World Poetry Day. World poetry day 21 March international poetry day

World Poetry Day is celebrated annually on March 21st. Poetry is probably one of the most brilliant achievements of mankind. Pouring out your feelings in poetic form, imprinting your worldview in rhyme, dreaming about the future and remembering the past, while simultaneously addressing millions and remaining alone with yourself - only poetry, the greatest of the arts created by man, is capable of this.

Not many become great and famous poets, but many have tried to write poetry at least once in their lives. After all, the majority of people are far from alien to those “beautiful impulses of the soul” that induce a person to take a pen, a piece of paper and start creating. Write poetry without thinking about fame and immortality. After all, even a small, unknown poem written by a child is also a huge spiritual contribution to the cultural and intellectual prosperity of the entire society.

History of World Poetry Day

For the first time, the American poetess Tesa Webb came up with the initiative to establish the holiday back in the mid-30s of the 20th century. She proposed celebrating the International Day of Poetry on October 15, in honor of the date of birth of the famous poet and philosopher Virgil. It should be noted that her proposal found a positive response in the hearts of many people: by 1951, October 15, National Poetry Day was celebrated not only in 38 US states, but also in European countries. The celebrations were unofficial, and the date of their holding was not recorded in the calendar of memorable days.

Only on November 15, 1999, UNESCO, at the 30th conference, adopted a resolution on the establishment of an international day, which was to “breathe a second life” into the world poetry movement. For the first time, the holiday was celebrated on March 21 in 2000, in Paris, where the headquarters of UNESCO is located. The main goal of the International Day of Poetry was to emphasize the great importance that literature plays in the cultural life of modern society, to unite poets from all over the world and give them the right and opportunity to declare themselves!

Traditions of World Poetry Day in the world and in Russia

Despite the fact that World Poetry Day is a young holiday, it is celebrated quite widely both in the USA and in Europe, and, of course, in Russia. On this day, it is customary to arrange evenings in literary clubs, meetings with readers, to which both venerable and novice poets come. The holiday is solemnly celebrated not only by poets and their readers, but also by philological faculties of higher educational institutions, many schools, publishing houses of literary magazines, almanacs and newspapers.

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 touch 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 poetry excite the soul
Make you smile
Become broader and better
To 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 minutes.
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 eyes burn 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 it be 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 poetry
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 the neighbors will become relatives
All of a sudden youth will return!

The most ancient poems, according to historians, were written in the 23rd century BC. They were created by Princess En-hedu-ana and the find is confirmed by artifacts. The princess is the earliest author known by name, as well as the first poet. She was the daughter of the founder of the Akkadian kingdom - King Sargon, and is known for the Sumerian hymns.

It is known that the first dictionaries of rhymes appeared in the Middle Ages. It is interesting that, for example, the entire Qur'an is built on rhymes. And the first who compared the cheeks of a young girl with a rose was a poet, as Salvador Dali once said.

In 1999, at the 30th session of the General Conference of UNESCO, it was decided to celebrate World Poetry Day on March 21. The first holiday - World Poetry Day - was celebrated in Paris, where the headquarters of UNESCO is located.

“Poetry,” the UNESCO decision says, “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. In addition, the World Poetry Day should give an opportunity to make themselves known more widely for small publishers, whose efforts mainly reach the readers of the works of modern poets, literary clubs reviving the age-old tradition of the living poetic word. "

It has become a good tradition on this day to hold various events, celebrations and new competitions, to present rising poetic talents and their creative works of authorship, to organize evenings for friends of art. The poem makes our culture immeasurably richer and more representative. The brightest works, treasures of the heart, rightfully open up the opportunity to fully experience the uniqueness of the invisible flight of the human soul, to touch the greatest history of each of us, because each look is beautiful and unique in its own way. It allows you to donate not only beautiful poetic forms of words, rhymes, but also a significant part of life, contributing to our own development.

If you are not indifferent to poetry - accept our congratulations on this day! If you are a poet, then this date is your worldwide professional holiday. Happy holiday to you and us, we wish you all poetry!

Interesting facts on World Poetry Day

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As part of World Poetry Day 2016, Moscow literary projects and venues offer:

March 17, Thursday, at the Museum of the Silver Age (Bryusov House, Prospekt Mira, 30, m. "Prospect Mira"), the opening of the World Poetry Day program according to UNESCO "All Moscow / General Gathering" will take place (curators of Moscow literary projects, sites , salons, clubs present their program and authors). The announcement of the exhibition - "Literary Atlantis of the 1990-2000s". The beginning is at 19.00.

