This is an updated list of the poems I’ve memorized in alphabetical order of the poet\u2019s first name.\u00a0 In choosing poems to memorize, I sometimes select seasonally appropriate verse.\u00a0 I also balance light with serious.\u00a0 I memorize poems suited for certain moments, like a toast, or saying something nice about someone at a farewell event or birthday, or on a holiday like Christmas or the Fourth of July.\u00a0 A fitting, apropos poem heightens my awareness of a moment and marks it for future reference.\u00a0 Glance at the list and you’ll see Robert Burns is my favorite poet, autumn is my favorite season, and love, my favorite sentiment.\u00a0 As I post the poem texts in the blog, I will add the link to this page.\u00a0 <\/p>\n
The Gettysburg Address<\/em><\/a>\u00a0 –\u00a0 Abraham Lincoln This is an updated list of the poems I’ve memorized in alphabetical order of the poet\u2019s first name.\u00a0 In choosing poems to memorize, I sometimes select seasonally appropriate verse.\u00a0 I also balance light with serious.\u00a0 I memorize poems suited for … Continue reading
\nTo An Athlete, Dying Young<\/em> \u00a0 –\u00a0 A.E. Housman
\nWith Rue My Heart is Laden<\/em><\/a> \u00a0 –\u00a0 A.E. Housman
\nLoveliest of Trees<\/em><\/a> –\u00a0 A.E. Housman
\nCaroling, Caroling<\/em> –\u00a0 Alfred Burt
\nJesus Christ the Apple Tree<\/a> – Anonymous, (Early American)
\nAutumn Movement<\/em><\/a> -Carl Sandberg
\nJoy<\/em> –\u00a0 Carl Sandberg
\nA Visit From St. Nicholas<\/em> –\u00a0 Clement Moore
\nI Have Longed To Move Away<\/em><\/a> –\u00a0 Dylan Thomas
\nDo Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night – Dylan Thomas
\nlove is thicker than forget – e.e. cummings
\nWinter is Good<\/em><\/a> –\u00a0 Emily Dickinson
\nA Little Madness<\/em><\/a>\u00a0 –\u00a0 Emily Dickinson
\nBesides the Autumn<\/em> –\u00a0 Emily Dickinson
\nThe New Colossus<\/em><\/a> –\u00a0 Emma Lazarus
\nWhen the Frost is on the Punkin<\/em><\/a> –\u00a0 James Whitcomb Riley
\nTo Autumn<\/em><\/a> –\u00a0 John Keats
\nTrees<\/em><\/a> –\u00a0 Joyce Kilmer
\nDream Deferred<\/em><\/a> –\u00a0 Langston Hughes
\nDreams<\/em><\/a>\u00a0 –\u00a0 Langston Hughes
\nA Strange Wild Song<\/em> \u00a0 –\u00a0 Lewis Carroll
\nThe Folk Who Live in Backwards Town<\/em> –\u00a0 MaryAnn Holberman
\nPsalm 121<\/a><\/em> –\u00a0 Michael Wigglesworth
\nWhen I’m Standing Next to You<\/em>\u00a0 –\u00a0 (from the movie, \u201cA Mighty Wind\u201d)
\nEleven Animal Poems<\/em> –\u00a0 Ogden Nash\u00a0 (The Ant<\/a>, the Cow<\/a>, The Centipede<\/a>, The Firefly<\/a>, The Guppy<\/a>, The Llama<\/a>, The Ostrich<\/a>, The Shrimp<\/a>, The Termite, The Turtle, The Wasp)
\nA Drink With Something In It<\/em><\/a> –\u00a0 Ogden Nash
\nA Word to Husbands<\/em> –\u00a0 Ogden Nash
\nTo a Louse<\/em><\/a> –\u00a0 Robert Burns
\nAddress to a Haggis<\/em><\/a> –\u00a0 Robert Burns
\nTable Prayer 1<\/em> –\u00a0 Robert Burns
\nTo A Mouse<\/em><\/a> –\u00a0 Robert Burns
\nAfton Waters<\/em><\/a> –\u00a0 Robert Burns
\nGrace for After a Meal<\/em> –\u00a0 Robert Burns
\nMy Girl She’s Airy<\/em> –\u00a0 Robert Burns
\nAe Fond Kiss<\/em><\/a> –\u00a0 Robert Burns
\nScots Wha Hae<\/em> –\u00a0 Robert Burns
\nThe Parting Kiss<\/em><\/a> –\u00a0 Robert Burns
\nRed, Red Rose<\/em><\/a> –\u00a0 Robert Burns
\nAuld Lang Syne<\/em><\/a> –\u00a0 Robert Burns
\nOf A’ The Airts<\/em><\/a>\u00a0 – Robert Burns
\nGreen Grow the Rashes<\/em> –\u00a0 Robert Burns
\nMy Wife\u2019s a Winsome Wee Thing<\/em><\/a> – Robert Burns
\nSelkirk Grace<\/a><\/em> –\u00a0 Robert Burns
\nFor a’ That and a’ That (Is There for Honest Poverty)<\/em><\/a>\u00a0 –\u00a0 Robert Burns
\nNothing Gold Can Stay<\/em><\/a> –\u00a0 Robert Frost
\nStopping by Woods on a Winter’s Evening<\/em><\/a> –\u00a0 Robert Frost
\nThe Road not Taken<\/em> –\u00a0 Robert Frost
\nSmart<\/em> –\u00a0 Shel Silverstein
\nWhere the Sidewalk Ends<\/em> –\u00a0 Shel Silverstein
\nOut of the Rolling Ocean the Crowd<\/em><\/a> –\u00a0 Walt Whitman
\nI heard you solemn sweet pipes of the organ<\/em> –\u00a0 Walt Whitman
\nLake Isle of Innisfree<\/em> –\u00a0 William Butler Yeats
\nTo a Friend Whose Work has Come to Nothing<\/em><\/a>\u00a0 –\u00a0 William Butler Yeats
\nSonnet 128<\/em><\/a> –\u00a0 William Shakespeare
\nSonnet 116<\/em><\/a> –\u00a0 William Shakespeare
\nSonnet 99<\/em><\/a> – William Shakespeare
\nI Wondered Lonely As a Cloud<\/em><\/a> –\u00a0 William Wordsworth<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"