History of the Heart
The Popular Heart
If you pay attention to popular culture, you'll notice that the heart seems to be everywhere. Look at all of the ways that the heart influences culture: movies, literature, advertising, television, music, and poetry. The suggestions for each on this page were made by visitors to The Franklin Institute.
Click the headings below for examples. Click again to hide the list.
Movies
- King of Hearts
Lucia Wilkes, Minneapolis, Minnesota - One From The Heart - Francis Ford Coppola
Bobby Kawamura, Las Vegas, Nevada - The Hasty Heart
Daniel Bubbeo, East Meadow, New York - Untamed Heart
Michelle Macutay, University of Toronto - Heart of The Matter
Chris, Houston - Wild at Heart
Dori Salinas, Indiana Univ. Bloomington - Breakheart Pass
EP Rutheny, WCC - Crimes of The Heart
Michele - Heartland
Rae, Newark, DE - Tender Heart
A. Noche, U.C. Berkeley - Heartbreak Ridge
KE, Emporia, KS - Queen at Hearts
Tim Gaddes, Maple Grove Jr High - Heart of Darkness
Brian, NYC - Braveheart
Stephanie, Pennsylvania - Hearts of Darkness
Goliath, E.Lansing, MI - Wild at Heart
Amy, Pennsylvania - Places in The Heart
Mike, Bedford, MA - Heartburn
Shawn, Philadelphia - Heart Like a Wheel
George, Anchorage - Angel Heart
Scott Novack, Edison, NJ - The Heart is a Lonely Hunter
King of Hearts
cj, Baltimore
Literature
- The Tell-Tale Heart
Edgar Allen Poe
Natasha, Greenwood,In - The Wicked Heart
Christopher Pike
Cassie & Marsha, Bronx, N.Y. - Crimes of The Heart
Beth Henley
Maggie, New York City - The Heart of Midlothian
Sir Walter Scott
Elizabeth Hurdman, Toronto, Canada - The Heart of The Matter
Graham Greene
Elizabeth Hurdman, Toronto, Canada - A Home For The Heart
Bruno Bettelheim
Deborah, Boston, MA - Heart is a Lonely Hunter
Carson McCullers
JoAnn, Philadelphia - Heart of Darkness
Joseph Conrad
Pete, Philadelphia
Music
- Don't Go Breaking My Heart
Natalie Young, Adams, NE - This is My Heart's Cry by Steven Curtis Chapman
Rob, Virginia - Unbreak My Heart
A, BU. Boston, MA - My Achy Breaky Heart
Paula Marie Wagnon, Grapevine, TX - Closer to The Heart
Nick Gardner, St. John's Newfoundland, Canada - Hold On To My Heart
Newheart, Mission Viejo, CA - No More Tears
Jacob, South Middle School - Heart and Soul
Jessica, Missouri - Tell It To My Heart
Clayton, Amber, Tina, Wichita, KS - The Shape of My Heart
Julia Jones, Raleigh, NC - Bleeding Heart
Sandra, Penn State Altoona Campus - Dear Heart
Beth, Cat Square, NC - "Two Hearts" by Phil Collins
Kleber, Campinas - Brazil! - Owner of A Lonely Heart
Esther, Vancouver - Love is A Many Splendored Thing
Terry, Stockton, CA - I Left My Heart in San Francisco
Freda, Plano - I'd give anything!
Michael Alan Sheets, Bexley, OH Capital University - The earth, the sun, the wind
Dani Perry - Achey, Breaky Heart
Michael Flanagan, Philadelphia - I Hear Your Heart Beating Everywhere --- Jackson Browne
Steven Silverman, Downey, California - "Your Cheatin' Heart" by Hank Williams
Rachel, Harrisonburg, VA...JMU! - I Left My Heart in San Francisco
rdrggm00, Harlingen, Texas - "You Gotta Have Heart"
Karen, Philadelphia, PA - Heartbreak Hotel - Elvis Presley
Heart of Glass - Blondie
Lisa, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
Poetry
My heart beats for the one
Whose heart beats for me
We'll be together forever
You just wait and see.
Leandra Joy Patterson, Bentonville High School
Every day, Every night,
My heart beats, at your sight.
I see your face, my heart skips.
You talk to me, my heart flips.
I can't ever imagine,
a day without you.
All that my heart beats for,
is your presence; I Love You!
Sandy D., Arvada Middle School, CO
Pressure neglected
Aorta dissected
Insurance contested
stent rejected
heart pumping
valves slumping
lipids clumping
gotta do sumting
LVAD device
compensates nice
can't leave ward
short extension cord
Fentwin, Charlotte N.C.
here i sit, as before a chasm,
i think my circumflex just spasmed.
arm going numb, vision blurred.
is tthaat my speeech thats slluuurreed.
Chest a' tightening, head a' lightening,
this is actually kinda frightening.
Chuck, Charlotte N.C.
Stars
Every now and then I look up towards the sky,
And there I see heaven's eclipse of stars.
Each sparkle brings me to tears,
For I am missing you too much to bear.
Constantly I think of you,
And all the things I still crave to say,
Remembering our jokes and amusement,
The yearning friendship I long to replay.
Yet, fate has brought us apart,
Both of us lost up in the stars.somewhere far.
I can only hope for your universal happiness,
In a place where pain and suffering is in absence.
In the night sky I see you, dreaming,
The paragon of brilliance above all others.
You are my most divine and effulgent star,
The one I so cherish with veneration.
You are worth more than the universe,
More than the crimson sunset painted over the skies.
Your humorous manners charmed the night,
Could there be another delight?
You will always shine
Through darkness
Through austerity
Through misery
Our friendship was a beautiful melody,
A chance in a lifetime that I will always remember.
Though we may never see each other again,
There will always be a special place for you,
Always-inside my heart.
Joanne Yoon, Torrance, CA, U.S.A.
A heart seems to love
and give you blood.
The heart does many things,
for you and for me.
So don't give it up
and do dumb things like drugs.
Or else you can die,
in the blink of an eye!
Felicia T., Arvada Middle School, CO
Ahhhh, the heart.
What a piece of art.
It's all bloody and gory,
just like a horror story.
Pump, pump, pump,
All day long.
Pump, pump, pump,
Just like a song.
KATE AND ALLIE, North Valley School
I love my heart. Nothing can take us apart.
Not the brightness of day, Or the darkness of rains.
My heart holds my love, Like the wings of a dove.
My heart holds my sorrow, To help me tommorrow.
There is no way, I can properly say,
How much my heart means to me.
Isaac, Wisconsin
Television
- I love lucy
Jourdan, Sicklerville - Hart to Hart
Graham Wiley, Summer Hill College - Bob Newhart
Three Stooges, Newfound Regional High School, Bristol, NH - Love Boat
Linda, Columbus, Ohio - Newhart
Erin, Mansfield University, PA - Hearts Afire
Laura, Ann Arbor, MI - Buffy the Vampire Slayer
Heather Foss, eJH - The Dating Game
zella h., huntsville tn - The Newlywed Game
Patricia, Minnesota - The Love Connection
Kristin/Jordan, Mount Si High School - "Everybody Loves Raymond"
Dave and "V", Northbend, WA - Heartbreak High
Sheena, Mission, B.C., Canada - Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman
Bob Saw, Camarillo, Ca.
Advertisements
- Chevrolet: The Heartbeat of America
Karen, Philadelphia - Be HeartSmart!
Melissa Hedges, Evansville, Indiana - Eat your heart out!!!!!
Samuel J. Abernathy, Salt Lake city, Utah - The way to a man's heart is through his stomach
Rachelle Aus, Chesterfield, Va
