New Delhi: World Poetry Day, which recognises the unique ability of poetry to capture the creative spirit of the human mind, is on Sunday.
World Poetry Day celebrates one of humanity’s most treasured forms of cultural and linguistic expression and 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.
Check out some of the finest poetry here:
“Arranged in words, coloured with images, struck with the right meter, poetry has a power that has no match. This is the power to shake us from everyday life and the power to remind us of the beauty that surrounds us and of the resilience of the human spirit.”
— Audrey Azoulay, Director-General, on the occasion of 2020 World Poetry Day
“The butterfly counts not months but moments, and has time enough.”
– Rabindranath Tagore, awarded the 1913 Nobel Prize in Literature for his sensitive, fresh and beautiful poetry expressing his poetic thought.
Learn more about Tagore: https://t.co/gH7SO7JPN7#WorldPoetryDay pic.twitter.com/s0WGjIyRkH
— The Nobel Prize (@NobelPrize) March 21, 2021
Poetry comes from the highest happiness or the deepest sorrow.
– Dr. A.P.J Abdul Kalam#WorldPoetryDay
— Kavishala (@kavishala) March 21, 2021
Poetry is the finest expression of creative human spirit. It is universal and has the power to raise one’s consciousness to a higher level.
On this #WorldPoetryDay, my best wishes to all poetry lovers. Let’s all join together to revive our oral traditions of poetry recitals.
— Vice President of India (@VPSecretariat) March 21, 2021
This #WorldPoetryDay, let’s celebrate each & every poet whose poetry is life & life is poetry, because as #RobinWilliams beautifully put in ‘Dead Poets Society’, “poetry, beauty, romance, love, these are what we stay alive for”. #MyGovMorningMusings @MinOfCultureGoI @PIB_India pic.twitter.com/tam4DK95wb
— MyGovIndia (@mygovindia) March 21, 2021
This is your #WorldPoetryDay weather update:
POETRY IS THE MUSIC OF THE SOUL
— Voltaire pic.twitter.com/biyIxEQpSh
— National Library of Scotland (@natlibscot) March 19, 2021
This #WorldPoetryDay, let’s celebrate each & every poet whose poetry is life & life is poetry, because as #RobinWilliams beautifully put in ‘Dead Poets Society’, “poetry, beauty, romance, love, these are what we stay alive for”.
pic.twitter.com/w0FfWaqWaN pic.twitter.com/BeBa06QR9I— India in Mozambique (@IndiainMoz) March 21, 2021
“O my Luve’s like a red, red rose…” ?
To celebrate #WorldPoetryDay , take a listen to one of Robert Burns’ most famous poems, read by @SamHeughan! pic.twitter.com/yYkpKl5DZc
— Scottish Government USA (@ScotGovUSA) March 19, 2021
