Poets can now enter the Ohio Poetry Day contest with a $10 fee. Submissions must be postmarked by May 15.

At the dawn of the new millennium, UNESCO inaugurated the annual World Poetry Day. Its aim was to honour humanity’s most treasured forms of cultural and linguistic expression and identity. Since then, ...

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 Saturday, May 14. This is the 10th year for the event, which was postponed and then held virtually last year due to the pandemic. But this current occasion will be very much an in-person experience ...

National Poetry Day, observed each year in October, serves as a reminder of poetry’s enduring power to stir emotions, spark ...

April is National Poetry Month and a good time to consider beginning a poetry writing practice for yourself and/or your ...

Black Poetry Day does more than fill a spot on the calendar; it serves as a reminder that poetry has launched movements, created community, challenged power, and given poets a lane to voice their ...