Beautiful rhymed lines are a great way to wish a loved one a happy birthday, express admiration and appreciation. Only talented and gifted people are capable of writing poetry. This world holiday is dedicated to them. Poetry Day brings together authors around the world. Its main goal is to familiarize people with beauty, to provide young talents with the opportunity to express themselves in the best possible way. The event is celebrated annually on March 21st.
The history of the celebration of this event goes back to 1938. The author of the idea for the foundation of the celebration is a poet from Ohio - Tessa Sweezy Webb. Under her initiative, the holiday was first celebrated on October 15th. It was dedicated to the birthday of a famous ancient Roman poet named Virgil. In 1951 of the last century, it became national in the United States. The solemn event was joined by 38 states of America and Mexico. It received the official status of the world at the 30th meeting of UNESCO. It is supported by the resolution adopted on November 15, 1999.
For your information, the decision of UNESCO says that it often answers the most acute and deepest spiritual questions of modern people of man - but for this purpose it is necessary to attract the broadest public attention to it. It was first celebrated on a relative scale in March 2000. This Day serves to create in the media a positive image of poetic art that is open to people.
Among other things, it is thanks to the celebration of World Poetry Day that each creator has an excellent opportunity to declare himself to small publishing houses, whose efforts allow bringing to the mass readers the living work of modern poets, as well as literary circles that revive the eternal tradition of beautiful rhymed lines.
On the day of the vernal equinox, the world celebrates - world poetry day.
This holiday will be celebrated 12 times all over the world. This is only the first time in our school within the framework of the Week of Children and Youth Books, but this is definitely not the last!
Thanks to the competition " Poems of my own composition"little stars have already lit up. There is an idea to create and publish an almanac of young poets and poetesses ...
From the history
World Poetry Day was established at the 30th session of the General Assembly of UNESCO in 1999. The assembly delegates decided to celebrate this holiday annually on March 21.
The first day of poetry on March 21, 2000 was held simultaneously at the UNESCO headquarters in Paris and at the Taganka Theater in Moscow. The initiator of the celebration of this day in Russia was DOOS ("Voluntary Society for the Protection of Dragonflies"), headed by the poet Konstantin Kedrov. The core of the holiday was the works of DOOS members. Andrey Voznesensky, Elena Katsyuba, Alina Vitukhnovskaya, Mikhail Buznik and Konstantin Kedrov himself recited their poems from the Taganka Theater stage that evening. Despite the rather tight preparation time, the event received a very wide response, and the Kultura TV channel released a separate TV movie dedicated to this holiday.
Since then, this Day has brought together the poets of our country more than once. Over the years, World Poetry Day has been celebrated in various art galleries and clubs. The 2nd, 6th and 7th poetry holidays were again held at the Taganka Theater. And the 10th, jubilee World Poetry Day was held in the Central House of Writers with the support of the largest literary portals of our country Poetry.ru and Proza.ru. The celebration of the 11th World Poetry Day in 2010 was attended not only by Muscovites and residents of the Moscow region, but also poets from other regions. In total, more than a thousand people came to the Central House of Writers that evening.
The poet and nominee for the Nobel Prize in Literature Konstantin Kedrov proposed to UNESCO the idea of celebrating the World Poetry Day on the vernal equinox 12 years ago, in 2000, and for the first time this holiday was held on the stage of the Taganka Theater with the support of the famous director Yuri Lyubimov.
"Poetry," says the UNESCO decision, "can be an answer to the most acute and deep spiritual questions of modern man - but for this it is necessary to draw the widest possible public attention to it."
Moreover, the World Poetry Day is intended to give an opportunity to more widely declare themselves to small publishing houses, whose efforts, basically, reach the readers of the work of modern poets, literary clubs, reviving the age-old tradition of a living sounding poetic word.
This Day, according to UNESCO, is intended to create a positive image of poetry in the media as a truly contemporary art open to people.
It is believed that the oldest hymn poems were created in the 23rd century BC. The author of the poems is the poetess-priestess En-hedu-ana, about whom it is only known that she was the daughter of the Akkadian king Sargon, who conquered Ur (the territory of Iran). En-hedu-ana wrote about the moon god Nanna and his daughter, the goddess of the morning star, Inanna.
Interesting Facts
March 21 is celebrated:
International day of the puppeteer
International Day of Nowruz
Youth Day in Tunisia
Tree Day in Italy
March 21 in history:
1999
(13 years)- After 478 hours of travel, Bertrand PICCARD and Brian JONES became the first people to fly around the Earth in a balloon.
1990
(22)- The independence of Namibia, 75 years under the rule of South Africa, is proclaimed.
1975
(37 years)- A three-thousand-year monarchy is overthrown in Ethiopia.
Congratulations:
All poets, poetesses
Congratulations affectionately
Cool muse, inspiration
And we wish you love!
Well, you, our poet,
Always be with love
Physical education and exercise -
The right way to health!
Let it be easy at ease
The verse falls on the sheet,
Let your creative fuse
It will last for a lifetime!
