Why do you need a poetry app? The better question, to my mind, is why don’t you? For with the iF Poems app, created by Allie Esiri and Rachel Kelly, you will have more than 200 classic poems at your fingertips, all of them (yes, I do mean all of them) perfect to read and recite for children and adults alike. It’s the first poetry app for children, but grown-ups will get a great deal out of it, too.

I have always loved learning poetry by heart. One of my favourite books — this was in the days before apps, my dears — is the wonderful anthology By Heart: 101 Poems to Remember by the late Ted Hughes.

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