Poetry reaffirms our common humanity by revealing to us that
individuals, everywhere in the world, share the same questions and feelings.
Poetry is the mainstay of oral tradition and, over centuries, can communicate
the innermost values of diverse cultures.
One of the main objectives of the Day is to support
linguistic diversity through poetic expression and to offer endangered
languages the opportunity to be heard within their communities.
The observance of World Poetry Day is also meant to
encourage a return to the oral tradition of poetry recitals, to promote the
teaching of poetry, to restore a dialogue between poetry and the other arts
such as theatre, dance, music and painting, and to 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will no longer be considered an outdated form of art, but one which enables
society as a whole to regain and assert its identity.
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