How it works

Type what the poem is about: a person, an occasion, a moment, a place, a feeling.
Pick a form (haiku, sonnet, limerick, free verse, rhyming, acrostic or villanelle) and a mood, add names or details, and click Write my poem.
Get an original poem with a title. Read it aloud, change any line that doesn't sound like you, and generate again for a different take.

Examples

Sample results for the inputs shown, so you can see the format and quality before you try it.

Example 1: input

What should the poem be about? First snow in the city, early in the morning

Form: Haiku

Mood: Any mood

Example 1: output

First Snow, 6 a.m. The plow's orange light sweeps across the sleeping cars, then the quiet falls. On the bodega's awning, one clean inch of white nobody has touched. Subway stairs breathe steam. A child stops to catch a flake. Her mother waits too.

Example 2: input

What should the poem be about? My mom's 60th birthday

Form: Rhyming poem

Mood: Warm

Names, details or the word to spell: Her name is Linda. She gardens, hates the cold, and calls everyone "kiddo".

Example 2: output

For Linda, at Sixty Each April you are out by eight in muddy boots beside the gate, persuading beans to climb the wire and coaxing roses one foot higher. You've never made your peace with snow. You read the forecast, sigh, and go to stand beside the stove and say that spring is only weeks away. You call us "kiddo," all of us: the neighbors, the driver of the bus, the cashier with the nervous grin, and every one of us leans in. So here's to sixty. May it grow like all the things you plant: slow, stubborn, reaching past the wire, and warm enough to need no fire.

Example 3: input

What should the poem be about? My cat keeps joining my Zoom calls

Form: Limerick

Mood: Funny

Example 3: output

Attendance My cat joins my Zoom call at ten. She's punctual, fluffy, and zen. She walks on the keys, unmutes with her knees, and ends the whole meeting. Again.

Tips for better results

Details make the poem. "She gardens, hates the cold, and calls everyone kiddo" gives the poem three real images; "she's kind and loving" gives it none.
For an acrostic, put the exact word or name to spell in the details box, such as "Spell MARCUS".
Pick Haiku to get three haiku on your subject at once, then keep the one you like or use all three as a sequence.
For a card or a toast, choose Rhyming poem or Limerick and a Warm or Funny mood. They're the easiest forms to read aloud to a room.

FAQ

Is this AI poem generator free?

Yes. Enter your email once to start using it (you'll also get Something Big, our free weekly AI newsletter, and you can unsubscribe anytime). No account or credit card.

Which poem forms can it write?

Haiku, sonnets, limericks, free verse, rhyming poems, acrostics and villanelles, or pick Any form and it chooses one that suits your subject. Each form follows its real rules, such as 5-7-5 syllables for haiku and 14 lines for a sonnet.

Are the poems original?

Yes. Every poem is written fresh from your subject and details. The generator is told never to copy or closely imitate existing poems or living poets, so the result is yours to use in a card, a speech or a post.

Can I write a poem in another language?

Yes. Write your subject in that language and the poem comes back in it. Syllable counts for haiku and meter for sonnets follow that language's own version of the form.

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