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Wonder-eyed | Sarah Frost
13 days ago
13 days ago
One of the things we love most about children is their ability to experience profound astonishment at everything that surrounds them. But how can we nourish and sustain this ability as we grow older?
No one has pondered this question more deeply than Sarah Frost, who won the English category ...
Poems to set us on fire | Kirsten Deane
19 days ago
19 days ago
Poetry has always sharpened and fed our curiosity for deep experience.
As South Africans prepare to celebrate Women’s Day, The AVBOB Poetry Project celebrates the extraordinary voice of Kirsten Deane, whose debut collection, Disabled, But (uHlanga, 2026) records the daily experiences of...
Don’t Hesitate! | AVBOB Poetry Mini-Competition winners
Wed, 29 July 2026
Wed, 29 July 2026
The AVBOB Poetry Project’s second mini-competition of 2026 welcomed many fine submissions from poets around the country in response to the call “Don’t hesitate!”. Poets engaged enthusiastically, presenting poems that showed awareness of the potency and sensitivity to the pote...
