About Dead Poets Daily
No commentary, no ads, just poetry from the greats.
Dead Poets Daily brings you poetry from the public domain, weekdays at 9 a.m. (UTC). Poems typically enter the public domain about 70 years after the author’s death, hence a focus on poetry of the dead.
Dead Poets Daily is delivered ad-free, without commentary or judgment.
A note about subscriptions
Dead Poets Daily has an optional paid subscription tier, intended as a way for readers to voluntarily support this service.
In appreciation, paid subscribers receive a complimentary copy of A Year of Japanese Epigrams from Flickerwell Classics. This ebook, featuring 365 poems grouped by season, is provided in the industry-standard EPUB format. (Compatible with a wide range of devices including Android and Apple phones, modern Kindles, Kobos, and other e-readers.)
Paid subscriptions are otherwise identical to free subscriptions: paid subscribers receive the same five poems a week, without commentary or ads.
I like poetry, but until starting this project in 2022, I hadn’t read a poem in years.
If you also need more poetry in your life, I hope this service might help.
Kind regards,
Ario Smith
Editor, Dead Poets Daily
Publisher Links
Flickerwell Academy – Online writing courses for New Zealand web writers
New Zealand Style Guide – Suggested standards for the design, formatting, and writing of documents in New Zealand English
