Poem for the Day was the brainchild of the social inventor and author Nicholas Albery, who tragically was killed in a car accident as Poem for the Day Two was getting off the ground. Royalties from the books go to Nicholas Albery's charitable foundations, under the banner of the Institute for Social Inventions.

This book is a dream, a revivalist campaign, a challenge, a fundraising vehicle, a book of days and an anthology, all in one