The best things arrive
when you're not looking.

Sometimes: A Poem Arrives

A Spring Morning

Meng Haoran

I awake light-hearted this morning of spring,

Everywhere round me the singing of birds—

But now I remember the night, the storm,

And I wonder how many blossoms were broken.

Sunday morning · after rain

Poetry: when conditions align.

Sometimes reader screen showing The Rainy Day by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow.
Sometimes archive in dark mode listing saved poems by Wordsworth, Whitman, Frost, and Poe.
Sometimes reveal screen showing the poem line This world of dew is a world of dew.
Sometimes dark reader screen showing Velvet Shoes by Elinor Wylie.

How it works

Poems arrive with
the hour and the season

Every now and then, a poem finds you, chosen with the hour, the season, and your weather in mind.

1–28 poems a week · Your active hours

Notifications at your pace

Choose your weekly pace and active hours, or pause whenever you like. A poem turns up as a quiet notification. You read it, and get on with your day.

Quiet notifications · Built to be closed

Spring · Summer · Autumn · Winter

Seasonal curations one poem a day

Each season brings its own curation, along with April Arrives every spring. Read a few opening lines each day and keep the poem that stays with you.

Home Screen

Widgets

A poem on your Home Screen in three sizes, adapting to light and dark mode.

Kept for you

Archive & Favorites

Each poem stays in your archive with its arrival hour and weather. Keep the poems you love close.

For a friend

Share a Poem

Send a poem to a friend as a clean image card, with the poet credited.

On your device

Offline & Private

No account, no tracking, and no feed. Every poem lives on your device, ready to read offline.

Availability
Built for iPhone and iPad, and runs on Apple‑silicon Macs.
Compatibility
Requires iOS / iPadOS 17 or later.
Weather
Optional area selection. No location permission required.
Free & Quiet
Free, with optional tips. No subscriptions, no ads.

Let poetry find you

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