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Monday, March 21, 2022

Motivational Monday - World Poetry Day - 3 Ways to observe

Words are sweet music to the soul. World Poetry Day is the perfect opportunity to blend words and sounds to create a poem that dances from your lips into the atmosphere. This national holiday is celebrated on March 21st.

If someone asked you to share one poem that motivates you, what would you share? It would be hard for me to choose just one poem. Two of my favorites are Don’t Quit, and Footsteps in the Sand. Since I’ve shared those recently, I’ll share a different source of motivation today, The Serenity Prayer.

The Serenity Prayer

God grant me the SENERITY to accept the things I cannot change, The COURAGE to change the things I can, and the WISDOM to know the difference.

 

Below are two poems recited through video, that can serve as inspiration.

If - by Rudyard Kipling - Read by Miciael Caine
YouTube Video Credit: Upgrade Your Mindset



Invictus by William Henley - Read by Morgan Freeman
YouTube Credit:  Upgrade Your Mindset

Here are 3 ways you can observe World Poetry Day:

1.      Write a poem

2.      Host a poetry slam – gather a few friends, identify a theme, and read your original poems or something by your favorite poet. Set the atmosphere at home by diming the lights in a room of your home, serve light snacks and beverages of your choice, and start the show by snapping your fingers.

3.      Give a book of poetry t someone as a gift

Ideas one and two were adapted from Nationaltoday.com.

Leave a comment about how you will observe World Poetry Day.

  

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