Self-study lightning hot verse
A daily, lightning-hot stanza, from the world’s most stirring poems. Today’s Stanza brings poetry back into your life, one stanza at a time. Reflect on the resonance of rich verse to your own life’s journey and sources of inspiration.
For poets, this app is a daily self-study poetry workshop: Laser focus your own writing craft on the most celebrated works.
Google Play coming soon, February 2023:
The app features:
- Each day, focus on one poem excerpt from a library of the world’s most stirring poems.
- For the day’s verse, a workbook of activities and writing prompts.
- Unlimited new pages in your workbook.
- A timer to reflect on the verse, removing the distraction of thinking about time.
- Daily reminders.
- Star your favorites and browse recents.
- Memorize verse from the world’s most stirring poems.
- Email your writing for safekeeping or sharing.
- Dark and light modes
- No login required. No ads. Free of data concerns.
- Regular updates to bring you new offerings and features
Subscriptions
Today’s Stanza is free to download. Subscribe to “TS Plus” to unlock all daily content, and themes and features.
- Yearly $9.99.
- 3-Months $2.99.
Origin Story
Christopher X. Shade is a published poet and teacher of poetry, author of Shield the Joyous.
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