World Poetry Day
World Poetry Day is celebrated annually on March 21st, it honors poetry from all over the world. It's a kind of the best way to appreciate the poets and its remainder for people to know the importance of reading the poetry. Poetry is unique because the writers share their whole feelings and what they go through in their life experiences in easy to understand.
World Poetry Day remembers to bring people together make us think about very big issues, and even bring peace. Poets are mostly based on the poet's social issues, as well as comfort and hope.
UNESCO began this day in the year 1999, it mainly focused on the poetry that helps preserve different languages and cultures. On World Poetry Day, people is encouraged to enjoy poetry, whether by reading famous poems or writing their own.
Quotes
Here we can share some of the popular quotes for the World Poetry Day 2024:
- “A poem begins as a lump in the throat, a sense of wrong, a homesickness, a lovesickness.”- Robert Frost
- “You talk when you cease to be at peace with your thoughts.”- Kahlil Gibran, The Prophet
- "Poetry, like jazz, is one of those dazzling diamonds of creative industry that help human beings make sense out of the comedies and tragedies that contextualize our lives." - Aberjhani.
- “Music expresses that which cannot be put into words and that which cannot remain silent.” – Victor Hugo.
- "Only the very weak-minded refuse to be influenced by literature and poetry." - Cassandra Clare.
- “Trees are poems the earth writes upon the sky. We fell them down and turn them into paper, that we may record our emptiness.” – Kahlil Gibran.
- "Poetry and beauty are always making peace. When you read something beautiful you find coexistence; it breaks walls down." - Mahmoud Darwish.
- “Painting is poetry that is seen rather than felt, and poetry is the painting that is felt rather than seen.” – Leonardo da Vinci
- "Poetry lifts the veil from the hidden beauty of the world, and makes familiar objects be as if they were not familiar." - Percy Bysshe Shelley
- “A poet is a verb that blossoms light in gardens of dawn, or sometimes midnight.” - Aberjhani
- "Poetry empowers the simplest of lives to confront the most extreme sorrows with courage, and motivates the mightiest of offices to humbly heed lessons in compassion.” - Aberjhani
- “Every heart sings a song, incomplete until another heart whispers back. Those who wish to sing always find a song. At the touch of a lover, everyone becomes a poet.”- Plato
- "Real poetry can touch your heart even if you don't fully understand it yet." —T.S. Eliot
- "Every poet, every writer has a say in what's happening in the world. They can either agree with how things are, or they can say, 'Something's not right, let's make it better.'" —Sonia Sanchez
- "A lot of poems were written by someone who didn't put their name on them, and many times, that person was a woman." —Virginia Woolf
- "Only those who are easily influenced by literature and poetry are narrow-minded." —Cassandra Clare, Clockwork Angel
- "Poetry can express the highest joy or the deepest sadness." —A.P.J. Abdul Kalam
- “Pain and love create a poet!”― Avijeet Das
- “The dancing vortex of a sacred metaphor clashes horns and halos to make wounded music set to the tempo of a new era in brilliant labor.” ― Aberjhani, The River of Winged Dreams
- Quote words that affirm all men and women are your brothers and sisters.” ― Author-Poet Aberjhani, The River of Winged Dreams
- “Now come the whispers bearing bouquets of moonbeams and sunlight tremblings.” ― Aberjhani, The River of Winged Dreams
- “Greed, crowned emperor, rules the earth with cold disdain for harmony’s path.” ― Aberjhani, The River of Winged Dreams
- The music of revelation announces itself to the reader in somber brooding tones or in melodies light as air and one is invited to dance with the most captivating of partners: poetry.” ― Aberjhani,
- “I called it a baptism in flaming ink that forced me to shed my shyness about recognizing myself as a poet and to accept the fact that life had never given me any choice in the matter. And then I had to discover exactly what that meant.”― Aberjhani,
- The American identity has never been a singular one and the voices of poets invariably sing, in addition to their own, the voices of those around them.” ― Aberjhani
- “World Poetry Day, 21 March I caress your skin - Your breath is flowing; Peace in the things of life.” ― Sir Kristian Goldmund Aumann
- “The birth of a true poet is neither an insignificant event nor an easy delivery. Complications generally begin long before the fated soul carries its dubious light into whatever womb has been kind enough to volunteer the intricate machinery of its blood and prayers and muscles for a gestation period much longer than nine months or even nine years.” ― Author-Poet Aberjhani
- Hopefully, you will glimpse something of your own life’s journey and with Elemental’s Power of Illuminated Love, possibly recognize and celebrate something you had not been able to recognize or celebrate before.” ― Luther E. Vann, Elemental
- On faith’s battered back calm eyes etch prayers that cool a nation’s hot rage.” ― Aberjhani.
