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. :)
If you all connive to bar a doorBy stomping and hitting on its beautiful floorKnowing that is your one and only wayFrom life’s clay to your decayThen like the God of languages…create a word to suit your thoughts IIThe girl is mother of the biblical manWhose womb is the only barrier to cross extinctionSo if […]
I see your smilesLike bright suns sitting happily in dark cloudsSo I pause to look III see your laughterLike a happy go lucky heart…dancing amidst mourningSo I sit to stare IIIIn this slums where many a beauties…lie dead under the underarms of povertyWhat will be the price of your laughter…talk less your smiles?In this dark […]
BreastsThe crest of womanhoodThe nest of childhoodThe rest of manhoodThe best of feeding bottles! IIBreastsGod’s manna on women!Love’s manner of affection!Beauty’s honour of confessions!Passion’s lollipop! IIIBreasts!They walk their talksAnd talk their walks!They stock their rocks!And rock their stocks! IVThat’s why like enginesThey need their constant checkups…to stay fitThat’s why like free birds…they need their time […]
From Accra to BotwanaIs four stopsWhere Congo, Daresalem, and Ethiopia…lie respectively betweenIf France, Guyana, Haiti, Ireland and JakartaFollow in descending orderAnd each beginner is your key in exacting codes…in an all round A to J and A successivelyIf A is 1 and J is 10 with a chronology of alphabets and numbers in betweenIn 4, […]
Adjovi loved her wealthEven better than her healthShe was like a kangaroo in many a big shopping mall…hoping from hall to hallBuying many a things never to be usedAnd many a few to be used and abusedHer parents never checked her spendingAnd so she grew up as an extravagant lady…loving her spendingShe was the boss […]
This is the bottomWhere today’s hustle is the bridge to uncertainties IIThis is the bottomWhere Corona is naught but a sickness of the higher ups –A tertiary livingWhere none thinks of a possible chit…to reach its secondaryTalk less of its University So hands touch bodies to call for salesMouths call loudly caring not about their […]
Amankwah Abrokoto was a fine manWhose man thing knew every pleasure hole…under all skirts in Djokoto Province He earned this bragging rights before turning thirtyAnd made it a point to be the lifelong champion…of the waist game in the whole of Djokoto IIEvery woman in Djokoto knew he wields a long gunAnd his shots garnered […]
Afrafrantɔ ho fɛ ntumi ndane no ɔkɔreɛMpo adɔfoɔ nisuo ntumi ndane afɔreɛ…mma no ntu nkɔsi ewiem abakɔnmuEnhwiren nkɔrimu aaa na ɔbɛfiifii…atu mu dɛEnti gyae afrafrantɔ ahoɔfɛ akyiri di…na fa w’ahoɔden yɛn ɔkɔreɛ B.Ɔkɔreɛ wɔ daakye aniwaƆnsan nso nni ntaban mu anihaN’ahoɔden aboɔden tu firi nɛ yi kosi daakye a…enniboɔ, efirisɛ sika biara ntumi nfa ne […]
I know a tree with fruits…mostly get the attention of the wingful, legful and even crawlersBut can we for a moment think of the plants…destined to be treesPlants destined to replace the fruitful trees of today? IIThere are many of such plantsDying in their numbersDue to the shielding of the sky…by the big branched trees […]
At the sound of an ambulanceMany a fears dance…in horrid guessesPainting pictures of gory messes IIAt the sound of an ambulanceMany a pitiable stories sprout in many a chanceTelling tales of families at war with deathHolding guns of prayers hoping to unearth…death in order to shoot and saveIf only human eyes were unblinded to death! […]
Once upon a time, A king met his subjects under the biggest tree…in his villageSome subjects started coughing like choking goats to signal doubt…of his rulingThe king in angerShouted that whoever coughs…even if it is he himself…must be beheaded immediately IIHe spoke loudly through his linguistBarking ordersShouting commandsUntil his throat itchedHe then felt it coming…the […]
If an alphabet is the shadow of its previousAnd an ending is the beginning of its allThen many a shadows are together to find their true selves…in your hand IB hpttjq tjqt gspn uif ujqt pg jttvftBoe xpslt mjle b xjme opwfmjtu up bee ujttvftUp uif xspoh boe ps sjhiuUp fydjuf ps dbvtf puifst gsjhiu […]
Every body has a key to their heartsSome hearts are opened through sympathySome hearts are opened by kindnessSome hearts are opened through crueltySome hearts are opened with moneySome hearts are opened through companionshipSome hearts are opened through travelingSome hearts are opened through jealousySome hearts are opened with mentorshipSome hearts are opened by just a smileSome […]
