The Poets’ Circle will hold the 2nd Athens World Poetry Festival, from September 21 to September 26, at the Garden of the Athens Concert Hall.

50 poets from 21 different countries will take part in the festival and Greece will be represented by Nanos Valaoritis, Titos Patrikios, Kiki Dimoula, Evgenios Aranitsis, Giannis Dallas, Dimitra Christodoulou and Kostas Stergiopoulos.

Poets from other countries include Adonis, Carolyn Forch, Rikardo Areggi, Gerhard Falkner and Fernando Rendon.

“The continuous and public communication of poetry with the wider public is one of the main goals,” according to the Poets’ Circle.

The events will be broadcast live via Athens Concert Hall website and access is available to all.