Baldwin Mupfeki : Writing

Your father l divorced

Your father l divorced

A Poem by Baldwin Mupfeki


Lorah, go see your Dad, by now wishing him dead! One pile of mad l trashed, He's your ill- Dad! Not my husband, for you carry his blood; Let him rot ..
To Judy who taught me poetry

To Judy who taught me poetry

A Poem by Baldwin Mupfeki


Glad l can post, not that l am better, but of courage to withstand criticism. Not that l was ever in need of poetry Judy, but floating on the p..
Lovers are leavers

Lovers are leavers

A Poem by Baldwin Mupfeki


...like two coastal ships, passing each other in the night, Life has to move on, for tomorrow is another day. They know what its like, to cement a un..
Ambering of the lost sun

Ambering of the lost sun

A Poem by Baldwin Mupfeki


Like a seam that slid near the seal of the world, paling and yellowing tomorrow's raylings. Eying the West, seeming likea drop of burning gold signal..
Kissed by a mermaid

Kissed by a mermaid

A Poem by Baldwin Mupfeki


Ah! They said it to my Pinna one is beateous like a darling dawn, I vie them out one by one on top of that am a Pastor, l mean, a Pastor's son! ..
Of lines written in a Coach to Aunty Naida who begged me to marry 'Lizzy', a foreigner

Of lines written in a Coach to Aunty Naida who beg..

A Poem by Baldwin Mupfeki


Up to me to let you know! Unto you will put it Of utterances, Nestled under my toungue Nothing short of the lines: "Its o'er, yes its o'er!" Of..
To 'Lilian' who said my poetry stinks like vomit

To 'Lilian' who said my poetry stinks like vomit

A Poem by Baldwin Mupfeki


I won't doubt fate in keeping present ill for future good! Churning out similes, across Isles, much of miles; Along came he, for my emotions to evoke..
Of an aborted foetus

Of an aborted foetus

A Poem by Baldwin Mupfeki


In its unruly abode, it cried of alien voices unheard by earthlings One awaited by destiny in blood One that hugged 'gloom' in its form, size and degr..
Reccuring Dreams

Reccuring Dreams

A Poem by Baldwin Mupfeki


Masked icons crawl by, To decipher we're fooled of! Of rivers, of forests, of strangers: Seers discern, "Marine spirits" Psychics prod, "Spiritual wiv..
Mimi has fallen

Mimi has fallen

A Poem by Baldwin Mupfeki


O' no, Stop crying Mi' 'nto that skin put little cream', Earthly life is one we all have! To innocent souls throwing pricks; 'n tears drowning the..