Write your way through it: Enter a poetry competition

What do you do when faced with a challenge? Do you make lists, divide the task into smaller parts, or push through like dynamite through a concrete wall?

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If you are a poet, you might choose to write about the problem until the images on the page reveal a way forward.

This month, the 2025 Avbob Poetry Competition invites you to try the same. Think of a problem in your own life and translate it into words. Use rhythm, imagery and form to reshape the challenge and perhaps even glimpse a solution.