The Spirit of U'gogo

March 27, 2020 by Mpho Ernst in South Africa, poetry, Afrika, grandmother, isizulu, culture, South African Upbringing

My grandmother’s life / Is the poetic experience / From which I derive/ My poetic journey

Afrika

June 30, 2019 by Mpho Ernst in poetry, South Africa, Apartheid

I am moulded / From fertile Afrikan soil /Afrikan soil made fertile / By the blood and sweat / Of my ancestors

Afrikan soil / Blackened and hardened /By the ashes of hopes / And unachieved dreams

Dear Audience

June 03, 2019 by Mpho Ernst in poetry, Women in poetry, South African Poets, Power In voice

I am exasperated / From trying to gift you / With a poem / Good enough / To make your listening / Time worthwhile

I have a dis-ability / Trending topics / Don’t make / My poetry diet / I use the pen / As a sword /To slice through / My world of aches / See, paper / Is my favorite / Kinda tissue