diff --git a/src/renderer/components/Sidebar/PoemSidebar.tsx b/src/renderer/components/Sidebar/PoemSidebar.tsx
index ecf4beb..dbbb458 100644
--- a/src/renderer/components/Sidebar/PoemSidebar.tsx
+++ b/src/renderer/components/Sidebar/PoemSidebar.tsx
@@ -40,6 +40,18 @@ export function PoemSidebar(): JSX.Element {
     }
   }
 
+  async function createPoem(): Promise<void> {
+    const name = `untitled-${Date.now()}`
+    const { path, id } = await window.api.createPoem(name)
+    const refreshed = await window.api.listPoems()
+    setPoems(refreshed)
+    const content = await window.api.readPoem(path)
+    setActivePoem(path, id, content)
+    await saveSession()
+    setRenaming(id)
+    setRenameValue(name)
+  }
+
   async function commitRename(id: string): Promise<void> {
     const poem = poems.find(p => p.id === id)
     if (!poem || !renameValue.trim() || renameValue === id) { setRenaming(null); return }
@@ -53,6 +65,7 @@ export function PoemSidebar(): JSX.Element {
     <>
       <div className="sidebar-header">
         <span className="sidebar-title">Poems</span>
+        <button className="chat-new-btn" onClick={createPoem} title="New poem">+</button>
       </div>
       <div className="sidebar-search">
         <input