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!

Hal Sirowitz (1949 - 2025) was born in Manhattan and spent 23 years as a special education teacher in the New York public school system. Concurrently, he was a hugely successful poet, performing on stages across the country, serving as Poet Laureate of Queens, New York, and earning numerous awards for his work, including a National Endowment of the Arts Fellowship in Poetry in 1994 and a New York State Foundation of the Arts Fellowship in Poetry in 2003. His eleven books were translated into 13 languages.