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Dare to memorize a poem with each episode. A great workout for your gray matter that will make you stronger, faster, and an even better you than you are right now.

Cindy Dyson


    • Mar 27, 2021 LATEST EPISODE
    • monthly NEW EPISODES
    • 38m AVG DURATION
    • 18 EPISODES


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    E18 When You Are Old by Yeats

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 27, 2021 40:03


    Memorize the sublimely twisted love poem by William Yeats -- When You Are Old. Using an image based memorization technique, we'll memorize this classic poem and discover Yeats' um...unique personal love story.

    E17 Inauguration Day the Poems of Joe Biden and Donald Trump

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 20, 2021 37:57


    Welcome our new President Joe Biden by memorizing his favorite poem "The Cure of Troy" along with him. Send off Donald Trump by memorizing his rally favorite "The Snake" with the daughters of the man who wrote it -- Oscar Brown.

    E16 The Journey by Mary Oliver

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 17, 2021 54:53


    Memorize Mary Oliver's poem "The Journey." The perfect poem for a New Year's state of mind. Practice reciting with Oliver herself and discover what the poem meant for her as we celebrate Oliver two years after her death.

    E15 The Night Before Christmas V5

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 21, 2020 30:51


    Memorize the final stanza of "The Night Before Christmas," the poem that brought us our modern Santa.

    E14 The Night Before Christmas V4

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 18, 2020 37:50


    Continue memorizing "The Night Before Christmas" with Verse 4. Christmas music and sound effects will make it easy to memorize the entire poem to recite to your loved ones this Christmas Eve.

    E13 The Night Before Christmas V3

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 12, 2020 24:21


    Memorize the world's most famous Christmas poem in time to recite it to your loved ones this Christmas Eve...spices up a Zoom-call Christmas. The episode covers Verse 3 and explores the magic mushroom that may have inspired some of the lore of flying reindeer.

    E12 The Night Before Christmas V2

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 9, 2020 26:05


    Memorize verse two of The Night Before Christmas. With the sounds of the Holiday and guitar music by Martin Tallstrom, you'll be able to recite this most beloved Christmas poem for your loved ones by Christmas Eve.

    E11 The Night Before Christmas V1

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 3, 2020 28:07


    Memorize "The Night Before Christmas" and recite it to your family, friends, children or grandchildren Christmas Eve. In this episode we memorize the first stanza. We use the immersion memorization technique with bountiful Holiday sounds and music that bring this poem to life.

    E10 Since Feeling is First by ee cummings

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 6, 2020 68:15


    Memorize this arousing and short poem with the motion memory technique. Psycho-linguist Dr. Steven Pinker joins us to discuss how reading may help create a more empathetic and peaceful world.

    E9 Review 1

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 26, 2020 32:04


    Recall is king in poetry memorization. We review the first seven poems we've memorized together and practice a few recall techniques you can apply to anything you need to remember.

    E8 If by Kipling Part 2

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 12, 2020 51:08


    Memorize the second half of poem that is, perhaps, the most loved poem in the U.S. and the U.K. We use the peg memorization technique for the last two stanzas 1. Great family activity.

    E7 If by Kipling Part 1

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 20, 2020 52:09


    Memorize the poem that is, perhaps, the most loved poem in the U.S. and the U.K. We use the peg memorization technique to memorize the first two stanzas in part 1. Great family activity.

    E6 For Earth's Grandsons by Joy Harjo

    Play Episode Listen Later May 9, 2020 38:09


    Memorize a poem by the U.S. Poet Laureate Joy Harjo. "For Earth's Grandsons" has a lullaby quality so we're trying the lyrical memorization technique for the first time. Memorize and sing along.

    E5 In Just-by ee cummings

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 21, 2020 41:16


    Celebrate spring and banish that feeling of "lock-down" with me the poet who spent time in prison for espionage, studied classical literature and insisted on simply just being himself.

    E4 Tell All the Truth by Emily Dickinson

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 31, 2020 27:24


    Dare to memorize this Dickinson poem with the Memory Palace technique.

    E3 Richard Cory by Edwin Arlington Robinson

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 17, 2020 36:23


    This poet was almost a gutter drunk until a U.S. president stepped in.

    E 2 Invictus by Ernest Henley

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 17, 2020 36:01


    Memorize Invictus for a shot of courage during tough times.

    E1 High Flight by John McGee

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 17, 2020 27:25


    Memorize the poem created while flying a Spitfire during WW II.

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