World Poetry Day is celebrated on March 21st. In 2020, the holiday takes place for the 21st time. Literary associations, poetry lovers, journalists, editors, critics, translators, teachers, students and graduates of philological educational institutions, people who are passionate about writing poetry take part in the celebrations.
The purpose of the holiday is to introduce people to poetry, to provide an opportunity for young talents to express themselves.
history of the holiday
Poetry Day first appeared in 1938 in the US state of Ohio. It was initiated by the poet Tessa Sweezy Webb. The holiday was held on October 15 - the birthday of the ancient Roman poet Virgil. In 1951, it was celebrated as National Poetry Day 38 American states and Mexico.
World Poetry Day was officially established by the resolution of the 30th session of the General Conference of UNESCO (United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization) dated November 15, 1999. The holiday was first held on March 21, 2000. In Russia, it was celebrated in Moscow at the Taganka Theater.
Holiday traditions
Participants of the celebrations give each other rare books, share their impressions of the works, recite poems, and discuss new works.
IN educational institutions themed evenings. Students make presentations about the life of literary figures, read rhymed lines from memory.
Radio stations and television broadcast programs about the life and work of poets.
- There are words in Russian that do not rhyme: desman, lark, frost, embankment, user, wire, torso.
- In the works of Pushkin there are 22 thousand different words, Lermontov - 15 thousand.
- In poems about the nature of Russian poets, three trees are most often found: birch, pine and oak.
- In Russian, verbs with the ending "at" rhyme best. There are 5.5 thousand rhyme options for them.
- The first poetess is considered to be the Akkadian princess Enheduanna, who lived in the 23rd century BC.
- The Chinese Emperor Qianlong, who ruled in the 18th century, executed the authors of sad poems.
- Scientists from the University of Liverpool in the UK have come to the conclusion that reading poetry activates the brain.
World Poetry Day is celebrated annually on March 21st. Poetry is probably one of the most ingenious achievements of mankind. To pour out one's feelings in poetic form, to capture one's worldview in rhyme, to dream of the future and remember the past, while simultaneously addressing millions and remaining alone with oneself - only poetry, the greatest of the arts created by man, is capable of this.
Not many become great and famous poets, but many at least once in their lives tried to compose poetry. After all, most people are far from alien to those “beautiful impulses of the soul”, which prompt a person to take a pen, a piece of paper and start creating. Write poetry without thinking about fame and immortality. After all, even a small, unknown poem written by a child is also a huge spiritual contribution to the cultural and intellectual prosperity of the whole society.
Story world day poetry
For the first time, the American poetess Tesa Webb came up with the initiative to establish the holiday in the mid-30s of the 20th century. She proposed to celebrate International Poetry Day on October 15, in honor of the birth date of the famous poet and philosopher Virgil. It should be noted that her proposal found a positive response in the hearts of many people: by 1951, October 15, National Poetry Day was celebrated not only in 38 US states, but also in European countries. The celebrations were unofficial in nature, and the date of their holding was not fixed in any way in the calendar of memorable days.
Only on November 15, 1999, at the 30th conference, UNESCO adopted a resolution establishing international day, which was supposed to "breathe a second life" into the world poetic movement. For the first time, the holiday was celebrated on March 21 in 2000, in Paris, where the headquarters of UNESCO is located. The main purpose of the International Day of Poetry was to emphasize the great importance that literature plays in cultural life. modern society, to unite poets from all over the world and give them the right and opportunity to express themselves!
Traditions of World Poetry Day in the world
Despite the fact that World Poetry Day is a young holiday, it is celebrated quite widely in the USA, Europe, and, of course, in Russia. On this day, it is customary to arrange evenings in literary clubs, meetings with readers, which are attended by both venerable and novice poets. The holiday is solemnly celebrated not only by poets and their readers, but also by the philological faculties of higher educational institutions, many schools, publishing houses of literary magazines, almanacs and newspapers.
