Just a simple Ghanaian trying to find the best in our society. I may be fun, I may be interesting, I may be funny, I may even be foolish or intelligent, but it is all based on the mood in which you find yourself. I believe our minds make us who we are. Know that, pain, no matter its 'unbearability', is transient. Unburden or delight yourself for a while in my writings please. And all corrections, advice and opinions are welcome. Know that you are the king, queen or royal on this blog. :)
Once upon a timeFowls wondered why humans decapitated them on many a happy occasion…as though they had committed an unpardonable crimeSo they made debating and experiments their vocation IICocks, at a point, blamed hens…for not laying enough eggsHens shot back that many laid eggs in tens…and asked how many cocks helped to feed the hatched […]
Please purge, protect…and power me to peaceAs I ply places prone to precariousnessPack me up to persevere…so I don’t park in pessimismPlacate my heart to put perks on powerful past memoriesTo pause in between problems to play IIFor living limits light…as love locksLove limits listening…as loss loosens up to disappointmentsAnd hearts heat up to hatred…as […]
Memuna, Aisha, Fati, HamamatCall Wunpini and Asibi,…Talata and HumuAnd tell them to dress like Bolga TiitiiFor us to grace the Wedding of Perfect AbassWe must see Mrs Asagri in her perfection IIAisha, are you asking why?Have you forgotten he called you a fat cow…and called me a bony mat?Have you forgotten he called Memuna ugly […]
As the world becomes easier to live inWith gadgets and instruments which fit inLife becomes more boringAnd living becomes more stressfulBecause the laughter which greeted heartily in presenceWill so do so in many an absenceAnd hearts which beat in greetings through hugsWill be an artist’s message…delivered through textOvations which will wake to deafen tearsWill surely […]
How can I make this moment last foreverGranted you’re melting my fears…into golden cheersAnd building in me a fountain of happy tearsTell me how to make this moment last forever? IINow your name washes off past regretsAnd helps me forget all the messy frets …with their foundational hurtsSteering my heart to cheers like a happy […]
Sɛ afe yi w’atumi agye Afehyia PaNa wo gu so ti nkwa mu a Ɛneɛ fa aseda gyampantrudu a ɛtisɛ Afa Djato…ma Ɔbrempong Nyame a ɔhume nkwa gu wo mu daa daa Efirisɛ w’atwa kwan a ɛbro owuo anamɔnso B.Afe yiDane wo suban ani …na fa papayɛ bɔ wo braSɛ wo yɛ sum ne prɔyɛ […]
(Happy New Year to all followers of amoafowaa.com. Thank you for following, reading, liking, commenting and correcting. You’re the real VVIPs of this blog. May 2021 treat us better, show us love and give us great opportunities. Sending you love from Tamale, Ghana.) As years peel like a gigantic onionTo shift us through realms of […]
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 […]
Amidst the chaos of wars on foodAnd the fragrance of hearts of the goodYour love stoodAs your mother did brood on the could through your would…beI’m certain your love will see the golden end III saw your smilesPromising uncountable milesI saw your holdKilling off coldI heard what you were told…and the strength which made you […]
Once upon a timeCobra, whose leg was as long as its body…was the king of the jungleIt traveled in between human kingdom and the jungleAnd was accorded all the respect there wasUntil it set eyes on cat…being petted and pampered IICobra took in the sight…and constantly called cat weakAlways taunting and hating on itThis angered […]
It is surprising to see seeds…whose fruits suffered from earned diseases…buy from the mistakes of their birth…to continue a cycle of recklessness IIAs many amass wealth to develop…and strengthen their nationsOthers here amass to gym their third tails…and second holesForgetting they live on bloods which shed themselves…in hope of a development climbAnd the media project […]
Yɛ de ahoɔfɛ tumi tɔ akɔnɔ…nso mere de anibue gu n’agorɔSɛ suban de mere kasa a, ɛdane mpamborɔ B.Yɛ de nnaadaa tumi tɔ gyidie…nso mere hyɛda tɔ anibue…ma gyidie dane tumidie…a ɔtan epia ma ahoyera ɛpono bue…borɔ ɔdaadaafoɔ no te sɛ abirekyie D.Yebetumi de sika atɔ debrɛ…nanso merɛ yi nyansahwee kyerɛ…ma aniwa tɔ aniwo ma […]
