It’s World Poetry Day on Friday 21 March – and English PEN is using it to highlight once more the plight of jailed Cameroon poet Enoh Meyomesse, who has been behind bars for more than two years on what are widely believed to be trumped-up charges. To show support for him, English PEN invited its network of supporters to join in working on a crowd-sourced translation of his first collection of prison poetry, Poème Carcéral: Poésie du pénitencier de Kondengui. The resulting anthology Jail Verse: Poems from Kondengui Prison is now available to print-on-demand.  English PEN is now appealing to supporters to help translate Meyomesse’s work into as many different languages as possible.

Meanwhile the Wordsworth Trust at Grasmere is promising poetry readings and activities for all ages on World Poetry Day. They will be making a "poet-tree" (a tree, with poems attached) featuring poems from all over the world for visitors to look at throughout the day. There will also be two short, free poetry readings, with poetry from America, India, Slovakia and more as well as some Wordsworth favourites. The readings will be held in the museum garden, or inside the museum if it's raining.