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National Poetry Day is the annual mass celebration on the first Thursday of October in the UK. It was founded in 1994 by the Charity Forward Arts Foundation, whose mission is to celebrate excellence in poetry and increase its audience. There is always a theme chosen for the celebration . "Vision" is the theme for 2020. 

The day enjoys the support of the BBC, Arts Council England and leading literary and cultural organizations, alongside booksellers, publishers, and schools.

Do you believe Brazilians celebrate Poetry too? Do you know anyone who never reads poems? Is there any poet you love reading?

Check these poets' names:

John Keats, Maya Angelou,

Sylvia Plath, Mario Quintana

Robert Frost, Pablo Neruda,

Carlos Drumond de Andrade,

Emily Dickinson, Fernando Pessoa,

Langston Hughes, Walt Whitman,

Rita Dove, John Keats, Mia Couto,

Viviane Mosé, Vinícius de Morais

How many poets from the selection above are you familiar with?

Do you believe poetry can encourage anyone to learn languages?  What kind of poems can readers enjoy reading?

Look at these types of poems. Which ones would you prefer to read?

.Contemporary  .Confessional    .Nature

.Children's   .Surrealist   .Romantic

. Beat . Jazz Poetry .

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Why are there so many important and famous poets who could be only widely celebrated after their death? You can confirm the answers to these questions clicking on the links below.

https://litreactor.com/columns/11-classic-poetry-collections-to-celebrate-world-poetry-day

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/07/10/books/review/understanding-poetry-is-more-straightforward-than-you-think.html

https://www.newyorker.com/culture/annals-of-inquiry/the-mechanical-muse