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Wednesday, 22 January, 2025

March 21 is World Poetry Day: Read the history behind it

UNESCO says World Poetry Day is the occasion to honour poets, revive oral traditions of poetry recitals, promote the reading, writing and teaching of poetry, foster the convergence between poetry and other arts such as theatre, dance, music and painting, and raise the visibility of poetry in the media.

March 21 is World Poetry Day: Read the history behind it

UNESCO proclaimed March 21 as World Poetry Day in 1999