Poetry is meant to be spoken, and it is meant heard. So this week, memorize a favorite poem – preferably one of your own. Make memorizing fun by trying any of the following approaches:

• Sing your poem out loud in the shower.
• Write it a hundred times in a notebook.
• Post copies of it on the refrigerator, on the bathroom mirror, or on your car’s dashboard.
• Perform it in front of a mirror or in front your stuffed animals or portraits of your family and friends.
• Record yourself reciting the poem and listen (or watch) your performance – repeatedly.
• Prepare as if you were going to perform in front of a live audience of hundreds. Someday, you might.

Feel free to share the poem you choose to memorize in the comments section below.