National Poetry Day takes place on the first Thursday of October each year, which this year will land on Thursday 1 October 2020. This years theme is Vision, and the strapline for the day is ' See It Like a Poet'
See It Like a Poet
Expand your mind's eye
As darkness falls, play with shapes
Cultivate humility, do not envy
Look beyond hatefulness and greed
Keep writing what you feel is right
While shadows give way and life flows
With windows open, seek peace and tranquility
To ease distress, the black depression we often sink
Caused by the world's cruelties, the pains of life
As Autumn mellows the heart, releases reason
Become near in spirit to the earth
Keep on seeking, keep on looking
Among life's bustle and calamity
With a continual searching mission
Beyond chains that confine
Find the way that spells liberty.
