Hey Guys,
I guess a few examples are in order. I used the technique Alex suggested. For the first twenty-six poems and authors, I used the regular anchorman list, then for the last ten I used animals.
To memorize the poems I first made a list so that I wouldn't forget any and numbered them arbitrarily. There are some interesting examples of how I remembered these poems and authors. One of the more interesting is "Counting the Beats" by Robert Graves. This happened to be number 15 on my list, so I visualized an olympic stadium for 15(=0). In the middle of the field, I visualized a guy robbing a grave (helps me remember the name Robert Graves). In the grave were a young couple lying together counting each others heart beats (which is kind of what the poem is about).
When I got to the twenty-seventh poem, I started using animals. For "A" I used the armadillo because we had recently read a poem called "The Armadillo" by Elizabeth Bishop. That was actually a bit confusing because the animal I used to remember the poem itself was not the armadillo but a frog ("The Armadillo" was number 32 on my list, so 26+6=32, and 6=F)
An interesting example of one of these is "My Papa's Waltz" by Theodore Roethke. This one was 30 on my list, and for the letter "D" I used the dog. To remember the poem, I visualized a father and child waltzing through the house making quite a raucous. Suddenly they trip on a dog. When the look at the dog there is no dog collar just a red key tied around the dog's neck. (red key is supposed to sound like Roethke).
I used similar visualizations for the rest of them. I hope these make sense or helps some.
Cheers
