Poems by Sarah: A Poetry Publishing Platform
poemsbysarah.com is a publishing platform I built for my wife Sarah's poetry — 120 poems, beautifully presented, built entirely with Claude Code.
The Story
Sarah wrote 120 poems. They deserved a home that honored the work — not a social media post, not a PDF, not a generic blog template. They deserved a real publishing platform designed specifically for poetry.
So I built one. The entire site was created through collaboration with Claude Code, from the initial design to the final deployment. It's a clean, focused reading experience that puts the poems first and everything else second.
I wrote about the full process in The Becoming: Building a Poetry Publishing Pipeline with Claude Code.
Design Philosophy
Poetry publishing has specific needs that most web platforms ignore. Line breaks matter. White space matters. The pace at which words appear on screen matters. A poem isn't a blog post — it's a carefully constructed experience of language, and the presentation should respect that.
The site is minimal by design. No sidebar. No recommended reading algorithms. No engagement metrics. Just the poem, the page, and the reader.
Why It Matters
This project sits at the intersection of several things I care about deeply: building tools for the people I love, using AI as a creative collaborator rather than a replacement, and demonstrating that technology can serve art rather than commodify it.
It's also proof that Claude Code can build real, production-quality web applications — not just prototypes or demos, but something you'd be proud to put someone's life work on.
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Related
- The Becoming — The full story of building the platform.
- KJV Study — Another project built through human-AI collaboration.