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!

George Wither (1588 - 1667) was a British poet whose work tended to be political, pastoral, satirical, or religious. Educated briefly then sent off to find a position in the court, he eventually served as a major general in England’s civil war. Admired by some for its simplicity, dismissed by others for the same reason, his poems are generally more accessible (and enjoyable) than others written during that time. George’s poems put him in prison twice (the moral of that story being: don’t tick off the king!); during one of those incarcerations, he produced what is considered his finest work

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