We gather enormous quantities of information in the course of a lifetime. When we write poetry, however, we often fail to draw on this specialised information, limiting ourselves to the world of emotions and personal recollections.   Keith Gottschalk is a poet and retired academic with a boundl...

While the festive season is a time of celebration and family reunions for many of us; for others, it emphasises their sense of loneliness and isolation.   As South Africans prepare for these holiday festivities, the AVBOB Poetry Project celebrates the work of Saaleha Idrees Bamjee, award-winnin...

The 2026 AVBOB Poetry Competition officially closed at 23:59 on 30 November 2025.   Poets were invited to submit up to 10 poems in any of South Africa’s 11 official written languages on the theme I Wish I’d Said… At the time of closing, more than 18 000 poems had been entered...