Dear dovePlease fly to the heavensSeek audience with GodAnd ask why his name flourishes not…our gameI know you’re a religious symbolAnd a messenger trusted by Jesus IIDear VulturesEvade the space of deathAnd break down its mythical doorTo get to our ancestorsAsking what their blood stood forIf you canBreak the chains of their ghostsAnd help wear […]
When you’re not enough…it’s toughWhen you’re not enough…it’s roughWhen you’re not enough…you’re like a floating ghost…living with a mean hostMama…why was I not enough? IIThe heavens above can attest to the love…I have for youThe earth beneath can smell the peace I’ve always wanted…for youEven the air I breath seeps to beep my prayers…always for […]
Sitting ducks – Fitting blocksCharmers – Climbers IbThere is nothing more painfulThan watching baboons eat the carcasses of monkeys…who worked like donkeysTo push them onto pates of trees, so disdainful! IILong time ago which flows into nowBaboons sought power to wow…hiding behind many a bowWhile hiding arrows in many a bow…at their behindAll the while […]
Love is your alluring aura…and your turn-on temper IILove is your measured possessiveness…to my wild intentions IIILove is you and I…in a sweet nothing conversationSpending time like we are immortals…wealthy enough to afford it IVLove is your leisured talks…digging my pleasured thoughtsAnd stamping treasured memories…on an uneraseable past VLove is your ssshh…to my ashhhYour haha…to […]
Crossover from committing crimes to con the curse class created…by your cleanlessnessNone cries out of a clear conscience…even in crazy circumstances IICajole not callous camouflageCaptivate no cataclysm of clones of chicaneryCriminal chums always turn churlish chumps…who circumvent clandestine cloutsTo confound comformistsCupidity can cloud a coterie to construe cases…clearing confidants before cogitating IIIClean your cage!Clean your […]
She sits on in problems…who stands not to walkHe lies flat in shame…who tries not a standingOnly weak minds inherit sins of their families…in present dayI am not one to carry on problems from the past IbTrust me when I sayI will be no inheritor of curses of my ancestorsBecause I form part of resistors…whose […]
I am sure we boarded the vehicle happilyEach with specific destination in mindAnd was thrown on same seatingTo live through the journey to its end IIWe soon realized we both wanted window seatsOne must let go for the otherOur tickets spoke loudestThat I was the outcast trying to be difficultSo I let go to sit […]
Ɛnfa asomdwoe mmɔ mɔkwaaEfirisɛ ɛbɛ dani wo atitikwaaAma ewiase ayɛ wo ne wo man nsɛmkwaaƐde ahiyie asre wo kwa B.Ɛnfa asomdwoe nnyɛ agorodie Efirisɛ akakabenfoɔ bɛ dani no afidie Ama aniberefoɔ abɔ wo man nkofie Adua basabasayɔ abɔ wo fie D.Ɛnfa asomdwoe ɛngoro mmɛdamase Efirisɛ amanaman bi edidi w’asePɛsɛ wo man hwi ase Na daa […]
Corpses! There are corpses that must be hadCorpses! There sure are corpses whose aura must be hadBecause they hold the collar of money treesAnd shake down their priceless leaves like productive bees…on honeycombsSo much so paupering flies fear to be around their tombs 2.Corpses!There are corpses that must be hadOh corpses!Ours they must be, even […]
OnceA farmer lived in a secluded areaWith his lions…dogs, cats, rabbits…guinea fowls, goats, sheep and chickensHe trained these animals to spot danger…to protect his farm IIOne dayDog which was allowed to go hunting…with lionCame home wagging its tail…in a manner signifying dangerThe farmer sent his lions to check the danger and solve itThe lions went […]
Arms do what they are commanded to doShooting even when turned to selfIf a man thinks otherwiseThen a shame is his thinking cup IbAs eyes of our nations…swim in muddy pools of corruptionAnd legs turn foolish fins beneathAs hands of our nations…point blindly at felt problemsAnd hearts lie on meshes of need…being roasted by the […]
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