In 1999, UNESCO named March 21 World Poetry Day. Since then, it has been celebrated every year and recognized by those who value poetry in their lives or acknowledge its importance in the history of ...

Beginning on World Poetry Day and running through May, the Sierra Poetry Festival is supported by a months’ long fringe festival. Full of pop-up poetry events of all varieties and styles, most are ...

The rise of the #MeToo movement allowed women around the world to express the extent of the gender-based violence that they suffer every day. On TV, on social media or in the streets, celebrities and ...

The Romanian Cultural Institute is marking World Poetry Day in its representative offices in Rome, Lisbon, Paris, Brussels, Stockholm and Beijing with a series of cultural events highlighting the ...