Daily Poem: Famous Poems

Want to read great poetry but don't know where to start? Daily Poem gives you one classic poem every day, with a short guide. Two minutes is all it takes, and little by little, the poems stay with you.

A GREAT POEM EVERY DAY, NO CHOOSING NEEDED
Open the app and today's poem is already waiting for you. The English edition holds 361 classic poems by 97 poets, including Shakespeare's sonnets, Emily Dickinson, William Blake, Walt Whitman, Wordsworth, Keats, Robert Burns, Shelley, Edgar Allan Poe, Christina Rossetti and Yeats.

UNDERSTAND IT, AND SEE WHY IT LASTS
Each poem comes with two short paragraphs. The first explains the background and meaning of the poem. The second points out one or two well-crafted passages and why they still move readers today. A "Think about it" question then connects the poem to your own life. Line breaks and stanzas follow the original, so it reads comfortably.

MEMORIZE THE POEMS YOU LOVE
Add a poem to your memorize list. Read the full text, use the "first letters" hint, and finally hide the whole poem and try to recite it. When you can recite it, the app brings it back 1, 3, 7, 14 and 30 days later, following the natural rhythm of memory, so the poems you have learned are less likely to slip away.

LISTEN WITH YOUR EYES CLOSED
Your phone reads each poem aloud, line by line. Listen while you walk, travel or go to bed.

FIND A POEM FOR YOUR MOOD
Browse fifteen themes, including Homesickness, Parting, Landscape, Seasons, Friendship, Time and Life. You can also browse by poet, or search by poet, title or famous line.

SHARE A LINE AS A CARD
Every poem has a famous line you can turn into a card, in paper, ink or indigo colors, and share it with friends. The home screen widget shows a new famous line every day.

A HABIT THAT GROWS ON ITS OWN
Read a poem each day and your streak grows. Set a daily reminder, and the app brings today's poem to you at the time you choose.

THE FREE VERSION, CLEARLY
In the free version, watch a short video ad to open the reader's guide for any poem. You can memorize up to three poems at a time. Home and browse pages show ads, and occasionally a full-screen ad appears when you open the app and after you finish a poem and move on or share it. No ads appear while you read, read aloud or memorize.

PAY ONCE, YOURS FOR LIFE
One payment, no subscription, and it's yours forever. Premium removes all ads, shows every poem's full guide right away, lets you memorize as many poems as you like with review reminders on the right days, keeps read-aloud playing continuously and in the background, unlocks all card themes, and gives you up to ten reminders a day at times you choose.

NO SIGN-UP, YOUR DATA STAYS WITH YOU
No account needed. The app works offline, and the interface is available in Traditional Chinese, Simplified Chinese, English and Spanish. Your favorites and memorize records stay only on your device. You can export a backup file to bring with you when you change phones. Text size can be enlarged, and dark mode is supported.

The English edition holds English classics. The app also includes Tang and Song poems in Chinese and Spanish classics in Spanish.

All poems are in the public domain. Texts are taken from public-domain sources and checked word by word against other editions. The guides and "Think about it" questions were written for this app, and they offer one way of reading among many.