Today marks World Poetry Day and everyone, from Unicef to Spotify, are getting involved online to share various pieces.
The Auschwitz Memorial shared this poem 'Life with Vermin' by Holocaust survivor Batsheva Dagan, who was born in 1925:
#WorldPoetryDay | 'Life with Vermin' by an #Auschwitz survivor Batsheva Dagan (b. 1925, https://t.co/5M6UdzzJSh) | #WorldPoetryDay2019 pic.twitter.com/3BopCwui69
— Auschwitz Memorial (@AuschwitzMuseum) March 21, 2019
Unicef shared a Maya Angelou poem:
Never give up.
— UNICEF (@UNICEF) March 21, 2019
An inspiring poem from @voicesofyouth on #WorldPoetryDay. pic.twitter.com/udjDiMa44w
The British museum shared a poem from China’s oldest poetry anthology, ‘Shijing’ (‘Book of Odes’), dating from 1000–600 BC:
It’s #WorldPoetryDay 🧾✏
— British Museum (@britishmuseum) March 21, 2019
This Chinese scroll was painted by Ma Hezhi in the 12th century. It consists of ten scenes illustrating poems from China’s oldest poetry anthology, ‘Shijing’ (‘Book of Odes’), dating from 1000–600 BC https://t.co/I0QTHo1eqL pic.twitter.com/5kEhqwme2O
Even Manchester United got involved, with this ode to Bobby Charleton from their archives:
We couldn't let #WorldPoetryDay pass without sharing this birthday ode to @SirBobby, straight from the #MUTV archives ♥️ pic.twitter.com/1XG4TDk79r
— Manchester United (@ManUtd) March 21, 2019
Meanwhile, Spotify wrote their own poem for their customers... kind of.
Can someone release a track called "Are" for next year? 😬 #WorldPoetryDay https://t.co/of9gipjley pic.twitter.com/tGm3VMSekt
— Spotify (@Spotify) March 21, 2019
Here are a few more:
Happy #WorldPoetryDay! Here's one of our favorites -- "When I Am Among The Trees" by Mary Oliver. pic.twitter.com/y6Hovi5AUc
— Sierra Club (@SierraClub) March 21, 2019