National Poetry Day in 2023

A lovely, hopeful poem from the brilliant @lemnsissay on National Poetry Day! ALT lemn sissay OBE FRSL

— Nikita Gill (@nktgill) October 5, 2023

Class R enjoyed the ‘Chocolate Cake’ poem by Michael Rosen to celebrate National Poetry Day.

— Padiham Green CofE (@PadihamGreenSch) October 5, 2023

I recently made some visual poetry with one of the greatest fashion icons of our time! Thank you for your light and genius @ManoloBlahnik More to come

— Misan Harriman (@misanharriman) October 5, 2023

Poetry: "The best words in the best order." Samuel Taylor Coleridge. This year's National Poetry Day theme is "Refuge" + we explored poetry in school today. The culmination of this was a spirited + moving performance "The War" by Michael Rosen, by these talented Y6 pupils!

— Boston West Academy (@BostonWestAcad) October 5, 2023

Happy Poetry Day! Here’s one of our favourites from Scottish Makar @KathleenJamie

— paperboatswriters (@paperboatswrite) October 5, 2023

Today is National Poetry Day! The theme is 'Refuge'. Read Michael Rosen's poem, 'On the move again' below. What's your favourite poem? Who's your favourite poet? Do you remember learning poems off by heart at school? Let us know your favourite in the comments... @PoetryDayUK

— Portsmouth Libraries (@PortsmouthReads) October 5, 2023

And a huge THANK YOU to YOU. To everyone who has celebrated #NationalPoetryDay with us. Everyone who shared poetry. Everyone at home, work and school. Thank you. See you next year.

— National Poetry Day (@PoetryDayUK) October 5, 2023