Every 21 March is World Poetry Day. It is a day to encourage people to read, write, teach, and publish poetry and to recognise the great cultural contribution poetry makes to human society. World Poetry Day was declared by UNESCO in 1999.

Need some inspiration? American poet Dominique Christina dedicated The Period Poem to her 13 years old daughter and to all other men and women in the universe. A breathtaking preach. No flaw in that. Period! Watch on YouTube

Read also:
Dear Period!, by Yayeri van Baarsen
Period changes and chemotherapy, by Cruz Santana
A time for celebration, by Robyn Jones
A very public menstrual leak,  by Sarah Sahagian 
The not so divine secrets of the Bullwinkle Sisterhood, by Mary Novaria

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