National Poetry Day

[4] Prince Charles performed in the 2016 National Poetry Day, reading Seamus Heaney's "The Shipping Forecast".

[7] National Poetry Day was founded in 1994 by William Sieghart, who said: "There are millions of talented poets out there and it's about time they got some recognition for their work.

"[9] The Belfast Newsletter reported, "National Poetry Day swept Ulster yesterday, transforming ordinary citizens into part-time bards or budding Heaneys or Wordsworths.

"[10] The Daily Telegraph reported that in London at Waterloo Station, "The announcement boards were given over to poems about trains by T. S. Eliot and Auden.

"[12] The East Anglian Daily Times reported, "National Poetry Day was the cue for a stanza bonanza, with railway stations, classrooms, theatres and supermarkets bursting with verse and echoing to epics".