- “We are hopeless romantics, who still fall in love with words.” ― Avijeet Das
- “When the lyrical muse sings the creative pen dances.” ― Aberjhani
- “Rainer Maria Rilke greeted and wrestled with the angels of his Duino Elegies in the solitude of a castle surrounded by white cliffs tall trees and the sea. I greeted most of mine in the solitude of a house that still vibrated with the throbs of a singular life that had helped shape many lives and with the ache of attempts to render useful service to that life. The River of Winged Dreams was therefore constructed as a link between dimensions of past and future emotions and intellect and matter and spirit.” ― Aberjhani,
- “It may be that poetry’s real beauty and elegance is not its finely-chiseled lines or smoothly-rounded ideological concepts at all. The crown of its significance might be––or possibly should be?––its expansive capacity to embrace with equal passion the deadliest failings and the most splendid victories defining human existence.” ― Aberjhani.
- “The same hot lightning that burns your blood with passion–– cools your fears with peace.” ― Aberjhani
- “When a reader enters the pages of a book of poetry, he or she enters a world where dreams transform the past into knowledge made applicable to the present, and where visions shape the present into extraordinary possibilities for the future.” ― Aberjhani
- “Poetry is less a respecter of individual persons than it is a compassionate witness to the meanings of the secret language that beats inside human hearts, the music that pulses through human cries, and the divinity which shines love beyond the veils of human limitations.” ― Aberjhani
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Wishes
Here we can share some of the Wishes for the World Poetry Day 2024:
- A poet combines the past, present, and future to create poetry that will last forever. Happy World Poetry Day.
- There is something exceptionally beautiful about poetry that makes it so special and extraordinary. Wishing a very Happy World Poetry Day to you
- Poetry is the only language that the heart understands. Write a poem and express yourself on this special day. Happy World Poetry Day 2024!
- You can never get bored of life if you have poetry to inspire you to live a better life every day. Warm wishes on the occasion of World Poetry Day to you.
- Let us make the occasion of World Poetry Day all the more special by reading some of the poems that are close to our hearts. Happy World Poetry Day.
Theme and Date
World Poetry Day is celebrated yearly on March 21st. The theme for World Poetry Day 2024 is "Standing on the Shoulders of Giants." This theme portrays the importance of recognizing and appreciating famous poets from the past.
Their important poems have had a big impact on poetry in lots of different cultures. Famous writers have shown the path for the next generations. They have left a strong that still impacts poetry today.
Activities
World Poetry Day is celebrated worldwide. Many countries celebrate World Poetry Day. People are eager to read the poems and write their own, as well as attend cultural events or visit different kinds of exhibitions. Governments and other groups also support educational programs to help people understand poetry and languages better.
History and Significance
World Poetry Day was introduced by UNESCO in 1999, its main motive is to encourage and also support national, international as well as poetic movements. It promotes linguistic diversity and gives poets a platform. It is fully based on shaping society and culture and also celebrates poets from all over the world.
It is also the best remainder to express ideas and all emotions creatively. World Poetry Day promotes awareness of the value of poetry in literature and human expression employing different kinds of events and activities.
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