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...

Do you think your poems belong to a separate, inner world, removed from your working life?   Shari Daya is a Cape Town-based poet and geographer who uses her academic research and expertise as raw material for her deeply engaging poems. Her debut collection, Land / Lines, was published by Karav...

Love and grief tend to leave human beings speechless. Under their spell, we still turn to poetry for words of ecstasy or consolation.   As we prepare to celebrate Valentine’s Day on 14 February, the AVBOB Poetry Project celebrates the stirring, tender love poems of Larry Schwartz, a poet ...