A decision to proclaim March, 21 as World Poetry Day was adopted during the UNESCO’s 30th session held in Paris in 1999.
According to the UNESCO’s decision, the main objective of this action is to support linguistic diversity through poetic expression and to offer endangered languages the opportunity to be heard within their communities. Moreover, this Day is meant to support poetry, return to the oral tradition of poetry recitals, promote teaching poetry, restore a dialogue between poetry and the other arts such as theatre, dance, music, painting and so on, support small publishers and create an attractive image of poetry in the media so that the art of poetry will no longer be considered an outdated form of art but one.
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It is believed that the most ancient poems, were set up in the 23 century BC. The author of those hymns was the poet-priestess En-Kheda-ana (En-hedu-ana), she was the daughter of the Akkadian king Sargon, conquered Ur (in Iran). Al-Kheda-ana wrote about the moon god Nanna and his daughter, the goddess of the morning star Inanna.