In the salon "Classics of the XXI century" (Chekhov Cultural Center, Strastnoy Blvd, 6, bldg. 2, metro "Chekhovskaya"), a presentation of the book by German Vlasov "Girl with a Hoop" will take place. The beginning is at 19.00.

March 18, Friday, at the A.N. Tolstoy (Spiridonovka, 2/6, metro "Arbatskaya") will host a poetry evening of Evgeny Nikitin and Arkady Shtypel. The beginning is at 19.00.

March 19, Saturday, in the House-Museum of Chukovsky (Peredelkino, Serafimovich St., 3) Galina Nerpina's poetry evening will take place. Beginning at 16.00.

The Silver Age Museum (Bryusov House) will host an evening from the cycle “Metamorphoses. Conversations about literary translation ": Maria Falikman. Conducted by Alyosha Prokopiev. The beginning is at 19.00.

March 20, Sunday, in the club "Dacha on Pokrovka" (Pokrovsky blvd, 18, metro "Kitay-gorod"), a presentation of the textbook "Poetry" will take place. Conducted by Natalia Azarova, Kirill Korchagin, Dmitry Kuzmin. The beginning is at 19.00.

March 21, Monday, in the cafe "Jean-Jacques" (Tsvetnoy blvd., 24, building 1, metro "Tsvetnoy Boulevard") will host an evening "The magazine of poetry" Air "- 10 years. The beginning is at 19.00.

The Teatr.Doc room (M. Kazenny lane, 12, metro "Kurskaya") will host a poetry evening "Poetry Day-2016, or Continuous Complexes". The beginning is at 20.00.

In the theater hall of the Literary Salon in the Bulgakov House (10 B. Sadovaya, metro Mayakovskaya), a presentation of the anthology of contemporary poetry "Poetic Atlas of Russia" will take place. Conducted by Andrey Korovin and Pavel Kryuchkov. The beginning is at 20.00.

March 22, Tuesday, in the cafe "Jean-Jacques" (Maroseyka, 15, metro "Kitay-Gorod") will be held the announcement ceremony of the poetry award "Difference" -2016. The beginning is at 19.00.

There will also be a presentation of the books by Oksana Vasyakina "Women's Prose" and Ksenia Charyeva "At a completely strange holiday". The beginning is at 20.00.

March 23, Wednesday, in the club "Chinese pilot Dzhao Da" (Lubyansky Prospect, 25, metro "Kitay-Gorod") will host an evening of poets - winners of literary awards in 2015. The beginning is at 19.00.

March 25, Friday, in the library number 76 named after M.Yu. Lermontov (6 Barbolina, metro Sokolniki) will host the first evening of the Fourth Literary Readings “They are gone. They remained ”(to the memory of young poets who passed away at the end of the 20th - beginning of the 21st centuries). The beginning is at 18.30.

March 26, Saturday, in the library number 76 named. M.Yu. Lermontov will host the second evening of the Fourth Literary Readings “They are gone. They remained ”(to the memory of young poets who passed away at the end of the 20th - beginning of the 21st centuries). The beginning is at 15.00.

In the House-Museum of Pasternak (Peredelkino settlement, Pavlenko str., 3), within the framework of Dmitry Vedenyapin's author's project "A Man in Other People", Mikhail Yasnov's evening will be held. Beginning at 16.00.

Within the framework of the Moscow Cultural Forum-2016 (Manezh, Manezhnaya Square, 1, booth of the Moscow State Budgetary Institution of Culture, CBS SVAO), a round table "The Artist and the Poet: Transformation" will be held. Participants: Danila Davydov, Alexey Sosna and others. Beginning at 18.00.

In the A.N. Tolstoy will host the evening “Poems kultinfo. Publication 1/16 ": South Stream. Poems of the IX Moscow International Festival "Biennale of Poets". The beginning is at 19.00.

March 27, Sunday, in the Theater Mansion (Bibliotechnaya, 23, metro "Rimskaya") will host the third evening of the Fourth Literary Readings "They are gone. They remained ”(to the memory of young poets who passed away at the end of the 20th - beginning of the 21st centuries). The beginning is at 15.30.

Vasil Borodin's poetry evening will take place in the House-Museum of Pasternak (Peredelkino settlement). Beginning at 16.00.

In the cafe "Jean-Jacques" (Nikitsky Boulevard, 12, metro "Arbatskaya"), the 4th Jean-Jacob reading will take place: Timur Kibirov. The beginning is at 19.00.

On Tuesday, March 29, the Dacha na Pokrovka club will host an evening from the Moscow and non-Muscovites cycle: Maxim Amelin (Kursk) - Mikhail Aizenberg (Moscow). The beginning is at 19.00.

