The pot went to fetch water It reached the river But never made it home “efie ahena na abↄ yi Hwana na ↄbἐhwἐ efie yi so? Adidie nnyἐ adedἐdἐw Nsupa wↄ he a yἐde bἐ pia?” Everyone saw how she served The pot was a pot of pot Now it is shattered and unmendable […]
Give me a calabash of “nsafufuo” And let me pour my story like “abufushiw nsuo” Thank you I come from far I have come from a far, far land Where the lions are the hyenas Where the cats are the mice Where the hunters are the dogs Where all owners are servants Yes, I come […]
He needs felicitations On this day of meditation When his years walks majestically In gainful wisdom and has reached another count Why? He makes pouty mouths bend in pleasant smiles He has so much inspiration to last a lifetime He cares not so much about his needs as that of others He breeds happiness And […]
Feeling down? Here is a bouquet of flowers for you Flowers with beautiful sunny yellow colours Flowers with lovely red colours Flowers of greenery showing fertility, showing abundance Flowers of congratulations in their white gowns Flowers of quietude in its dark apparel Flowers of colours yet unseen depicting good things yet to be So smile […]
There is a song on every lips Mine is a song of peace A song of love A song of tolerance A song of freedom A song of merriment A song of positive celebrations A song of good living A song of happiness A song of flying colours A song which gives wings to the […]
The dust is sprinkled onto the monkey land By pigs tutored to climb by the monkeys Now it stands on a tall strong tree Sprinkling dust to blind his teachers The monkeys grovel Wanting to see with their eyes They try and try But none thinks to look up When they perfectly know the dust […]
Endless sky Endless sky Have you any children sired? If you have Let us see If you have Bring them close Then we can know How vast you be Amoafowaa Sefa Cecilia (c) 2014.
In a wooden building in the jungle Alone How can it get worse? “There could be storms Which will wipe the structure out of the surface of this earth” What else could happen? “There could be snakes which will bite and leave you in pain for a while Or there could be hungry lions, cheetahs […]
All tongues quiver All mouths blabber All hands clap All eyes betray When trouble shows its head All legs run All bodies fly All ears open wide All noses open And hairs stand straight when trouble shows its ugly head. Why can’t hands embrace? Why can’t eyes sympathize? Why can’t ears listen? Why […]
Yἐde nam ἐna eyi nam Nanso yἐ nsuomu nam nyinaa na akwabenane ayi ἐἐwe yi Yἐ bἐ yἐ dἐn na yatumi akↄ yi nam? Sika kↄkↄↄ yi nyinaa hyἐ ἐnam yi anum ἐna akwabenane a wↄn abἐ agasigasii ἐwe nam a yἐdirekoyi nam no Yἐ bἐ yἐ dἐn na yakↄso? ↄman yi awerἐwerἐ sika de […]
When I feel down And my soul wanders I try to still myself By clearing my head And lying aloof; Thinking not and looking not. But today, I ask myself who or what worry is Is it a god or a mermaid? Man or a woman? A witch or a wizard? No answer. […]
I have seen it all Going through life in tattered undies Being kissed and smooched in pure rain As I smiled to its touches Tickling trunks of air blowing As I closed my eyes to its whistles And I still remained strong and smiled Because I am a superwoman I have lived through it […]
When the question of the culprit is raised Many cry anonymity Others cry foul Why? Bad deeds have no owners But good deeds have many owners Why? Because everyone sees himself as a glorified being Wanting no criticism Wanting no challenge Why? We probably have tuners of pride in our beings Telling us that we […]
Jump to the left Jump to the right Jump up and down By the count of ten Now bend to the left Bend to the right Bend down and up By the count of ten Now run to the left Run to the right Run up and down By the count of ten […]
Like a snail, I hide in this shell Like a tortoise, I do in this hard shell dwell Hoping it would at least shield me from many storms Which have the intention to destroy So I take my home along, wherever I go But I still dock when there seems to be some movement I […]
As I limp on one leg into the VIP bus, I bump into a colleague who was travelling to Kumasi. Though I was the last passenger, I was given the number one seat and this colleague had the number two seat. As I sat awkwardly beside him, I took my phone and began to browse. […]
Stretch Stretch and yell it out Enter the shower Look at everything without clothes Think of how they were made In your wildest of dreams try to make them No, no, no You can’t make them Because they are no inventions of yours Yours is to keep it To keep it and keep it well […]
Dum-sↄ adane dum-dum Ama dum-sↄ-dum-sↄ adane dum-dum-dum-dum Na anka yenim sἐ dum-sↄ Bἐtumi ayἐ sↄ sↄ sↄ sↄ sↄ Nanso ahwiri akↄ duru dum dum dum dum Esum tummm na akabesii abibiman Esum gyampantrudu na ἐde ne ntakra abutu yἐ so Eyἐ me sἐ ἐrenkyἐ ἐbἐyἐ sum akosi Na y’asi yἐn dadaa mu Sἐ yἐte […]
The Lord stands in the window of the sky And looks sadly on you: The liar, The gossip, Bearer of false witness, The coveter, The cheat, The miser, The fornicator, The adulterer, The thief, The murderer, The hypocrite, Te hater, The drug pedlar The chronic alcoholic. Whatever it is that you’re doing You do know […]
I want this He wants this She wants this They all want this And its homes are one Everyone has only this place To showcase superiority So none goes None comes We all stand stuck In our quest to show wealth. Amoafowaa Sefa Cecilia (c) 2014
Words feeling soothed Ears identifying sweetness Brains springing alive Brains sending signals Body shedding goosebumps That is how I need to feel It may sound childish It may seem odd It may sound stupid But mine is mine And this is my test. Amoafowaa Sefa Cecilia (c) 2014
I know not I stay shut I roam round I see stirred Because I have no need to mix sand to the cooking pot of this creature. I smile slight I look light I play plain I clean clean Because I have no need to mix sand to the cooking pot of this creature. […]
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