National Poetry Day 2021

This year’s National Poetry Day will take place on Thursday 7th October 2021. National Poetry Day is a UK-wide celebration of poetry taking place every October. Each year there’s a different theme and in 2020 the theme was Vision.

National Poetry Day is an annual event that has been taking place since 1994 when it was founded by William Sieghart and the Forward Arts Foundation. The main aim of the day is to increase the audience for poetry and celebrate all things poetic by promoting discovery, enjoyment and sharing of poetry. Since 1999 each national poetry day has had a theme which is said to be inspirational rather than prescriptive.

The day is supported by Arts Council England, the BBC, Royal Mail and many literary organisations and businesses from bookstores to libraries and schools.

All are invited to take part either by hosting or attending events and competitions or simply getting involved on social media by using the hashtag #nationalpoetryday to share lines of your own or your favourite poems.www.nationalpoetryday.co.uk