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Poem of the Day
A short printable poem — soft, silly, or thoughtful.
Example
Full Moon
One night as Dick lay half asleep,
Into his drowsy eyes
A great still light begins to creep
From out the silent skies.
It was lovely moon's, for when
He raised his dreamy head,
Her surge of silver filled the pane
And streamed across his bed.
So, for a while, each gazed at each -
Dick and the solemn moon -
Till, climbing slowly on her way,
She vanished, and was gone.
— Walter de la Mare
How it works
Real public-domain poems (text taken verbatim from PoetryDB and Project Gutenberg), sized to fit the card. One a day per kid, alternating poets, no repeats until the bank is used.
What you can set
- Appropriateness dial (kindergarten → adult) — tune it per card. Picks the age band.
- Card size sets how long a poem fits.
Age dial (1–20): Content comes from three age sets: dial 1–6 (ages 4–6), 7–10 (7–9), 11+ (10–12).