Imagine our life without poetry ... Without congratulations for the holidays, without songs, without Pushkin, Lermontov, Shakespeare, contemporary authors…. It will be a boring life without an explosion of emotions expressed in simple letters on paper, without that little mysticism, when the same words, but written in a certain order, can move you to tears or leave you completely indifferent. The power of the word has a special energy that carries along and subjugates our imagination. In order to draw public attention to poetry as a source of answers to many questions of mankind, as an art fully open to people, at the 30th session of UNESCO in 1999, it was decided to celebrate World Poetry Day on March 21 every year. On this day, courses of lectures, author's readings, presentation of new poetic literature are held all over the world.
Happy Poetry Day,
Sometimes a little sad
But always unique
And originally immortal!
Let the verses excite the soul
Make you smile
Become broader and better
Plunge into a wonderful world!
On Poetry Day I wish
Inspiration and dreams!
I send you a ray of happiness
And the radiance of bright stars!
Let poetry give you
Many sweet moments.
Let it invigorate and inspire
Pointing the route to goodness!
To the poets of the world - to the nightingales of love,
To those who weave wreaths from ordinary words,
You bless their souls, Lord,
Add some gentle, poetic talents!
Give them happiness, joy, and peace
Leave for those who peacefully plow the land,
The poets of the world will all be with You,
Having drunk the power of the Divine cup!
Let the sun shine on you, the thunder roars,
Everything in the world is sweet to the poet's soul,
Great success flies towards you,
So that the soul aches with happiness!
All poets, poetesses
Today I want to congratulate
Wish you inspiration,
Loud your talent to glorify.
Let the rhymed lines
They are born from the soul,
Let your poems always
People really like it.
Let the muse come in more often
May she live with you
Let him throw up thoughts
So that the eye burns with excitement.
Poetry is really beautiful
All phrases are harmoniously woven!
Poetry, like the sun, shines clearly
So that the souls of people become clear!
Let poetry awaken in everyone
Emotions exciting cocktail,
And the one who reads it thoughtfully,
Understand what the author set a goal!
Poetry sometimes takes the soul,
So much so that prose will not take in life,
Throws out of the heat and immediately into the cold,
After all, it is in poetry that the soul lives!
Happy poetry day worldwide
I congratulate you today,
Heart beats in rapture
Let from poetic phrases.
The lines of lyrics are beautiful
Let your soul disturb you
Treating experiences
All misfortunes and dramas.
For poetry a minute
Let it be sometimes
Beckons to the world of beautiful poems
Let her be her own line.
There is tenderness and pressure in her,
Strength and Expression.
You can't live without her,
After all, she is poetry.
Happy poetry day today
My congratulations.
More magic lyrics
I sincerely wish.
Let the rhymed lines
The soul is subtly touched
May the sorrow and all the problems
They will drown in the lines of those.
Who is poetry
Does not know,
Beauty
Does not understand.
Happy poetry day to you
Congratulations we,
Loving!
What decorates this boring world?
What makes him kinder for a moment?
Just a light weave of rhymes
It will gently warm hearts and souls!
I wish you bright dreams on Poetry Day,
To bring inspiration and joy,
And so that faith, tenderness and love
They kept you from all the vanities of the world!
So sometimes it hurts to be
Taking phrases from the heart ...
Unwittingly to be responsible for everything,
Yes, passing everywhere along the edge,
The world is reasonable, but stingy in soul,
And feelings are in short supply.
After all, indifference is a great evil,
We need protection again!
When love comes to victory
... and the day of poetry will begin
All neighbors will become relatives
All of a sudden, youth will return!
World Poetry Day is celebrated on March 21st. In 2020, the holiday is held for the 21st time. The celebrations are attended by literary associations, poetry fans, journalists, editors, critics, translators, teachers, students and graduates of philological educational institutions, people who are keen on writing poetry.
The purpose of the holiday is to introduce people to poetry, to provide an opportunity for young talents to express themselves.
The content of the article
For the first time, Poetry Day appeared in 1938 in the US state of Ohio. It was initiated by the poet Tessa Sweezy Webb. The holiday took place on October 15 - the birthday of the ancient Roman poet Virgil. In 1951, it was celebrated as National Poetry Day in 38 American states and Mexico.
World Poetry Day was formally 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. For the first time, the holiday took place on March 21, 2000. In Russia, he was celebrated in Moscow at the Taganka Theater.
Participants of the solemn events give each other rare books, share their impressions of the works, recite poems, and discuss new works.
Thematic evenings are organized in educational institutions. Students give reports on the life of literary figures, read rhymed lines from memory.
Radio stations and television broadcasts programs about the life and work of poets.
“Every poem is a blanket stretched out on the edges of words. These words shine like stars, because of them the poem exists. " The opinion of Alexander Blok, a remarkable Russian poet, will certainly coincide with the point of view of anyone who is naturally talented and writes poetry with enthusiasm. Unfortunately, today the art of poetry does not have its former value - the value that the "music of the soul" acquired in the era of Alexander Pushkin or Anna Akhmatova. However, there is still hope for the revival of past traditions, because annually on March 21, authors and readers celebrate the holiday, designed to remind the inhabitants of the planet about the existence of the Beautiful world.
