In 1999, UNESCO named March 21 World Poetry Day. Since then, it has been celebrated every year and recognized by those who value poetry in their lives or acknowledge its importance in the history of ...

On this World Poetry Day, we travel back to the early ‘90s to visit a poet who took the path less traveled. Born in New York City and a creature of academia, Michael Carey picked up the plow for ...

The rise of the #MeToo movement allowed women around the world to express the extent of the gender-based violence that they suffer every day. On TV, on social media or in the streets, celebrities and ...

Ten distinguished poets from Nigeria and Cuba will grace the stage in tribute to Nobel laureate Prof. Wole Soyinka on Friday, March 21, at the 6th Providus Bank Poetry Café, an event marking the 2025 ...

When French writer Marion Fritsch began posting short texts on Instagram in 2023, she did not think her work qualified as poetry. That was, until everybody else told her so. “When I chose my status ...

Diallo Rabain, the Minister of Education, stressed the importance of poetry to students on Thursday. Students from East End Primary, St George’s Preparatory and St David’s Primary schools shared ...

Friday’s Nevada County Poetry Series will honor World Poetry Day, established by United Nations’ Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO). World Poetry Day, also falling on Friday, ...

As the world celebrates World Poetry Day (WPD) today, CHINAKA OKORO writes that the country should take advantage of the celebration to encourage Nigerians to embrace poetry as a tool to fight ...

Beginning on World Poetry Day and running through May, the Sierra Poetry Festival is supported by a months’ long fringe festival. Full of pop-up poetry events of all varieties and styles, most are ...

One of the world’s most popular music streaming services is good for much more than your daily pop or rap fix. Spotify has recordings of dozens of poets reading their own work, and World Poetry Day is ...