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World Poetry Day 2026
A UNESCO-declared day to promote the reading, writing, publishing, and teaching of poetry, and to celebrate one of humanity's most treasured forms of cultural and linguistic expression.
World Poetry Day 2026
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Mar 21, 2026 12:00 AM
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March 21, 2026 12:00 AM
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Event Summary
A UNESCO-declared day to promote the reading, writing, publishing, and teaching of poetry, and to celebrate one of humanity's most treasured forms of cultural and linguistic expression.
Contributors
World Poetry Day is celebrated on 21 March, and was declared by UNESCO in 1999, "with the aim of supporting linguistic diversity through poetic expression and increasing the opportunity for endangered languages to be heard".
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