Martha Dobrykina.The popularity of Russian poetry has not faded for many years. Enumerate the names of the great Russian poets can be endless. There are also many foreign poets who can be on a par with the Russian geniuses of the word. At the same time, every creative person notes that he has his own idol, who is an ideal for him. After all, only by showing interest in a person who is close in spirit and performing the same mission, you can learn and develop your craft.
It unites all the poets of our time, and also allows you to remember those who have made a significant contribution to the development of literature. Anyone who is not indifferent to such creativity can take part in the holiday. In addition, this is a unique opportunity to reflect on what power words can have, as well as present your poems to the public. Indeed, among ordinary people there are many gifted individuals who are also capable of writing masterpieces. However, their talent remains undiscovered or unknown. World Poetry Day opens up incredibly great opportunities in order to unleash your potential, to present new poems to the world, which, perhaps, will also be on everyone's lips in the future.
When is Poetry Day?
World Poetry Day was established in 1999 at the 30th session of the UNESCO Assembly, which was held in Paris. Since then, every year the public celebrates this holiday on March 21. The date was not chosen by chance. March 21 is the spring equinox. It is believed that this day symbolizes the renewal of nature and the creative nature of the human spirit.
UNESCO established World Poetry Day to support linguistic diversity and keep little-known languages from dying out. It has already become a tradition for many nations on March 21 to gather in clubs and arrange literary evenings. World Poetry Day 2019 year will be no exception. On this day, throughout Russia, classes will be held in higher educational institutions and schools, which will highlight the topic of poetry. Publishing houses of magazines, newspapers and libraries will also not bypass this topic. Everyone who wants to join this holiday can learn about the cultural and entertainment program for this day from the local media and draw up an action plan for themselves.
21 March for grades 5a and 5b under the guidance of Mertyeva A.S. and Ustyugova I.V. a lesson was held - a musical drawing room, where poetry was the hostess, and the long-awaited guests - poetry! Musical director Krylova V.V. prepared creative numbers.
In 1999, a special organization for education, science and culture of UNESCO decided to celebrate World Poetry Day on March 21 every year. Courses of lectures, author's readings, presentation of new poetic literature are held all over the world. The students of our school also did not remain indifferent to this event. Poems were recited in class musical compositions. 
How many in the world peoples of different,
How different can you live
But there is only one holiday in the world,
Allowing us all to create!
Congratulations on the day of poetry,
Let spring only bloom in the heart,
We wish you well today
Everyone who is friends with poetry lives! 
Makovkina Margarita
opened the literary drawing room with the song "Golden chimes in a clean field." 
Thematically, the lesson was divided into 4 blocks: poems about nature native land, poems about freedom, about war and poems dedicated to the 55th anniversary of Yu.A. Gagarin. 
Sergei Alexandrovich Yesenin was proud of the power and immensity of his country, the strength that lies in it:
I will chant
With the whole being of the poet
sixth of the earth
With a short name "Rus".
Logutenkov Maxim
read a poem by S.A. Yesenin "Goy you, Rus', my dear." 
Freedom is one of the highest human values, and the more precious it is for a person, the stronger he feels its lack. Stadnitsky Andrey
performed the song "Free Bird", and Makovkina Margarita
read the fable of I.A. Krylov " Kite». 
Last year, our country celebrated a significant date - 70th anniversary of the Victory in the Great Patriotic War. There is not a single family in our state that has not been affected by this event. Poets, composers and other people of creativity perceived this event more sharply than others. The story that was told Sorva Alexander and Yemelcheva Elizaveta
happened in reality. The author of the poem Andrei Dementiev recalls: “Once I was in a sanatorium in the Caucasus, I was very bored. And now I'm listening to the receiver, where they transmit short information about the mother from the Georgian village. She was waiting for her son from the war, who went missing, and suddenly the mother sees her child on the screen documentary film. I thought of the rest of the words myself, immediately wrote a poem that day "Mother's Ballad".
Maslova Karina
And Kozlova Anastasia
read a poem by V.S. Vysotsky “They don’t put crosses on mass graves”, and Bochkina Julia
recited poems by Yu. Drunina “No, this is not merit, but luck ...”. 