Sometimes…a smile shines brightly to cover a furySo be in no hurryTo hug and relax at any smile IISometimes…a smile holds bullets for a murderBlinding the intended for to calm in order…for its effectiveness to be perfect IIISometimes…a smile is a bombPreparing you for a tombWhile scratching your pate like a relieving comb IVSometimes…a smile […]
There are people who can blow air into gossipAnd turn them into a balloon fishTo poison a community’s mind against you IIThere are people who can craft newsTo suit your every boneHorror as your headgearCunning as your clothesSelfishness as your shoesUncouth as your underwearWickedness as your wrist watchAnd danger as your draft IIIBut there are […]
TeethBite your tongue offAnd call your lungs…to lick your gums when they itch IIEyelashesTravel into eyesAnd call for fingers…to protect your spot when it hurts IIINoseEject your hairAnd expect dust…to stay off your nostrils in a whirlwind IVEvery bad anomaly…has a priceSo live the price…if you’ve guts to live your badLife lives on punishments and […]
Adwuma pa ne nea etua wo ka…ɛbu wo tiboa bim…ɛsan tɔ aduane hyɛ w’afuruSɛ ɛbɛ pram wo fi o, Sɛ ɛbɛ fii tirimuhweefoɔ si ama wɔn asere wo o, Ɛnnyɛ wo ho mframa…nankampɛsɛ akɔma wo humeeEnti pɛ adwuma pa bi yɛ IINsa a ɛnyɛ adwuma frɛ ntitiyɛNtitiyɛ frɛ ekuroEkuro frɛ nwansenaNwansena frɛ nsansa nso tumi […]
Just as cocks never fail to crow at dawnAbena-Kwabena’s presence was always accompanied by ridiculeAnd fingers were happy to be seen pointingAs deafening rumours talked loudly…through heels of pleasureWhy?Because Abena-Kwabena was the oldest spinster in AmankroOne who men have thrown their tin atNever ever to be proposed to IIHer dresses were criticised as oddHer hair […]
We want to climbBy keeping many a rotten limbsWe want to soarBut carnivorous lions…deceit…corruption…greed…family connections….sluggishness…politrickingKeep tearing off our wingsHow do we climb to the peak of development? IIWe must learnLearn it takes burying our rot…to grow our newWe must learnLearn it takes shedding off our skin…to dry the new to smoothensWe must learnLearn it takes […]
Lock no one in the cave of pityFor it puts clothes of low self confidence…and shoes of vulnerability on them IILock no one in the prison of hateFor it’ll make you their prison wardenBabysitting them and wasting your emotionsForcing life demotions on you IIILock no one in the abyss of utter gratefulnessFor it will lock […]
A demon staked a 7, 5, 4, 8, 2, 9, 3, 10, 1, 6…with ten numbersAnd staked 7, 5, 4, 8, 2, 9, 3, 1, 6…with nine numbersHe went on to stake 7, 5, 4, 8, 2, 3, 1, 6…with eight numbersAnd proceeded to stake 7, 5, 4, 2, 3, 1, 6…with seven numbersGod approved […]
This dawn walk through the hidden contours of Sagnarigu…has taken a toll on meBetween getting lost and ridiculing misdirectionsI see you in all your tatters…roofless…gateless…floorlessYour stomach filled by weeds…which couldn’t have dared to germinate…in your hay daysAnd so I stop for this chat III can see the fading green paint on the walls of your […]
Sovereignty is not achieved by neglecting successionist attacksIt is the sure reign of certainty…through facts justified by reasoning, oiled by needs of a nation for a collective goodWhere are the thinking caps? IIA fire which threatens to burn down a houseNeeds no considerational space…even if it is cooking to fill stomachsIts ashes needs to be […]
Once,A king saddled with many a complaining elders…of his courtVisited a sage at the feet of dawnIn order to fix his court into calmAnd satisfy his people with need IIHe complained of the terrifying nightmares…of his cousin pushing a dagger into his heartAnd blamed his supporters…for pushing him into the royal limelight…whose dark parts host […]
Ayɛ fo oooƆmo bɔ no donkomi!Kristosom no ayɛ fooooEnti obiara nkɔtɔ bi!Efiri atifi kosi anaafoɔApueyɛ kɔpim atɔyɛObiara nfa ne kruwaa nkɔtɔ Kristosom no bi! B.Sesei wɔn atitiso sei huhuhuhuhuhuAdwamanbɔfoɔ tumi di nwomtofoɔ anim!Nea wohiaa ne sɛ…wo bɛ yɛ no wɔ sum aseAwingaafoɔ tumi yɛ nsɔrɛ nsɔre mpanyinfoɔNea wo hia ne sɛ…wo de nsɛmpaka bɛ brabra […]