On March 30, Wednesday, in the cafe "Jean-Jacques" (Tsvetnoy blvd, 24, building 1), the 5th Jean-Jacob Readings will be held: Nikolay Zvyagintsev. The beginning is at 19.00.

The literary salon "Bulgakov House" will host the evening "Corner of Nevsky and Tverskaya. Contemporary Petersburg poetry in Moscow ”. Participants: Vitaly Dmitriev, Oleg Levitan and others. Beginning at 20.00.

March 31, Thursday, in the Great Hall of the Central House of Writers (B. Nikitskaya, 53, metro "Barrikadnaya") will be held a presentation of the book by Waldemar Weber "101st kilometer, then everywhere." Conducted by Olga Medvedko. The beginning is at 18.30.

The Silver Age Museum (Bryusov House) will host an evening from the "Pole" cycle: Alexey Kashcheev - Dana Sideros. The beginning is at 19.00.

April 3, Sunday, in the literary salon "Bulgakov House" will be a presentation of the book by Andrey Korovin "Snebapad". The beginning is at 19.00.

On April 5, on Tuesday, a presentation of Anna Tsvetkova's book “Con amore” will take place in the Dacha na Pokrovka club. The beginning is at 19.00.

April 6, Wednesday, in the literary club "Sovremenniki-XXI" (Russian State Library for Youth, B. Cherkizovskaya, 4, building 1, metro station "Preobrazhenskaya Square"), a poetry evening by Konstantin Kedrov will take place. The beginning is at 19.00.

The ExLibris cafe (Bobrov per., 6, building 1, metro Chistye Prudy, Sretensky Boulevard) will host an evening of poets - graduates of the Moscow Polygraphic Institute “Farewell to Polygraphic”. The beginning is at 18.00.

On April 7, Thursday, in the bookstore "Word Order" (Electrotheatre "Stanislavsky", Tverskaya, 23, metro "Tverskaya", "Pushkinskaya") there will be a presentation of the book by Yan Nikitin "Selected Texts: 1997-2012". The beginning is at 19.30.

On April 8, Friday, at the Museum of the Silver Age (Bryusov House) there will be a presentation of Sergei Kruglov's book "Queen-Saturday". The beginning is at 19.00.

The Central House of Art Workers (Pushechnaya, 9/6, bldg. 1, metro "Kuznetsky Most") will host the DOOS poetry: I part of the video chronicle of the 1st, 2nd, 6th and 7th World Poetry Days at the Theater on Taganka (Yuri Lyubimov, Valery Zolotukhin, Dmitry Alexandrovich Prigov, Nike Borzov, Andrei Voznesensky, etc.); Part II - poetry readings. The beginning is at 19.00.

On April 9, Saturday, in the "Journal Hall" club (M. Gnezdnikovskiy lane, 9/8, building 3-a) Vasily Lomakin's Igitur evening will take place. The beginning is at 19.00.

April 10, Sunday, at the Museum of the Silver Age will be held the evening "Leaders of sales of the store" KnigI ". The beginning is at 19.00.

On April 12, on Tuesday, the literary club "Sovremenniki-XXI" (Russian State Library for Youth) will host a literary and musical evening "Gagarin-Boogie-55": Oleg Chilap and the Bee Band group. The beginning is at 19.00.

On April 13, Wednesday, in the literary salon "Bulgakov House" there will be a presentation of the book by Alexander Timofeevsky "Time in reverse. Book of Poems ". The beginning is at 20.00.

On April 14, Thursday, at the Museum of the Silver Age (Bryusov House) a meeting from the cycle “Coordinate System. Open lectures on Russian literature of the 1970-2000s ":" 20 years of the Crimean club. " Read by Igor Sid. Illustrated by Tatiana Bonch-Osmolovskaya, Igor Levshin, Alexander Lyusy and others. Presentation of the collection of the Bosporus Forum. The beginning is at 19.00.

On April 15, Friday, in the Great Hall of the Central House of Writers there will be an evening dedicated to the 130th anniversary of the birth of Nikolai Gumilyov "More than once you will remember me ...". The beginning is at 19.00.

On April 16, Saturday, at the Museum of the Silver Age (Bryusov House) there will be a performance by Sergei Vlasov "The Private History of Poetry" (to verses by Alexander Pushkin, Sergei Yesenin, Vladislav Khodasevich, Sergei Gandlevsky, Leonid Kostyukov, Dmitry Vedenyapin, etc.) Beginning at 19.00 ...

