Poetry discovered when the moment is right. Now with a curated collection for every season.
Poems at unexpected moments, matched to your weather, time, and season. When your conditions align, a poem arrives.
Choose your active hours, set your pace, and let poetry arrive when it feels most at home. A rainy afternoon, a sleepless night, the first light of morning: let the right words find you.
DESIGNED TO BE CLOSED:
The idea is to give you a moment, then let you go.
No infinite scroll. No feeds. No accounts. No tracking. Open. Read. Close.
A COLLECTION FOR EVERY SEASON:
Spring, summer, autumn, winter: each season brings a curated collection to your archive. Read a few lines, choose a poem to keep, and let the rest wait for tomorrow. Every April, a special event: April Arrives.
Curated classics: Emily Dickinson · Robert Frost · Walt Whitman · Edgar Allan Poe · John Keats · W.B. Yeats · William Wordsworth · William Shakespeare, and many more.
FEATURES:
· Weather-aware delivery, from a place you choose
· A poetry archive that remembers the weather
· Home Screen widgets
· Rich notifications
· Pull to the next and previous poem
· Save favorites
· Search your archive
· Share as text or image
· Adjustable text size
· Backup and restore
· Works fully offline
Questions? Feedback? Write anytime: sometimesarrives@gmail.com
Privacy: https://sometimes.deftmag.com/privacy/
Sometimes is free. If a poem arrives at the right moment, tips are welcome.
I absolutely love this app! The experience of receiving poems is nothing short of splendiforous! The way you delicately “receive” poems based on the day, the randomness and sometimes even coincidental nature of the poems is just awe striking! I was listening to Jacob & the Stone from Minari (one of the most beautiful classical pieces of the modern world) when just so happens a poem arrived. It was so beautiful and the moment was just right! If you want a bit of beauty added to your day, get the app. Please. Think beautiful thoughts again! Love life! Live and be in today! This is such a beautiful app for helping you get over the mindset of instant gratification! Maybe all social media should switch to this method! App developers… simply spectacular work! I would love to see where this can go, and also I would love if you could change the app’s theme, maybe add some curated classical artwork inspired themes, or possibly just develop a separate app like “SOMETIMES: A Painting Arrives”Anywho, thank you for this stunning app. 🤍
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WyattMH1
Great works well and has beautiful poems perfect for the moment
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what8ever
2026-0708 Their bug fixes are lies. Delete. 2026-June: Recent update changed my settings. I started getting poems what seemed like every hour which was NOT the frequency nor the hours I set. What a nuisance. Might delete.
Developer Response
Sorry for the changed settings, the extra poems and this late reply. With version 1.5 these are fixed.The app keeps to the frequency and hours you set, and changing a setting no longer adds extra poems. It brings a lot of other fixes and polish as well. Everything should be working reliably now.Would really appreciate your thoughts if you try it again. Use the contact form behind the App Support link, or Send Feedback in the app's Settings, and tell me your frequency and hours.
New poems, and more to discover between arrivals.
A seasonal collection now waits in your archive. Read a few lines and choose a poem to keep: one each day, or three a day during your first week.
Delivery now follows a steadier weekly rhythm within the hours you choose. Pausing, resuming and changing time zones no longer disturb the schedule.
Also in this update: corrected poem texts and translator credits, better sharing and accessibility, bug fixes, and a refined iPad reading room.
Thank you to everyone who wrote in.
Version 1.5
The developer, MERT OZEL, indicated that the app’s privacy practices may include handling of data as described below. For more information, see the developer’s privacy policy .
Data Not Collected
The developer does not collect any data from this app.
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