Dear death robberAs you journey through crude beatings…torture and a butchering to death townPlease do use the fire of hellTo build yourself anewIf you dream of coming back to life III don’t know who will greet you…there and turn you round{ to look…at you and proclaim you torn…destroyed and….wornBut I hope you create no butTo […]
Dear snail, shed your normOf hiding from your mornWhen a little noise warns your dawnDon’t you get worn out and tornHiding in your breakable shed in the lawnWhere many a mischief are born? IIPlease crawl out to see the sunAnd stop putting on your best days a banWhich prevents your happy tanAnd trashes your could’ve […]
Abasaki says I’ve been very stubbornAlways rocking a “no” horn…to proposals he should have long wonProposals which could have fetched us babies born…to our coupleage adornSo he is tearing open naked thoughts that he has long worn IIAbasaki says he has pulled my breasts like naughty weleAnd has chewed their tips like keleweleHe has flipped […]
Harm’s arms have many needlesTheir build can be many fiddles…and odd riddlesSo let’s find the middles IIOne can fiddle troubles to build harmLeave wounds to fester without balmAct aggressive and dishonorable without calmHurt many a heart without giving a damn…ending up beaten and thrown in harm’s arms…built by own hands without qualmsSo who cares for […]
Didn’t we take it for granted?When we shopped like free flying birdsAnd spoke without fears of our spittle…showering others? IIDidn’t we take it for granted?When we hugged and kissedWithout Corona dangling fears of infections? IIIOh didn’t we take it for granted?When we could just crash partiesAnd get hearty welcomesAnd meet many many peopleWith handshakes and […]
Dear heartbrokenI’d like to give you a tokenTo chew onTo help you mow the long grasses of hurts into a beautiful lawn…so you can love yourselves and start by moving on IIThere is a world so bigWaiting on you to run from many a pigTo embrace you and live free like a tree called figSo […]
Ayɛ Bronya yi Na abɔfra Yesu awoɔ abɛhyira ewiase yi Dane wo ho ɔdɔ safoa…fa bue ohia nkoa…a wɔn gu ahohiahia kokomu Mo ma Akristofoɔ ho nyɛ amanaman akɔnɔ wɔ nhyira mu B.Ayɛ Bronya yi Nya akomapa bi Fa dwene w’atanfo ho sɛ obi a ɔfata ɔdɔNna ma ɔtan ne akomahuro no nkɔ D.Bronya nnyɛ […]
(This is to wish all Christian readers and followers a very Merry Christmas! Thank you for all you do!)As another holy birth year…flutters your heartAnd a revered and bubbly dear…mends your heartLet happiness crawl into hope…to lead you to cope through all tricky slopesIt is a sacrilege to mope…thinking through all the cutting ropes…this dayAmoafowaa […]
The first didn’t know well…enough to know a future where a saviour’s angelic bell…will only be a laughable fantasy saleAnd a brush off fail…to shepherds who care not for their sheep’s wailEven as wolves lurk in devouring them one after the other IIJoy to the world should have been to the heavens…for it knew its […]
The sky feeds the earth rains, suns and moonsTo help it fertilize and light up…among other thingsSucking up some of its heatFor it hovers aboveAnd towers in wealthSo should the world’s wealthy IIAbundance floods in hoarding…so calls for sharingSharing, like a smiling contagion…shows a care in humanity…that all good gods pushAnd the omnipotent God rewards […]
Politics will be the husband of global instabilityAnd religion will be its wifeIf we let the couple looseWe will lose ourselves…and lose our worldBecause the love that drives them…are passionate fires which run wild emotions…like horses at warOnly stopping when breaths flee bodiesTake noteDo take note of these dangerous trends IIOnce hypocrisy wins heartsAnd hearts […]
As you fuel the ship of peace with warAiming to soil the skin of our nation with a-difficult-to-heal soreRemember your satisfaction lies in the fact…that your freedom is intact IIAs you fuel ill sentiments with bad emotionsHoping to thwart truth into sour commotionsIf war should breakAnd chaos turns a canoeless lakeWhere will you take your […]
The Ghana I love is this Ghana…which is like the still watersHolding peace like an armourEven when hearts flip to compete for positions high IIThis is the Ghana I loveThis GhanaLike a hen feeding its chicks…learning to choose the best from the restSending warnings to aspirants …about their knowledge growing …from the gutters they undermine […]
Though a fish in a pond…cares about its watersThe farmers are the ones…who gain from its quatersSo it needs calm…to shed the qualms which will seek to harm…its safety dorm IIFor naught prevents …a farmer from killing and roasting a fish…no matter how thick itStill the pond will thrive…as other fishes will live…to enjoy their […]