Few people in their life have tried to write poetry, therefore World Poetry Day can be considered a national holiday. Poetry is a truly ingenious invention of mankind, since it is easiest to express emotions overwhelming the soul in rhymed lines. In poetry, poets dream of a wonderful future and remember the heroic past, devote lines to one particular person and appeal to all of humanity.

Of course, not everyone is given the talent to write genius poems, but even if primitive, but necessarily sincere lines in a period of emotional upsurge are written by almost everyone. And this is wonderful, even if no one sees a simple poem except its author, even in this case, it will become a contribution to the spiritual prosperity of mankind.

History of appearance

The history of the holiday is interesting. Unofficially, they began to celebrate it back in the thirties of the last century in the United States. An American poetess named Tesa Webb was the initiator of the organization of the Day, uniting poets and poetry lovers.

For many years the holiday fell on October 15th. The date was chosen in honor of the birthday of Virgil, the famous philosopher and poet.

At the very end of the 20th century, at the initiative of UNESCO, it was decided to give the holiday an official status. This was done to revive and inspire the international poetry movement for "new feats". The holiday was celebrated for the first time in official status March 21 2000 and since then, this date has become a generally recognized international holiday dedicated to poetry.

On the role of poetry in the life of society

The word "poetry" is of Greek origin. It can be translated as "creation", "creation". Indeed, any poem is a work created due to the emotions of the imagination and the spiritual strength of the poet.

You can write poetry only in a special state of mind, when it is easy to see the sublime behind the routine. It's not for nothing that people often add their first rhymes during the period of falling in love.

Good poetry has a special energy. They make the listener or reader experience those feelings and experience those emotions that the author puts into them. That is why good poetry always gives rise to a special feeling in the soul.

Of course, not every poet has great talent. Geniuses like Pushkin are rarely born. But good poems outlive their creators for a long time, delighting more and more generations of readers with their extraordinary purity and shrillness.

Often, genius poems are born during periods of great upheaval. So, during the Great Patriotic War, in the years of the hardest trials that fell to the lot of the peoples inhabiting the Soviet Union, a whole galaxy of bright poets appeared. The poems created during the war are distinguished by a variety of genres. This is a bright journalism, and soulful lyrics, and caustic, evil satire.

But even in peacetime poetry does not remain aloof from the life of society. Poems can become answers to the deepest questions that arise in the soul of our contemporaries. Pictures and images created by poets can draw the attention of society to the most complex and acute issues of our time.

Can you imagine our life without poetry? Without poems touching the thinnest strings of the soul, without wonderful songs and even without naive, but touching congratulations on the holiday, composed by a child for his mother? Wouldn't such a life be incredibly dull and boring? After all, it will not have that explosion of emotions and experiences that poetry gives us.

Traditions

On the day of Poetry Day, a wide variety of events are held. Despite the fact that it was officially recognized recently, certain traditions of celebration have already developed.

On this evening, various literary readings, poetry evenings are held, meetings of poets with admirers of their work are organized. Often, contests are held for novice poets, this allows them to identify young talents and give them the opportunity to develop their abilities.

On Poetry Day, various events are held in educational institutions: schools, at the philological faculties of universities, as well as in libraries and publishing houses

If we talk about international events, then it is worth remembering the poetry festival, which is held annually in the small Macedonian town of Struga. For the first time this festival was held in the early sixties, when only local poets took part in it.

The event was organized in honor of the famous educators Miladinovs who lived in the 19th century. Since the brothers were born in the town of Struga, poetry events in their honor are also held in their homeland.

A year after its foundation, writers from all over Yugoslavia took part in the festival, at the same time an award was established, which was awarded to the author of the best book of poetry published by a local publishing house.

Four years after its foundation, the event became international. The scale of the award also changed, and it was decided to call it the Golden Crown. She began to be awarded for achievements in the field of versification.

Over the years, famous Soviet poets such as Okudzhava, Voznesensky, Rozhdestvensky also received awards. Photos of these talented people will forever remain in the gallery of the festival's laureates.

Over the years of the existence of the poetry festival, the town of Struga has received as guests and participants of the festival several thousand poets, as well as translators involved in poetry and literary observers representing almost a hundred different countries of the world.

A literary biennale is held annually in the Russian capital, bringing together poets from different countries. In addition, two literary prizes are awarded annually: "Moscow Account" for Muscovite poets and "Moscow-transit" for Russian poets.

Poetry Day is a great opportunity for young poets to express themselves. In addition, this day allows small publishers to come to the fore. After all, the works of modern poets, most often, are produced by small publishing houses and literary associations.