Today is World Poetry Day, and if you’re out of the loop about what that means or how to mark the occasion, Euronews Culture have got you covered.Every year, World Poetry Day is celebrated on 21 March with the aim of supporting linguistic diversity through poetic expression.
The day encourages people to understand the importance of poetic devices and increases the opportunity for endangered languages to be heard.
World Poetry Day not only honours poets, but aims to revive oral traditions of poetry recitals, as well as promote the reading, writing, and teaching of poetry.
It also highlights the convergence between poetry and other arts such as theatre, music, painting, and raises the visibility of poetry in the media.World Poetry Day was first adopted by UNESCO in 1999, during its 30th General Conference in Paris.