LiveLive in a way to giveGive your soul its proper nounTo avoid being remembered as an adjectiveOf a common noun IILiveLive in such a waySome people will use you as a threadTo sew threats that others will dreadIn order to build their sheds IIIOh liveLive to brighten the bestAnd frighten the worstLeaving love in good […]
There is a beauty in seeing ice thaw…fresh from a hardworking freezerThat’s how I feelWatching you love me IIYour charm might be in you walking through the rainEven in your fear of thundersTo get me food I crave IIbYour charm may be from your smiles at my wordsEven when they’re soft, loud…or harsh IIcYour charm […]
Life is a level playing fieldWhere many equipping hearts are needed…to aid our journeyFor we walk in beings before falling on earthWe ride on shoulders before learning to walkSo take a moment to learn what is needed…sometimes IbSometimes we need a play buttonTo help others view us…on best screens IISometimes we need the pause buttonTo […]
1.Sky’s is kindness great a lessonTeaching to us its embody worksIn to order like live beings…with spirits, hearts, and souls bodiesSo take do to time study +2It us gives from rains aboveSomething need we quench to thirstIt us gives pathfinding the sunSomething need we keep to warmEquipping to survivors their live livesAlthough sometimes it gives […]
I wish our generation have many like youWe’d have been saved from many a blueAnd would’ve reached many development dawnsAs compared to acting like hunger prawns IIYour mission through your visionsRight to many of your decisionsBrought us lifeLife which is being suffocated and giving us strifeThrough inabilities parcelled as abilitiesAnd calamities from our iniquities IIIIt […]
Sometimes the story of a King excites not a kingdom…like that of the village drunkBecause he sits where the sun shines most…and sees not many below IIThe village drunk may be dirtyBut privy to minds and hearts…from all cornersAnd may even know of the cocroaches…which hide in gutters…their postures and fears IIIThat same village drunk […]
Once,In a jungle that was fair…and frowned on carnivoresA dog felt insulted after fighting mouse IIHe kept barking and threatening to deal with mouseTo the hearing of allCat, who felt tired of chewing plants…also heard and schemed a perfect plan IIICat caught and ate mouseOne moonless and starless night…managed to leave few of its bones…and […]
Baabi a obi firieNyɛ wo haw ase mfifireNa wo de papa abɔ mu huu huu huuAgu n’anim ase asan ayɛ huuhuu B.Kasa a obi kaƐnnyɛ w’asɛm ho wɔ kaNa wo de ayɛ aseresɛmAma tirimuhweefoɔ de adi nkwasiasɛm D.Enti yɛ ahwɛyieMa ɔman yi asiesieNa atiyie yɛ asomdwoe ne ɔdɔ a abuoƐnnyɛ ɔtan ne ohuro ɛne ɛho […]
Parcelled gifts of smilesHurts grilled like well scented chickenHorrid reminders posing as beautiful songsShe lives the dream of horror IIEveryone is nice to DzifaThey politely tell her of their prayers for herThey subtly direct her to some facility or anotherThey jokingly ask her…when she will bless the world with a child’s cryShe wonders why such […]
0If 1, 2, 3 is boringAnd 3, 2, 1 is tellingLet’s try a 2, 3, 1,…3, 1, 2To find the knot of this non conforming 1.the Static is statistics of highest of the mark celebratory beauty everythe It takes of achievers shapebodies and not to wrinkle carvedwhich Cultivate habits around growth orbitslust and not 2.woman […]
Besides the rotten before fruitionAnd the pecked before harvestingSome maize are roasted immediately after their harvest…never to taste the smell of a home…talk less see their barn IbSome are sent straight into the saucepanBoiled and eatenSome also taste the sunAnd dryOnly to be milled into doughSome are also nursedTheir hopes upOnly to be squashed and […]
When scissors get lost in the jungleNaked molerats don’t bother to speakAnd so does the vultureIn the same wayWhen a mouse gets lost…in a fair and just jungleAll self respecting cats, lions…and their carnivorous othersWho have nothing objective to sayMust refrain from making as much a sound IIFor in the moment of tensionA little meow […]
This is the yearThe year we’ve seen dawn parading naked at noonAnd morn parading nude at nightIn months whose days shrunk into hours…longer than years IIThis is the yearThe year anxieties dance seductively …in videos of fear on our minds’ screensAs the unknown horn uncertainties…in our thinking caps IIIThis is the yearThe year which erases […]
