Sophie van WaardenbergSophie van Waardenberg

Sophie van Waardenberg studies English and history at the University of Auckland. Her work has appeared in Takahē, Starling, and Ika, and in 2016 she was the runner-up in the Monash Prize. Sophie was born in London in 1997.

The Easter Poem: ‘unhatched egg/two girls at easter’ by Sophie van Waardenberg

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New verse by Sophie van Waardenberg.   unhatched egg/two girls at easter we are helping to cut down the trees they say. we know what the hills will look like when we have finished. they will have burn scars like we have on our wrists from clumsiness, from baking. the dog tastes a hundred empty … Read more