The AVBOB Poetry Project’s first mini-competition of 2026 invited poets to turn, momentarily, from a turbulent world and attend to the textures of everyday life. In response, poets explored the quiet objects and moments that carry memory, sustain connection, and keep hope alive.  The pro...

What story or image comes to mind when you imagine your own mental wellbeing or that of the ones you love?   As we celebrate World Health Day on 7 April, The AVBOB Poetry Project features the work of Petros Isaakidis, a Greek-born poet, doctor and epidemiologist living in Cape Town. His extraor...

We often pay tribute to the protest poets of the apartheid era, who reported on the injustices and inequality they witnessed. But what role can poets play in our society today, 30 years into democracy?   As South Africans prepare to celebrate Human Rights Day on 21 March, The AVBOB Poetry Proje...