This site exists for one purpose only: to help dispel the ugly and absolutely untrue myth that poetry is boring. Granted, a lot of poetry is boring, but you won't find it here. At Your Daily Poem, you'll find poetry that is touching, funny, provocative, inspiring, uplifting, and surprising. It may punch you in the gut, it may bring tears to your eyes, it may make you laugh out loud, but it most assuredly will not bore you!

Poetry on YDP—by poets living and long dead, famous to completely unknown--is specially selected for accessibility and appeal. Thanks so much for visiting—and remember: a poem a day keeps the doldrums away!

Thomas Ernest Hulme (1883-1917) was an English journalist and translator. Kicked out of Cambridge for a prank, he studied math and philosophy, taught English, and revolutionized poetry before enlisting in the British Army and getting killed in battle.Widely admired for his intellect, ideology, and joie de vivre, many say the world--certainly, the world of letters--was irrevocably changed by Thomas’s premature death. Many poets cite Thomas’ endorsement of free verse and strong imagery as a significant influence in their work, including Ezra Pound and T. S. Eliot. Ironically, Thomas only wrote and published six poems in the course of his life.

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