Happy World Poetry Day on 21 March 
Practiced throughout history – in every culture and on every continent – poetry speaks to our common humanity and our shared values, transforming the simplest of poems into a powerful catalyst for dialogue and peace.
The United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) founded this day in 1999. Poetry uses rhythms and imagery to elicit emotion and the imagination of the reader.
World Poetry Day aims to supporting linguistic diversity through poetic expression and increasing the opportunity for endangered languages to be heard. World Poetry Day is the occasion to honor poets, revive oral traditions of poetry recitals, promote the reading, writing and teaching of poetry, foster the convergence between poetry and other arts such as theatre, dance, music and painting, and raise the visibility of poetry in the media. As poetry continues to bring people together across continents, all are invited to join in.
Finnish poets Eino Leino and current one Tommy Taberman. Eino Leino started his career as a writer at the age of 17, and in addition to poems, he wrote essays, magazine articles, and foreign literature in Finland.
Tommy Tabermann has left an undeniable mark on the Finnish mental landscape with his poems and writings. He has specialized in love and relationship poetry. Tommy started his career in 1970's, already during his study years.
Did you know that the some of the worlds greatest poets are considered to be:
- T.S. Eliot (1888-1965)
- Emily Dickinson (1830-1886)
- Ted Hughes (1930-1998)
- Sylvia Plath (1932-1963)
- John Milton (1608-1674)
- William Shakespeare (1564-1616)
- John Keats (1795-1821)
- Edgar Allan Poe (1809-1849)
As for the World Poetry Day, If you are interested, here is the 
Proclamation of 21 March as World Poetry Day in 1999
Possessive love
Possessive love arrives,
it locks the door behind it
and settles in forever,
always predictable.
Love arrives,
it leaves its luggage
by the door,
in case worse comes to worst,
but it still undresses.
Passion arrives, first it lights
a hundred candles, then pulls
the door off its hinges and
breaks the windows.
Leaves everything, everything
to the care of the wind.
- Tommy Tabermann
Hyvää Maailman Runouden Päivää!
Minna, OLS Community Manager – Finnish