When is poetry week

Our goal is to increase access, awareness, value and visibility of poetry in all its forms and for all audiences. The inaugural Poetry Month will be held during August with the aim of an ongoing annual celebration. The Poetry Month program features an electrifying lineup of poetic collaborations, daily poems and writing prompts, online workshops, poetic residencies and live to live-streamed showcases, designed to engage everyone — from veteran poetry lovers to the for now!

There's so much more to come! Our Poetry Month Calendar is your one-stop-shop for all things happening in August. And if you're planning a poetry reading, workshop or backyard ballad in August, the Calendar is also a free platform to promote your upcoming events.

Poetry Month is constantly evolving. We will put it online as soon as possible. Something went wrong. Please contact info nationalpoetryday. Search for:. Who runs National Poetry Day? The needs we address are educational, social and artistic: — Educational : We help schools to foster creativity, confidence and communication skills.

With best wishes, The National Poetry Day team. Your Name This will not appear on the map. Your Email This will not appear on the map. The name of your event. A description of your event A couple of sentences about what is happening and who is taking part. All are invited to take part either by hosting or attending events and competitions or simply getting involved on social media by using the hashtag nationalpoetryday to share lines of your own or your favourite poems.

If you are thinking of hosting your own event, there are many free downloadable resources available from the National Poetry Day website www. National Poetry Day October 7. One of the main objectives of the Day is to support linguistic diversity through poetic expression and to offer endangered languages the opportunity to be heard within their communities. The observance of World Poetry Day is also meant to encourage a return to the oral tradition of poetry recitals, to promote the teaching of poetry, to restore a dialogue between poetry and the other arts such as theatre, dance, music and painting, and to support small publishers and create an attractive image of poetry in the media, so that the art of poetry will no longer be considered an outdated form of art, but one which enables society as a whole to regain and assert its identity.

Practiced throughout history — in every culture and on every continent — poetry speaks to our common humanity and our shared values, transforming the simplest of poems into a powerful catalyst for dialogue and peace. UNESCO first adopted 21 March as World Poetry Day during its 30th General Conference in Paris in , with the aim of supporting linguistic diversity through poetic expression and increasing the opportunity for endangered languages to be heard.