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# Poems by Sarah: A Poetry Publishing Platform
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[poemsbysarah.com](https://poemsbysarah.com) is a publishing platform I built for my wife Sarah's poetry: 120 poems, beautifully presented, built entirely with Claude Code.
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## The Story
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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.
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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.
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I wrote about the full process in [The Becoming: Building a Poetry Publishing Pipeline with Claude Code](/essays/2026-01-30-the-becoming-building-a-poetry-publishing-pipeline-with-claude-code).
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## Design Philosophy
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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.
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The site is minimal by design. No sidebar. No recommended reading algorithms. No engagement metrics. Just the poem, the page, and the reader.
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## Why It Matters
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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.
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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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## Visit
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- [poemsbysarah.com](https://poemsbysarah.com)
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## Related
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- [**The Becoming**](/essays/2026-01-30-the-becoming-building-a-poetry-publishing-pipeline-with-claude-code): The full story of building the platform.
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- [**KJV Study**](/software/websites/kjvstudy): Another project built through human-AI collaboration.
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