New Delhi: Poetry falls under the category of art and literature and provides a space for the human world to express their emotions. March 21 is celebrated as World Poetry Day and people across the world celebrate and honour the poets who have inspired generations after generations.
Poetry has become a tool that can inspire, give a fresh start to a new relationship, mend broken ones and create harmony in the surrounding. Poetry is not just for happy hearts, but several sad and broken hearts as well that had stirred a revolution in the past.
However, with the advent of technology, people are losing interest in poetry. However, few still feed into the magic that poetry creates. Indian poetry scene is filled with renowned poets starting from ancient Vedic times to the modern day. India saw the emergence of great poets namely Kabir, Kalidasa, Mirabi to Mirza Ghalib, Amir Khusrow, Rabindranath Tagore, and many more.
History of World Poetry Day
In 1999, World Poetry Day was adopted by UNESCO (United Nations Educational Scientific and Cultural Organization) during the 30th General Conference in Paris. The aim behind celebrating the day is to support linguistic diversity through poetry.
Poetry helps us promote and spread teachings from different languages. The approach is to preserve endangered languages and make more people aware of treasured forms of cultural and linguistic poetic expressions.
The day is celebrated to foster the convergence between poetry and other forms of arts such as theatre, dance, music, and painting, and to raise the visibility of poetry in the media.
Significance of World Poetry Day
Several schools, colleges, organisations publishers, and poets from all over the world celebrate this day. Besides, many poets come together and organise small gatherings where they read poetry and teach the art of writing poems, and spreads awareness of poetry to the public in general. Besides, schools, colleges, and other educational institutes organise poetry competitions for the students.