The symbol of all nameless heroes is a monument To the unknown soldier. How many of them, unknown heroes, who died in attacks on nameless heights or to the last bullet, fought in unknown trenches? We know the most important thing: at the cost of their lives, these soldiers saved their homeland, defended peace on earth. Olga Polyakova's song "Nameless Soldier" was performed Andrey Stadnitsky, Margarita Makovkina, Elizaveta Emeleva, Elizaveta Yakovleva, Anastasia Kozlova, Elena Krylova. 
Another very an important event awaits us this year. April 12, 2016 55 years have passed since the flight of Yu.A. Gagarin in space. The 108 minutes he spent in space paved the way for other space explorers. In a short time since the first flight into space, a man visited the Moon, explored almost all the planets solar system, but that first flight was the most difficult and dangerous. 
The children were shown a small documentary video of the flight. Krylova Elena
read a poem "Yuri Gagarin". 
Addressing all the inhabitants of the Earth before the start on April 12, 1961, Yuri Alekseevich said: “Dear friends, relatives and strangers, compatriots, people of all countries and continents! In a few minutes, a mighty spaceship will take me to the distant expanses of the universe. What can I say to you in these last minutes before the start! My whole life seems to me now as one beautiful moment. Everything that has been lived, that has been done before, has been lived and done for the sake of this moment. You understand, it is difficult to sort out feelings now, when the hour of trial, for which we have been preparing for a long time and passionately, has come very close. It is hardly worth talking about the feelings that I experienced when I was offered to make this first flight in history. Joy!". Stadnitsky Andrey
read a poem "Gagarin's smile". 
An hour later after Yu.A. Gagarin will become the most famous person on the planet, but the first orbit around the Earth of a spacecraft with a man on board was the merit of many, many people, and first of all general designer spaceships Sergei Pavlovich Korolev. Another cosmic poem prepared Abrahamyan Ashot
"Flight". 
At the end of this thematic block and lesson Stadnitsky Andrey sang the song "You know what kind of guy he was." On this musical note, the cozy lesson dedicated to World Poetry Day has come to an end! We wish our children new creative success! 
The oldest poems, according to historians, were written as early as the 23rd century BC. They were created by Princess En-hedu-ana and the find is confirmed by artifacts. The princess is the earliest author known by name, as well as the first female poet. She was the daughter of the founder of the Akkadian kingdom, King Sargon, and is known from Sumerian hymns.
It is known that the first rhyming dictionaries appeared in the Middle Ages. It is interesting that, for example, the entire Koran is built on rhymes. And the first who compared the cheeks of a young girl with a rose was a poet, as Salvador Dali once said.
In 1999, at the 30th session of the UNESCO General Conference, it was decided to celebrate World Poetry Day on March 21st. The first holiday - World Poetry Day - was celebrated in Paris, where the headquarters of UNESCO is located.
“Poetry,” the UNESCO decision says, “can be the answer to the most acute and deepest spiritual questions. modern man- but for this it is necessary to attract to it the widest possible public attention. In addition, World Poetry Day should provide an opportunity to make a wider statement about themselves to small publishing houses, whose efforts mainly reach readers contemporary poets, literary clubs, reviving the age-old tradition of a living sounding poetic word.
It has become a good tradition to hold various events, celebrations and new competitions on this day, to present rising poetic talents and their creative works of authorship, to organize evenings of friends of art. The poem makes our culture immeasurably richer and more representative. The brightest works, treasures of the heart, rightfully open up the opportunity to fully experience the uniqueness of the invisible flight of the human soul, to touch greatest story each of us, because each look is beautiful and unique in its own way. It allows you to give not only beautiful poetic forms of words, rhymes, but also a significant part of life that contributes to our own development.
If you are not indifferent to poetry - accept our congratulations on this day! If you are a poet, then this date is your worldwide professional holiday. Happy holiday to you and us, we wish you all poetry!
Interesting facts for World Poetry Day
If you're writing a poem because you just want to capture the feeling you've had, you don't need these tips. Just write what you think is necessary.. Details in the material "How to write a poem: 10 practical advice» , which can be used as a theme or scenario for an event or evening.
