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Appreciation, April, literature, memorization, memory, National Poetry Month, Official State Poem, poetry, prayer, rhymes, Spring 2012, writing, Yeats
This morning, I saw a post on Twitter by NPR’s Morning Edition, asking people what poems they have memorized.
I have a few. A special one by Yeats. A silly little refrain in Spanish. This simple, short poem was so much a part of my childhood, I can’t remember a time I didn’t know it by heart: “There is a Reason”
There is a reason
Why raindrops fall,
Why flowers bloom,
Why trees grow tall.
Photo by Angela Mapes Turner
I challenge you to memorize a poem sometime, if you haven’t already. Here are some reasons you should. And if you have favorites you know by heart, please share them in the comments.
Arthur Franklin Mapes 
“It was many a many a year ago, in a kingdom by the sea, that maiden there lived who you may know by the name of Annabell Lee…”
I used to know the whole thing, but just did about half still from memory!
Amanda, I love that one.
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