For thousands of years, poets have turned to the natural world for comfort, inspiration and companionship.   As we prepare to celebrate World Oceans Day on 8 June, The AVBOB Poetry Project is featuring the work and voice of Pralini Naidoo, poet, storyteller and writing facilitator. Her debut co...

How do we craft a place of our own inside the stories handed down to us?   Xabiso Vili is a poet, international slam champion, and Mandela Washington fellow who has performed his work on stages across four continents. He uses extended reality to help his audience reimagine their place in the wo...

What qualities move and inspire you in the poems you read, and how do you create those qualities when you sit down to write a poem yourself?   Rustum Kozain is a multi-award-winning poet, editor and essayist whose work often evokes heightened states of awareness through sparse, understated lang...