Poetry Day is a celebration of poetry for everyone, everywhere: from assemblies, bus queues to hospitals and zoos. It’s a day when poetry takes to the streets. It’s a chance for you to use poetry to say things that can’t be said in prose.
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International Day of Forests
Every March 21st
Trees—they produce the vast majority of the oxygen we need to survive, they provide us with much-needed shade on hot days, and they're just plain beautiful. For all of those reasons and many more, protecting...
International Fragrance Day
Every March 21st
There are billions of fragrances in the world and everyone enjoys different ones. And they're not all perfumy, either! Some people's favorite scent is that of onions being browned in a pan, others' is that...
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Poetry Month
Every April
Poetry Month began in 1996 and was started by the Academy of American Poets. It now has the support of many other organisations including the government, art societies, poets and educational leaders. Several countries honour...
Poetry At Work Day
8th January (Second Tuesday in January)
An ode to...the time clock? The assembly line? The office computer? The poem may need some work, but this is what Poetry At Work Day is all about - finding the beauty in your job...
Random Acts of Poetry Day
3rd October (First Wednesday in October)
Poetry is not only dream and vision; it is the skeleton architecture of our lives. It lays the foundations for a future of change, a bridge across our fears of what has never been before.Audre...
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