Ya poem, ya know 'em

Poems can be useful in helping people remember things. Why else would teachers of all ages use poems in their classes [Witnesses]? Take the example "Please Excuse My Dear Aunt Sally." This phrase is not an acronym [Contradictions], but an acrostic poem [Definition] that helps people remember the order of operations in math. I learned it years ago in school, and I still remember it [Past Fact/Future Fact]--so it's definitely possible for poems like that to help people remember other things as well [Possibility/Impossibility] [Similarity/Difference]. Indeed, if something as English-y as a poem can help with math, surely it can help with English too [Degree]! Robert Pinsky, a well-known writer in today's poetry circles, suggested just last Friday during a poetry reading at BYU that copying down poems can help improve your own writing [Authority]. Copying down poems can tune a reader in to colorful rhythm, sound, and language choices that may not have been easily seen before. Distinctive and vivid choices in these areas are inherent to, and thus readily seen in, poetry [Subject/Adjuncts]. By studying poems, then, people can remember these elements as they write and make their writing more interesting. Away from the world of academia, poems are still useful in helping people to remember. The leaders of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, for example, frequently use poems in their discourses to help people remember the messages they are trying to teach. The president of the Church, Thomas S. Monson, has used this poem before in conference to the entire church [Authority]. I may not remember all that he said during that talk (I don't), but I do remember his citation of that poem, so I know he was talking about being kind to others [Witness]. So go read a poem! Chances are, it will help you remember something worthwhile [Cause/Effect].