About Us

In 2001, poet Jayne Jaudon Ferrer accepted a challenge from her brother and brother-in-law to prove that poetry is not boring and that there were poems they would actually enjoy reading. During National Poetry Month (April) that year, she launched a daily e-mail to a small group of family and friends, calling it "Wordwoman's Scintillating Springtime Parade of Poetry." By the end of the month, the brother and brother-in-law conceded that they had actually enjoyed many of the poems they'd read during the 30-day onslaught. The response was so positive, in fact, that the parade "spectators" asked Jayne to do another parade of poetry the following year. Thus began a tradition which continued for eight years as, every April, Jayne selected and e-mailed thirty days' worth of poems. Every year, the mailing list grew a bit larger; a few poets and poetry lovers were on the list, but most were people who typically avoided or ignored poetry and were skeptical about its merits. Over the years, Jayne  watched these skeptics become more and more receptive as she shared poems by both classic and contemporary authors that were engaging, accessible, and enjoyable. April after April, she irrefutably proved poetry could be outrageous, inspiring, hilarious, heartbreaking, uplifting, sobering, and surprising.

Your Daily Poem was born in 2009 when an insistent group of Poetry Parade subscribers declared thirty days of poetry was not enough. They pleaded with Jayne to make the Parade a daily, rather than yearly, event. Overjoyed at this unexpected request, leary of undertaking such a daunting project, but, ultimately, deciding that other online purveyors of daily poetry cater to aficianados rather than neophytes, she decided to launch Your Daily Poem to help the general public discover the pleasure and diversity of poetry.

Certainly you will like some poems more than others, just as you like certain football teams more than others, and some music groups more than others. This is because we all have different tastes, and this this is what keeps life interesting. Your Daily Poem simply hopes to add a bit more interest to your life--in the form of poetry. We hope you'll spend time reading through the marvelous assortment of poems here, explore the resources and information provided, learn about poets and events in your area, and even purchase a poetry product or two. We'd love to have you subscribe and receive a poem in your e-mailbox every day.

If you're not yet ready to make poetry a daily part of your life, we understand--but we hope you'll come back and visit often.