March 21, 2026
World Poetry Day
World Poetry Day: famous poems, legendary poets, and the power of verse.
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Kalaroga Shark Media. Hi. I'm Mark Ellison and today's theme
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is World Poetry Day, Famous poems, legendary poets and the
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power of verse. Question one. UNESCO created World Poetry Day
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to celebrate the arts global impact. In What year did
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UNESCO officially proclaim World Poetry Day and on what date
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is it observed annually? Question two. Dante Aligieri's monumental Epic
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charts a spiritual journey through the afterlife. What are the
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three realms explored in the divine comedy? Question three? The
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haikup is a beloved Japanese poetic form that captures a
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moment with striking brevity. What is the traditional English language
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syllable pattern of a high coup? Question four? Spoken poetry
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can ELECTI public life? Which American poet delivered the poem
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on the pulse of morning at President Bill Clinton's nineteen
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ninety three inauguration. Question five. A titan of world literature,
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This Bengali poet became the first non European Nobel Laureate
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in literature who won the nineteen thirteen prize for the
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poetry collection Gitanjali. We'll be right back with these answers
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after this break welcome back. Question one, When was World
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Poetry Day proclaimed and what date is it celebrated? Answer
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nineteen ninety nine, March twenty first. UNESCO proclaimed World Poetry
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Day in nineteen ninety nine, choosing March twenty first to
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honor poetry's role in cultural dialogue and linguistic diversity. The
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day encourages reading, writing, and teaching poetry worldwide. Question two,
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Which three realms make up Dante's Divine comedy? Answer? Inferno, Purgatorio, Paradiso.
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Dante's fourteenth the century masterpiece follows a pilgrim through Hell,
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purgatory and heaven, blending theology, politics, and poetry. Its innovative
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terza rima and vivid allegory shaped Western literary tradition. Question three.
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What is Haiku's traditional syllable pattern? Answer? Five seven five syllables.
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While classical Japanese haiku counts more rather than English syllables,
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the five seven to five pattern is a widely used convention.
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Haiku often includes a seasonal reference kigo, and a contrast
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or pivot within its imagery. Question four, Who read on
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the pulse of morning at the nineteen ninety three US Inauguration?
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Answer Maya Angelou. Maya Angelou's inaugural reading brought lyrical urgency
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and hope to a national audience. A celebrated poet and memoirrist,
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she's also known for empowering works like Still I Rise
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Question five, who won the nineteen thirteen Nobel for Gitanjelli Answer,
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Rabindranath Tagore. Rabindranath Tagore's virtual reflective lyrics in Gitanjali introduced
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global readers to modern Bengali poetry. He translated many of
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the poems into English himself, bridging cultures through verse that
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concludes today's five Daily Trivia questions. I'm Mark Ellison, and
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today's questions were crafted with the help of AI technology.
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See you Tomorrow,
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