The AVBOB Poetry Competition

Welcome to the home of the AVBOB online poetry project, where all South African poets – expert or ﬂedgling, professional or aspiring – have an equal opportunity to shine.

It doesn’t matter whether you’re a poet by profession or a poet at heart – this is your opportunity to be seen and heard, touch thousands of lives, and even be rewarded with one of the coveted AVBOB Poetry prizes. To stand in line to win, you simply need to register your profile and submit your poem(s) online.

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Poem title: Kwahlwa emini

Akhul’ ababhangazel’ amathemba, Kwathenjw’ izulu seliyana, Kwathenjw’ okusha kuzelwe, Lethwes’ ihlobo, Lethwese saphel’ isomiso. Nembal’ ibisiqhumile...

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Poem title: What about what I can't have

I can't have sex with poetry I write, I'm a heterosexual man. If you ask of sex, same sex that this art is talking about. Yawn for that intimacy with ...

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