March 21st -World Poetry Day

World Poetry Day is on 21 March and was declared by UNESCO in 1999.

The purpose of the day is to promote the reading, writing, publishing and teaching of poetry throughout the world and as the UNESCO session declaring the day says to “give fresh recognition and impetus to national, regional and international poetry movements.”

The establishment of the World Poetry Day as an official international institution was then a Greek proposal. Poet Michalis Mitras recommended to the Writers Company,back at 1997,this celebration. The Company accepted the suggestion and 21^st of March was choosen as the celebration day.

The vernal equinox as suggested by the poet Stephen Lynch,is a symbolic date that combines the light from the one hand and darkness on the other.Poetry does the exact same, combines the bright face of optimism and the dark face of mourning.

Deceitful time what a great thief you are.

You stole my memories,

you stole my feelings.

You threw dust all over my mind

and now i can not remember,

who was standing by my side,through the yaers,

not even who i was,what i've seen,how i have lived.

Time i want you to pay for that crime.

The crime that made me and my beloved,disappear.

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