Sharing joy with you as my poem “Love for Africa” was accepted for publication on the prestigious AVBOB Poetry Competition website and entered in the 2023 AVBOB Poetry Competition.
A snippet from the email:
You can read my poem Love for Africa published on the competition website.
My thanks go to Douglas Reid Skinner, South African writer, editor, translator and poet as well as English editor, judge and translator for the AVBOB Poetry Competition, part of The AVBOB Poetry Project.
“The AVBOB poetry project aims to renew enthusiasm for this powerful art form and to generate new poetry to provide words of comfort and beauty to the people of South Africa, through an online poetry competition.”
Love Africa AVBOB Poetry
I couldn’t get to the link. I was so much interested.
Thank you for letting me know, Eunice.
I checked the link from my PC and it works.
If I click on the link on my phone, the page that opens tells me that the connection is not secure – I click “continue to site” and the page with the poem opens.
I love your poem. Especially the way you involve a lot of the senses.
I am glad you think so, Pieter.
Nature can tell us so much about a place – and we can connect with a land by getting to know its environment. Africa is a gorgeous land.
A beautiful one, Patricia. Africa reflects in every word…the very essence. Congratulations! 🙂
Thank you so much, dear Terveen. It means a lot coming from you 🙂
Congratulations! I enjoyed reading the poem. I can see why it was chosen.
Thank you for taking the time to read it, Dan 🙂 I appreciate it.
I have mixed feelings after reading your poem. Love for Africa is absolutely beautiful. But I can’t help wondering how Love for Romania would sound like. A bit grim, I suppose… Anyway, best of luck with the competition. I guess your fans can’t vote for you this time (?)
Thank you for taking the tie to read my poem, Jo 🙂
Yes, you will need a SA ID number to create an account before voting on the AVBOB website.
Well, next time then. 🙂
Thank you, Jo 🙂
This is wonderful news Patricia! The poem is absolutely beautiful, no wonder it was accepted in AVBOB Poetry Competition.
Thank you so much, Blanca. I am STILL thrilled! 😉
Congratulations Pat.. Like Eunice,.. I unfortunately, couldn’t read it either. But I know how good it is because i know your work!!
Thank you, Cindy!! 😉
What a lovely poem, Patricia! Congratulations!
Ah, sweet Dawn, thank you so much for taking the time to read!