Title: FridgePoems by Color Monkey
Platform: iOS
Cost: Free (for basic vocabulary set)
It’s National Poetry Month, and there’s no easier way to promote the creation of verse poetry than setting up a public access tablet with this fun app.
When you launch the app, you get a “working” space with a handful of words, but you can zoom out to see more. Dragging the word boxes with your fingertips allows you to reorder things to create your verse.
Writers are not strictly limited to the words on screen. You can draw for new words or invest in themed WordPacks ($1 each for hipster tragic, redneck, hip hop, etc. or $3 for all of them). The provision of verb endings and plurals can add some variety as well.
You can save your poem to your camera roll, which inserts the App’s watermark, or share it using integrated social settings.
My students have been enjoying that special thrill that comes from creating something meaningful from a limited set of words and word endings. They only thing that could be better? Book- and technology-themed wordpacks!
For more app recommendations visit the YALSA App of the Week Archive. If you have an app you think we should review, let us know!