Poet’s Day
Connect with your inner poet by writing some poetry yourself, or read the beautiful words of poets of all eras, from the Ancient Greeks to contemporary poets.
Celebrate emerging and established poets by encouraging workplace and community poetry sharing, positioning your brand as a champion of creative expression and underrepresented voices.
- Share user-generated poetry on social media with a branded hashtag to amplify emerging voices
- Host a virtual or in-person poetry reading event featuring employees, customers, or local poets
- Create a 'poetry in unexpected places' campaign showing people reading poetry on commutes, in offices, or public spaces
- Partner with poetry organizations or educators to offer free poetry workshops or resources
Poetry Day was founded by William Sieghart in 1994. He is a British philanthropist, entrepreneur, and publisher. He also founded Forward Prizes for Poetry. This is a major award ceremony for poetry, which is presented once a year. He said the following about the occasion:
“There are millions of talented poets out there and it’s about time they got some recognition for their work. They shouldn’t be embarrassed about reading their work out aloud. I want people to read poetry on the bus on their way to work, in the street, in school and in the pub.”
And isn’t this true, there are so many people who are talented, yet they don’t feel like they have a voice or they are scared to show off their true poetry skills. So, let’s encourage everyone to do so!