What is Poesie?
Poesie is a poetry app that offers a curated selection of poetry from award-winning publishers. The app features a different poet each week, alternating between classic and contemporary poets. Users can interact with the poems by leaving recordings and comments, and can also explore the app's libraries of classic and contemporary poetry, as well as short stories. Poesie is a community-funded app, with membership dues used to pay poets for their work and to cover development and support for the app.
- Curated selection of poetry from award-winning publishers
- Different poet featured each week, alternating between classic and contemporary poets
- Interactive and social features, including leaving recordings and comments on poems
- Libraries of classic and contemporary poetry, as well as short stories
- Poetry programs to introduce users to eras and themes across the history of poetry
- Community library for users to upload their own poems and read poetry by other users
- Free or paid membership options available
- Profiles to save and revisit favorite works, with weekly recommendations based on preferences
- Membership dues used to pay poets for their work and to cover development and support for the app
- Monthly or yearly subscription options available
- Contact information for poets interested in partnering with the app, and for users to provide feedback or report content issues.
*App of the Day* - September 2, 2020 *Apps We Love Right Now* - July 3, 2020 Welcome to this app! Great poetry, curated daily. Free or paid membership options available. this app is a book club for poetry lovers. Readers come from all around the world to discover, record, and discuss poetry - and to help contemporary poets earn payment for their work. Here’s how it works: • We partner with award-winning publishers to bring you selections from some of the best poetry books being published today. Each week features the work of a different poet, alternating classic with contemporary. • We start off on Mondays by learning a bit about the life of our featured poet. Then, we read a selection each morning from one of their books. By Sunday, we hope you've discovered a new favorite poet! • All of our poems are interactive and social. We encourage you to leave your own recordings and comments on poems you love… chatting with other readers is one of the best parts of the app. If you want to keep up a habit of reading poetry every day, care about supporting the world of poetry, and are excited to interact with other poetry lovers, we’d love to welcome you to this app. ------ Additional Features • Profiles - Save and revisit favorite works using your this app profile. You'll also get weekly recommendations based on your preferences. • Libraries - Explore our libraries of thousands of classic and contemporary poems. We also have a selection of short stories. • Programs - Our collection of curated poetry programs helps introduce you to eras and themes across the history of poetry. • Community - Not sure what you're in the mood for? Discovery poetry based on what's been trending in the community lately. ------ Poetry Libraries Contemporary poetry: Our contemporary poetry library ranges from debut publications to Pulitzer Prize-winning work and features poets from a variety of countries. We offer all poets we work with a share of all membership fees - so a portion of every subscription goes directly to supporting contemporary poetry. Classic poetry: Our classic poetry library guides you through the greatest poetry ever written from all around the world. You can explore the history of poetry with our poetry programs, search poetry by mood and genre, and read bios of each poet. Community poetry: We have a community library available to upload your own poems and read poetry by other users... please be supportive! You can also leave recordings, comment, and highlight your favorite lines on poems across the app. ------ Membership Options this app is an independent, community-funded app! We offer the Poem of the Day free to all readers, but a subscription is required to access the rest of the app. When you first install the app, you can use a free trial to try this app for 3 days (no purchase required). Then, you’ll need to purchase a membership to continue reading the full app. Membership dues are the price of a single book ($14.99/year), which are used to pay poets for selections from each book we feature and to cover development and support for the app. All membership dues are shared with our publishing partners! Subscription options: (1) Monthly - $1.99/mo (2) Yearly - $14.99/year (save 30%) Please note: if you don't want to keep a subscription, make sure to cancel 24 hours before the next subscription period to avoid being charged. ------ Contact Us - If you are a poet who'd like to join the app, please send us an email. We would be happy to discuss partnership options. - If you see content that you don't think belongs in the app, please reach out. We will work with you to make sure our content agrees with permissions. - Please share any questions, ideas, or suggestions for our app! We appreciate all feedback. Email: this [email protected] Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/poesieapp/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/poesieapp/
By Wave1979
Being able to step back from the busyness, the challenges we all face, in our 24/7 world of this 21st century, enjoy a comforting beverage, and travel back in time through the centuries each day to enjoy the poem of the day... and a story...... each day there it is... in the app... There is also the ability to communicate with others in the community that appreciate the classics as you may comment on what you read, highlight favorite lines... and now share personal poetry, plus so much more ......quiet enrichment each day, Thank you so much to those who made this possible...❤️
By PublicFriendemy
Edit: Took a very long break from this app only to come back and find I’ve been missing out on a LOT. This is seriously a readers best app. Poems, songs, plays, stories, all in a single app. And NO IN-APP PURCHASES! Seriously fantastic, I can’t thank the dev team enough. You really can’t ask for more here. The poems are amazingly chosen and the app functions well. If you have any interest in poetry, or struggle finding good pieces on your own, get this app.
By Jeneba54
I have been using this app as part of my daily meditation practice. It has always been inspiring and has introduced me to poets I have never read before. But the recent upgrade has transformed it into an even more superb way to bring literature into your life. You can now read short stories and even listen to the plays of Shakespeare! I recommend it wholeheartedly.