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It takes just one poem...

National Poetry Day is the annual mass celebration on the first Thursday of October that encourages everyone to make, experience and share poetry with family and friends. Each year we come together because voices, words and stories help to bridge understanding in our community.

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‘Finding a complicity with how you feel, expressed more elegantly than you could ever express yourself, can be the most helpful way of making sense of your emotions and helping you to process them.’

William Seighart, founder of National Poetry Day

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National Poetry Day is run by a very small charity, the Forward Arts Foundation, and we rely on our audiences' support to help us promote the best new poetry in all its forms. We strive toward a society in which everyone – regardless their cultural background, health status, gender, sexual identity, physical ability or economic status – can develop creativity and agency by making, experiencing and sharing poetry. If, like us, you believe poetry has the power to make positive change, please make a donation today.

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The Forward Arts Foundation is a charity that enables all to enjoy, discover and share poetry. We champion excellence in poetry and grow audiences through National Poetry Day, the Forward Prizes for Poetry and annual Forward books. If you love poetry, show it by supporting us here.

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