World Poetry Day 2024: On 21st March 2024, the World Poetry Day 2024 is observed all over the world. It is a global event celebrated on March 21st every year all over the world in order to honor the poets to continue to instill the tradition in newer generations. World Poetry Day 2024 celebrates poetry, recitals, music, and other forms of cultural entertainment including theatre, dance, painting, and writing. World Poetry Day aims to appreciate the sentiment that poetry can create, forming meaningful relationships and expanding one’s mind about history and cultures. World Poetry Day 2024 takes place every year to promote the teaching of poetry, as well as the publishing, writing, and reading of this form of writing around the world.

Poetry can change the way people view the world, inspire others, mend the bonds between people and create harmony with one another. Poetry to many can be considered a dying art in a world filled with technology and more advanced ways of conveying messages of art and beauty.  World Poetry Day was declared by UNESCO in 1999 and they stated that their purpose for creating this day was “intending to support linguistic diversity through poetic expression and increase the opportunity for endangered languages to be heard”.

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World Poetry Day 2024 Date

• World Poetry day 2024 is celebrated all over the world on the 21st of March 2024.

World Poetry Day History 

• The earliest poetry is believed to have surfaced with the “Epic of Gilgamesh” sometime during 2000 B.C., but it is likely that poetry existed even before the spread of literacy.

• In the 14th Century, Sonnets were Created and Francesco Petrarca’s writings are some of the most famous early ‘sonnets.’

• The day was proposed and adopted by UNESCO in 1999, on the occasion of its 30th General Conference held in Paris to “give fresh recognition and impetus to national, regional and international poetry movements.”

• On March 21st,2000 the first World Poetry day was celebrated

World Poetry Day 2024 Theme

The world poetry day 2024 theme is “Standing on the Shoulders of Giants”  The purpose or theme of world poetry day is to recall the role of poetry in the survival of ancient languages, in the development of the world, and the enlightenment of the world. The global community is convinced that the development of the modern world is indebted to the poets of the past. They used language in various ways that led to the enrichment and beautification of human knowledge and understanding.

World Poetry Day 2024 Significance

Poetry is a form of language that is understood by all, even if one doesn’t speak the language. Many famous poets are known to teach people the way to see the world around them. It is an art form that inspires an individual to change his perception of life. What a person might not understand from a simple sentence, poetry allows doing that. Schools, colleges, organizations, publishers, and poets from all over the world celebrate this day. Many poets come together and organize small gatherings to read poetry, teach the art of writing poems, and spread awareness of poetry to the public in general. While schools, colleges, and other educational institutes hold poetry competitions for their students.

World Poetry Day 2024 Quotes

• Poetries are so powerful and special that they can motivate a person because every word they have has a strong meaning. Wishing you a very Happy World Poetry Day to you.

• A poem begins as a lump in the throat, a sense of wrong, homesickness, lovesickness.

• Never underestimate the power of poetry because it has the potential to melt hearts, inspire souls, and bring change which otherwise is impossible.

World Poetry Day 2024: FAQs

Q. What is the theme of World Poetry Day?

The world poetry day 2024 theme is “Standing on the Shoulders of Giants”.  The purpose or theme of World Poetry Day is to recall the role of poetry in the survival of ancient languages, in the development of the world, and the enlightenment of the world.

Q. On which World Poetry Day was first celebrated?

UNESCO first adopted 21 March as World Poetry Day during its 30th General Conference in Paris in 1999, intending to support linguistic diversity through poetic expression and increase the opportunity for endangered languages to be heard.

Q. When is World Poetry Day 2024 celebrated?

World Poetry Day 2024 is celebrated all over the world on the 21st of March 2024.