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! Visit our home page every day to see a different poem.

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!

Jennifer Walcott is a teacher in Toronto where she has lived for many years. She thanks Wendy Morton, whom she met through the Poets in the Schools program, for her continued support and inspiration. Jennifer grew up in Jamaica and Canada and often writes in Jamaican Creole, which is a powerful, poetic diction for truth telling. Some of her work has been published in Calling Cards: New Poetry from Canadian/Caribbean Women. Jennifer is the author of a memoir, How Many Miles to Yesterday?, and the collection, The Itch of Ghosts and Other Poems.