This is a little article about "Seven reasons to memorize poetry" - well spoken!
Not intended to be the all-time-definitive-list of poems to memorize, but it's a dang good start. Perhaps you'll find one that you want to store inside your grey-matter for the rest of your life. What fun to imagine!
Here are links to collections of art or photographs.
http://www.getty.edu/education/teachers/classroom_resources/curricula/exploring_photographs/ib.html
Here is a link to collections of poetry:
http://www.poets.org/
Here is a link to collections of poetry:
http://www.poets.org/