Once upon a timeIn a kingless jungleAnimals were encouraged to compete…to shape the sphere with the presence of a leaderChameleon…the one animal which could mirror the whole jungleInsisted on not competingBecause it feared an aggression which could end its lifeLionTigeressElephantGoatEagleSheepHenDecided to compete IIMany animals were of the view thatLion and Tigeress were too aggressive Elephant’s […]
When a hand can’t string a canAnd a land can’t fling a manWhen a band can’t ring a fanAnd remand can’t cling a ban…life takes a knife to wife a strife IIIf the sun shines not a markAnd the moon swines not a darkIf the fun whines not a barkAnd the swoon lines not a […]
In these election timesDear CitizensTurn not into stubborn cassava…in the preparation of this governance fufu…for fingers of law enforcement agents…to remove and throw into prisons…to destroy your livesEven if you outwit them…politicians can cut you into morselsFor wicked army ants to eat into you…and turn this country into fecal matter B.In these election timesDear Media […]
You twisted grammar policemenWho are living like second hand tongue twistersThrowing tirrivees as you Look on works of Shakespeare with contemptClaiming the best of Harlem…flaws …based on your second hand tuitionI have news for you IICreators createCopycats of Quirk and Greenbaum copy …mostly ending up as flawed critics…for they only see what has been written […]
ALe akɔdaɣi siaDukɔmevi lɔlɔtɔwo,Migatrɔ mìa ɖokuiwo zu agbeli dzekpolowo…le dukɔa tutu ɖo fe fufutoto me…be sedzikpɔlawo fe asibidɛwo…nava ɖe mi aƒu gbe ɖe gakpɔ me…be miaƒe agbedome nava gblẽ oKpɔ ɖa! Ne ete ŋu si le wo nu alekekeake hã la,…dunyahehawo afli wò kpokpokpoBe gbadagba ŋutasẽlawo nava vuvu wò…atrɔ dukɔ sia azu ŋunyɔnu BLe akɔdaɣi […]
Once upon a timeA Cock who was the proudest male fowl of its village…felt bigger than all others in the forestBecause its voice woke allSo it made laws only it could breakAnd enforced punishments none could escapeSo all the other fowls worshipped it IISince the words of Cock turned into a bondIt crowned itself the […]
APiibu-piibu saha ŋɔBulichini nimaMiri ya ka yi leei-gi banchi galma…Ti tingbaŋ ŋɔ tooni tali sakoro ŋɔ tɔbu puuni…Di lɛbi ya ninvuɣ shɛbi…Bi ni ti yɛn zaŋ niŋ sarika puuni…Ka di niŋ ya chutaA yaa yi be ka wula …Politiisa ni tooi chɛrisa ka saɣ bɔrili …N’zaŋ mali salinsa Ȝɛhi sara BPiibu-piibu saha ŋɔYi nim lahabali sabiribaDi […]
Ɛmerɛ bi a atwamu Ɔpramire wɔre ne ho wɔ petee mu …maa mmoa nwansan…akokɔ…ne ɔdenkyɛm hunu yɛ Ɔpramire honam fɛfɛɛfɛ a ne ho wurɔ yi kyerɛ mmoa no…ma wɔn yɛ wɔn adwene sɛ…wɔn nso bɛ wurɔ wurɔ wɔn ho B.Mmoa no nyinaa kɔɔ bɛn korɔ mu kaa sɛ …ɔdɛnkyɛm na ne ho yɛ dene san […]
In a twinkle of an eyeA tongue can push you through filthTo clothe you with a lieSo much so no truth can desiltBecause tongues are not only sharper than swords…they’re more poisonous than serpents IIIn a twinkle of an eyeA mouth can take you south of your northAnd cover your sun rising in your east…to […]
Yɛ oshikifɔɔ bei nɛɛ amli lɛMaŋbii jujiNyɛkatsɔmɔa nyɛhe sakribontei…yɛ maŋsajiataomɔ ŋmaa feemɔ ni emɔ sɛ nɛɛ mli….kɛha maŋhebulɔi… ŋɔŋɔɔ nyɛ kɛtotoo kpabuŋ…kɛfite nyɛshihilɛKɛ nyɛho amɛhe po…maŋsajiataolɔi baanyɛ amɛtitii nyɛ tamɔ atromaiBɔ ni afee ni gbesei aku ayeyee nyɛ…ni amɛtsɔmɔ maŋ nɛɛ amɛbumɔ shi oookɛɛ tugbuŋ nii BYɛ oshikifɔɔ bei nɛɛ amli lɛAdafitswalɔi jujiNyɛkatsɔmɔa nyɛhe gbei […]
Abatoɔ merɛ yi Timanmufoɔ eei Mma mo ndane asuoden bankyi …wɔ amanmuo fufu wɔ yi mu Ɛmma banbɔfoɔ nsa nyinyi mo nto ntwene aban kokomu …ɛnsɛi m’abrabɔSɛ mpo banbɔfoɔ nsa tra mo a …amanyɔfoɔ bɛtumi atwamu nkɔntɔnmoa …amma abrɔfoɔ nkranee abɛ didi mo mu…adane ɔman yi asɛifoɔ agyanan B.Abatoɔ mere yi Nsɛmkyerɛwfoɔ eeei Mma mo […]
There are feelings which can’t be hiddenTheir presence call for hearts to do their biddenAnd force chariots of fantasies to on them be riddenSuch are the butterflies you give forcing me to dare the forbidden IIWhen I think of your homecomingMy abdomen feels like water boiling on fireIt shamelessly acts cunningTo wake my desireForcing my […]
Madam says her make-up is being ruined by sweat…I stand here looking like a ghost from the past…my Talcum Powder, the only make up I use…long washed by my sweat which is falling like water falling into the Kintampo Waterfalls IIMadam says she is tiredIt sure must be tiring riding at the back seat…holding nothing […]
There is a saying that worse lurks…in a realm where bad staresAnd worst also hovers…in that same realmI never equated this to beings in walking character…until this dayBaby Nayoka, you’re a wonder in the horrid realm IIHow did you end up…this vile and hateful?How do you sleep…when you’re this horrible and distasteful?How do people breathe […]
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