If words were musical notes, poetry would be the song that never fades. Each year, National Poetry Day gives language its moment in the spotlight, inviting people to read, write and share verses that stir thought or spark a smile. Launched in 1994 by the Forward Arts Foundation, the day falls on the first Thursday of October. It isn't just for seasoned poets—it's for schoolchildren scribbling rhymes, commuters catching a poem on the Tube and anyone willing to pause and let lines linger. Every year carries a theme, steering the creativity of classrooms, libraries and festivals across the nation. This year's theme is play.

Today, Scotland's Cairngorms National Park offers the perfect setting where verses meet valleys and rhymes rush with the streams. The park is home to some of the country's most striking cascades, including the tumbling Linn of Dee, the graceful Falls of Bruar and the hidden beauty of the Falls of Pattack. Visitors often find themselves writing lines inspired by the landscape. Sometimes the best poets are waterfalls themselves—always moving, always flowing, never out of rhyme.