Do you ever wish you could find a quiet, uncluttered space in which to write about faraway places and beautiful feelings? Musawenkosi Khanyile is an award-winning poet who proves how great poetry can be made out of the simple, useful objects that surround us. In his stunning debut collection, Al...

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...