Poetry by email
November 25, 2007 7:00 PM   Subscribe

Is there some place you can get a poem emailed to you each day? Sort of an email-based Writer's Almanac? And that won't spam you to death? And that won't send you schmaltzy syrupy crap?
posted by xmutex to Writing & Language (11 answers total) 10 users marked this as a favorite
 
Writer's Almanac RSS Feed, which puts up the full text of the show every day.
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SendMeRSS.com, which coverts the RSS to email.
posted by l33tpolicywonk at 7:12 PM on November 25, 2007


Verse daily consistently publishes great poems, but I don't know if they are set up to email them. Definitely worth checking out every day though!
posted by pluckysparrow at 7:23 PM on November 25, 2007


The good news is that dailylit.com sends out a page of literature every weekday, including poetry if you request it. The bad news is that the free stuff is too old to be protected by copyright.
posted by faceonmars at 7:24 PM on November 25, 2007


3 Shakespeare Sonnets per week: http://www.sonnetaday.com/
posted by not that girl at 8:00 PM on November 25, 2007


If you like haiku, try Tinywords.
posted by lhauser at 9:34 PM on November 25, 2007


Best answer: You can get the Writer's Almanac by email everyday by subscribing to their newsletter.
They don't seem to spam me.
posted by bystander at 9:36 PM on November 25, 2007


The Wondering Minstrels used to do that, but it doesn't look like they are still active. I subscribed for a while.
posted by Pater Aletheias at 10:28 PM on November 25, 2007


I used to do this with Daily Lit.
posted by pallak7 at 6:02 AM on November 26, 2007


It's a webpage and not an email, so it doesn't entirely fit your request but copper canyon press is good for a random poem. It's definitely not sugary.
posted by ejaned8 at 6:45 AM on November 26, 2007


It's a webpage and not an email, so it doesn't entirely fit your request but Poetry Today has a contemporary poem day, with archives. Non-sugary.
posted by Savannah at 7:27 AM on November 26, 2007


Gah. A contemporary poem a day, with archives.
posted by Savannah at 7:27 AM on November 26, 2007


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