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PoetryDB

A public-domain poetry database you can query as JSON

📖 Books & WordsUNMONITOREDchecked 2h ago
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Pull poems by author, title, line count or keyword, or just grab a random one, from a large collection of public-domain verse. Every response is JSON carrying the title, author and full text lines. No key and no auth.

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GET https://poetrydb.org/random/1

[
  {
    "title": "On My Thirty-Third Birthday",
    "author": "George Gordon, Lord Byron",
    "lines": [
      "THROUGH Life's dull road, so dim and dirty,",
      "I have dragged to three-and-thirty."
    ],
    "linecount": "4"
  }
]
Call itcurl · fetch · python
curl "https://poetrydb.org/random/1"
const res = await fetch("https://poetrydb.org/random/1");
const data = await res.json();
console.log(data);
import requests

res = requests.get("https://poetrydb.org/random/1")
print(res.json())
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A public-domain poetry database you can query as JSON

GET/random

Random item from the collection.

GET/list

Paginated list of resources.

GET/random?limit=10

Random item from the collection.

GET/random/search?q=test

Random item from the collection.

Machine-readable spec

We probe a documented GET and expect 2xx JSON — full uptime and health score. Export includes every documented route below.

Response-shape history

Stable. No schema drift observed since monitoring began — the response shape has not changed under our checks.

PoetryDB: common questions

Is PoetryDB free to use?

Yes — PoetryDB is a free books & words API. Free tier: Free — limits not published. Whether the free tier allows commercial use is unclear — check the provider docs.

Does PoetryDB need an API key?

No — PoetryDB needs no API key or signup. You can call it straight away; rate limits still apply (Unpublished).

Can I call PoetryDB from the browser?

Yes — PoetryDB returns CORS headers over HTTPS, so front-end code can fetch it directly with no backend proxy. Use the fetch snippet on this page, or hit "Run live" to try it now.

Is PoetryDB up right now?

As of our last scheduled check, PoetryDB is unmonitored. We re-probe it every sweep — the status badge and uptime chart above always show the latest.