The holiday on March 21, World Poetry Day, was established not so long ago: in 1999, in the capital of France, within the framework of the 30th UN General Assembly. There were also held events dedicated to the newly minted World Poetry Day - World Poetry Day. The main goal of the annual World Poetry Day, first of all, is to familiarize with the art of poetry modern people who are far from romance and lyrical thinking. After all, it is known that the problem of a dying culture is becoming more acute every year.
In addition, due to the popularization of market relations, poetry is simply considered unprofitable from a commercial point of view, which means it is superfluous in the list of spheres of human activity. Therefore, World Poetry Day is needed by society in order to dispel pessimistic misconceptions.
The holiday of March 21 - World Poetry Day - is a real opportunity to show your creative abilities so that those around you will learn about the talent of a poet who lives nearby, unknown to anyone.
As part of this wonderful spring holiday, on March 21, thematic events are held where an already accomplished writer can talk with a novice author, the latter can learn a lot from a conversation with a more experienced colleague.
Representatives of such organizations as creative clubs, small publishing houses have a chance to offer their services to everyone in need of promoting poetry and become a meeting place for people of art.
Directly in Russia, enough attention is paid to the World Poetry Day. It has already become a tradition to celebrate this holiday with the active support of the Taganka Theater. Several years ago, celebrations began to take place in other cultural organizations, for example, in the National Center for Contemporary Art. Poetry evenings, where authors publicly perform their best works, intellectual competitions on poetic themes - all this has been taking place every year on the 21 March holiday for more than 10 years.
In support of their words, the ancestors of modern Scandinavians told a legend about two opposing magical peoples - the Vanir and the Ases. When the implacable enemies were tired of endless wars, they concluded a truce, sealed by the creation of the wise dwarf Kvasir from his own saliva. However, the phenomenal awareness of the man-made creature in all spheres of knowledge did not like two residents - Galar and Fjalar. The sly ones decided to kill the sage, which they did not fail to do. The blood of the dead, the know-it-all scoundrels placed in the cauldron, added honey there. The resulting mixture was called "honey of poetry", and anyone who tasted the wonderful drink acquired the talent of a poet ...
Well, what do the scientists say? Experts in the field of historical science attribute the composition of the first poetic work to the priestess En-hedu-an, the daughter of the ruler of the Sumerians. It was a hymn to the gods. The historian Thomas Love Peacock tried to divide the entire period of the existence of poetry into several eras. In total, he got four time intervals, each of which differed from the previous one in its own peculiarities.
According to Peacock, poetry appeared long before writing. The earliest poetic forms were primitive odes glorifying warriors performing heroic deeds, ruling the people and other prominent personalities. It was the Iron Age of poetry. After him, a golden era began, the characteristic features of which were the praise of not living, but great ancestors, the imagery of the language, the originality of poetic turns, the corresponding level of knowledge of the authors. During this period, the poets Homer, Sophocles, etc., worked.
The Silver Age included the development of two types of poetry: original, with the use of satirical and didactic notes, and imitative, consisting in a kind of processing of varieties of poems of the previous era.
The final stage was the copper age of the art of creating "music of the soul", the end of which was marked by the arrival of the dark era of the Middle Ages. After, according to Thomas Love Peacock, poetry only returned to the already passed periods, without making the slightest attempt to give humanity something new.
The current society perceives poetry differently from the way it was with the society of the past centuries. There is less and less meaning in poetry, more and more clearly inappropriate epithets and metaphors, and the idols of young people are increasingly becoming authors who are fluent in writing obscene poetry. But even in the current situation, one cannot say that the “music of the soul” has outlived its usefulness. It is enough to look at large poetic Internet portals such as "Poetry.ru", "Poetziya.ru", etc. to understand: in our country (I think, in the world too) there are many amazing poets, but most of them are unknown to readers printed editions ... However, each author "from the people" always has a chance to declare himself at a higher level, to go beyond the network space - though, basically, not without attracting funds. However, exceptions are not uncommon here, which is good news.
Poetry is an original language, understandable to everyone, but suitable only for a select few for explanation. Poems are not just rhymed lines built with a certain rhythm in mind, but an indicator of the level of public culture. Dedicate the day of March 21 to reading lyrical truths, and you will feel a symphony of light pouring into your heart. And perhaps you will understand how right Rasul Gamzatov was, who wrote the following poem:
"Poetry, you are not a servant of the strong,
You defended those who were humiliated
You covered everyone who was offended
I saw the enemy in those in power.
Poetry, with you we are not to face
Raise your honest voice for the strong,
You cannot be like a bride
Which self-interest leads to the crown "
We congratulate all connoisseurs of high culture and creativity on March 21, World Poetry Day. Poetry is our cultural past, present and future. Poetry makes us connoisseurs of a kind and polite word, poetry fosters restraint in us, respect for people, teaches us to value human feelings and relationships.
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