Creativity is one. More than 350 poems from all over Belarus entered the contest “Our September 17”

The reception of works from young authors for the festival-competition “Our September 17” continues in Minsk, the correspondent of the agency “Minsk-Novosti” reports.

The festival-competition “Nashe September 17” is organized by the agency “Minsk-Novosti” and the Education Committee of the Minsk City Executive Committee. It is dedicated to the Day of National Unity and is aimed primarily at creative youth under the age of 35. The main condition for participation is to write a poem in which, through a poetic word, one must reflect one’s meanings regarding the date of September 17, 1939, which is important for the history and people of Belarus.

By the way, the reception of poetic works is open from September 7. In just over two weeks, about 350 poems were submitted to the National Unity Day contest. It is noteworthy that not only young citizens of Minsk send their works, but also authors from other cities of Belarus. Geography is wide - Mogilev, Stolbtsy, Svetlogorsk, Pinsk, Orsha, ag. Dreams, etc. Interesting fact: a student from China also participated in the competition. Wen Jialin, 26, came to Belarus for education. She is studying at the BSU Business Institute. In the poem, written in Russian, she reflected her vision on September 17, told about the friendship of peoples.

About 30% of applications for the poetry contest came from children aged 6-12. And some of them literary competition dedicated to a young state holiday, prompted to write his debut poetic work. In the poems, the young authors discussed the strength of the Belarusian people, their unity, described the beauty of their native nature.

In the 2 "B" class of secondary school No. 26 named after Z. G. Kolobanov, very creative children study. Thus, Arseniy Guz and Vladislav Demidovich sent their works to the competition. And the boys, by the way, are 7 years old.

- I spoke about the competition during the parent meeting, and my students’ families supported the initiative. Our guys prepared albeit small, but very touching poems, shared their teacher Alina Strukova.

Writing your first poem is not easy, especially at such a young age. But the boys are well-read, like to learn a lot of new things.

- We talk about Belarus, talk about its achievements, talk about the importance of preserving history. I read the poems of our classics. Children absorb information, and then reflect their thoughts in a creative form, the teacher noted. They know that together we are a force. And this is manifested not only in the scale of the whole people, but also in the class, the family.

Youth under the age of 35 are invited to participate in the poetry festival “Our September 17”. A poem should be written on the theme of National Unity Day. From each author - one work in Russian or Belarusian with a volume of 4 to 12 quatrains. Work is accepted until October 17.