ISLAMABAD, (MILLAT/APP): World Poetry Day to be observed on
March 21 across the world including Pakistan to appreciate and
support poets and poetry around the world.
According to a report aired by a private news channel ,It was declared
by UNESCO (United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural
Organization) in 1999.
The purpose of the day is to promote the reading, writing,
publishing and teaching of poetry throughout the world and, as the
UNESCO session declaring the day says, to “give fresh recognition
and impetus to national, regional and international poetry
movements”.
World Poetry Day was generally celebrated in October,
sometimes on the 5th, but in the latter part of the 20th Century
the world community celebrated it on 15 October, the birthday of
Virgil, the Roman epic poet and poet laureate under Augustus.
The tradition to keep an October date for national or
international poetry day celebrations still holds in many
countries.
Alternately, a different October or even November date is
celebrated.
Poetry is a form of literary art in which language is used
for its aesthetic and evocative qualities in addition to, or in
lieu of, its apparent meaning.
Poetry may be written independently, as discrete poems, or
may occur in conjunction with other arts, as in poetic drama,
hymns, lyrics, or prose poetry. It is published in dedicated
magazines, individual collections and wider anthologies.