World Poetry Day 2022: 21 March

World Poetry Day 2022: 21 March

  • The World Poetry Day is celebrated on 21 March every year to promote the reading, writing, publishing and teaching of poetry throughout the world.
  • The day was declared by the UNESCO (the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization) in 1999.
  • The objective of the day is to “give fresh recognition and impetus to national, regional and international poetry movements”, with the aim of supporting linguistic diversity through poetic expression and increasing the opportunity for endangered languages to be heard.

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