Come out of the room of fearAnd you will find a strength to cheer…you into a vehicle whose determination steer…is made to strengthen your will IICome out of that room of your fearAnd you will see the nightmares…as mere scarecrowsYou’ll find your hallucinations as mere harmless shadowsAnd you’ll find yourself on top of the problems…which […]
Honking anarchy!Hovering anxiety!Haunting apathy!Hateful atrocities! IbWhen we pray for the flood gate of blessingsWe definitely don’t mean from the Bagre DamAnd we sure don’t mean excessive rains from the heavensSo why is a threat sitting close and causing us to fret…through fear sweatsAs thinking heads worklessly workTowards decisionless decisions? IIDrowning beings!Sinking houses!Gobbled farms!Paupered people! IIbDo […]
Tɔntɔnte tɔntɔnte!We’re drinking from the tears of poor nurturing!Tɔntɔnte tɔntɔnte!Nursing seeds of blame shifting calls for harvests of murder!Tɔntɔnte tɔntɔnte!We’re drinking from the wine of false men acting messengers of the Most HighTɔntɔnte tɔntɔnte!None marries an enemy but some nurse their lovers into enemies!And wo we weep! IbIf nurturers will raise childrento fear crimesInstead of […]
Abasobɔdeɛ yɛ adeɛ ɛnka ɛwɔsɛ yɛde hyɛ…mɔdinbɔfoɔ denTe sɛ nea nsuo boa faango ma teaseanam bɔ adwuma noNso ɛnɛ yiBebree noa na adane abasobɔdeɛ adwamanfoɔWɔ mmere a wɔn abrabɔ mmɔ mmɔden wɔ adwumapa biara muƐbɛyɛdɛn na ɔtweabi nfa nnadaa ntafre amamafoɔ ano? B.Abasobɔdeɛ mu gu ahorowNea ɛhyɛ afoforɔfoɔ nkuranNea yɛde sika tiridii kɔ tɔ de […]
Eno Sekyere sits on a stool in front of her roomIn the compound house whose very foundationAre watching her with its hind eyesWaiting for a mistake to slap her IIAkuaba, her co-tenant’s daughterAnd Mamle, a neighbour’s daughterAre entangled in a brutal fightBy a coal potSo Eno swoops in like a separating SamaritanTearing them off eachotherBefore […]
Adwoa Mansa is a mess in marriage dressShe looks like worryAnd walks like a sorryWhy? Because she has a sad story…causing her duress IIIt’s been seven years since her nuptialsSeven years since her familyHer husband’s familyHer friendsFriends of her friendsHave turned guards of her wombWaiting for the arrival of a bundle from her girdleBut not […]
This one said +That one said =They all think (flawed formula 1) b.They all think (so we all must) +Actions of ignorance =Tribal wars (dangerous formula 2) c.Tribal wars = chaos + hurts + deaths(Fatal formula arresting peace…pushing royalty into servitude…and rendering nationals refugees…and or paupers) IThey who are busy fighting off ants in clothesHave […]
DaylightDon’t dwell on destinyTo drown all doings in drasticsDownplaying dreams dreading sighting…in their buddingNeeding darkness to protect themYou can cover some breeding good to be unveiled laterYou can also cover some bad…to show only to the law…to be dealt with by its clawsTo keep the innocence of some intact IIDarknessDon’t dwell on destinyTo drown all […]
Every knot has its untying threadIn the same way, every puzzle has its announcing cluesWhich when followed…unveils its hidden answerThat is why Inspector Zuga failed his investigationAnd Inspector Akplah passed and was promoted IIDavec and Dekil lived in HohoeIn a big house which welcomed no guestsMany called it the No-Go-AreaAll their meetings and parties…were held […]
G. Have you ever loved a dream?Have you ever loved a dreamSo much so you’re willing to chase it…even if it shows no interest in being wooed by you?That’s how much I love her H. Have you ever loved a dream?Have you ever loved a dreamSo much so that you’re willing to be its fool…for […]
Anytime your thoughts are washedTo the shores of my mindMy heart sinks like a punctured boatI wonder if your tender soul…has been rendered true restI worry and feel sorry…that you grew no roots to the sky of your dreamsI crave a smile at my ovations…which never graced any occasionSo I’m hiding in the dark IIA […]
Dabi dabiAkoa bɛsɔre putum aka sɛ daabiAma aniwuo adane Owura…nwuraƐwɔ somboɔ tumi-…kro so ama ne tumi a ɔde tumi…wurɔ kawa fa abatiri de frɛ ɔyiaw aniwuo no…adane no ayiaw etuo aboba akono B.Dabi dabiOnibaabikɔ bɛkɔ baabiAma aniwa aniwa suboɔ…a dabiarada ano de dani no piraboɔAdane ahwehwɛ, ahwehwɛ…wɔn wuranom aniwuo abɔ wɔn suboɔ D.Dabi dabiAboa kankabi […]
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