World Poetry Day was observed on March 21 across the world including Pakistan to appreciate and support poets and poetry around the world. World Poetry Day is an invitation to reflect on the power of language and the full development of each person's creative abilities.
Every year on March 21, Unesco celebrates the World Poetry Day. A decision to proclaim March 21 as World Poetry Day was adopted during the Unesco's 30th session held in Paris in 1999. According to the Unesco's decision, the main objective of this action was to support linguistic diversity through poetic expression and to offer endangered languages the opportunity to be heard within their communities.
Moreover, this Day is meant to support poetry, return to the oral tradition of poetry recitals, promote teaching poetry, restore a dialogue between poetry and the other arts such as theatre, dance, music, painting and so on, support small publishers and create an attractive image of poetry in the media so that the art of poetry will no longer be considered an outdated form of art.
Unesco encourages the member states to take an active part in celebrating the World Poetry Day, at both local and national level, with the active participation of National Commissions, NGOs and the public and private institutions, concerned schools, municipalities, poetic communities, museums, cultural associations, publishing houses, local authorities, etc.
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