co-founder of the famed Abbey Theater in Dublin. Active in politics, drama and literature, Yeats was awarded the Nobel Prize for […]

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