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. :)
Fathers are not the feathers so fluffy …with sperm supermakets Forcing their wares in buildings …without paying their rent II Fathers are not mouths …with boastful words …which wake from useless tongue beds …to order hands to tap their chests …to brag and drag fame of a built human …to their cruel stages III Fathers […]
Fathers …fearless farmers who ferry us onto …fine fields …to flow in growth II Fathers …fine feathers who fly us farther …from our fears …to grow in strength III Fathers …frames which face forces …flagging our favorites …Knights in our dreadful nights! We hail your wondrousness …in our celebration of you …this and every day […]
I am a root …a root whose burdening tree …regards him not …talk less of its branches When my pate aches from their carriage …but I still search the land …to fetch water and food …for their flourishing II I am like a follower …that follower who is seen as shadow …in my hard work […]
You sit there Calling on what is and not fair Tagging others queer Pray problems you never steer II A bee in another’s bite …draws laughter …wait until it turns to you You follow the sorrow of another …and party hard today III Know troubles hawk like traders …in their many faces No house escapes […]
Sounds sent to my ears …tell tales of towers trailing my tail …and riches reaching my wretch Funny …how hearts heed to hovering whispers …and plant need seeds begging for my watering Ah! … Wo ti puu puu a …wɔ bi di wai …ebia na ɛyɛ obi koobi ase aprapra! II There are suns which […]
Your looks book a hook …that cook a thought …in my crannies’ nooks Let me guess …aiming your hidden arrow …at my sheltered target? Try it …and you’ll see that …ɛkpɛ lɛ ɛkpɛ dzi Your teeth are on a happy demonstration? Gbɛgblɛvi! II Many hunts have registered their can’t …around this game seductive tent I […]
How can you compare fake flowers …to the real? …When the latter are durably made …to stand robotically time’s rotten test …devoid of feelings? II How can you compare touch up and real? When Odomankomah himself made the former Is it because the expiration tag draws its line …in clarity? III Didn’t you see Adwoa […]
I feel …I feel your finger-breaths …counting your heartbeats in seconds …holding mine to sync yours I easily count your every blink 2. I know … I know every corner of your body …just as an explorer and her familiar map …and I know your body rap …the sounds of your goosebumps …the horn of […]
Wait and check! Is she in yet? She might be …with her grains of gossips …on her public pan Pleading patronizers perfect or porting Akeka-muna- …fiki, fiki, fiki, fiki II Wait and survey! Is he in yet? He must be …with his Nsawam Road mouth …and Tema Motorway tongue …where no vehicular news escapes passage […]
Lord It’s been a while I’ve gone miles with smiles without your dial Hosting your bitter bile …in my heart’s file As thoughts pile on talking tiles What do you say? II God I have traveled abroad your favour hoarding Cruising in peace I can afford …in your danger Ford Should I expect your anger […]
Let us use the pot of sense …to go fetch the river of knowledge …for the dreaded visitor called relativity …is coming with his trick sticks …anuanom II A chicken caught in the evil forest …and kept under the umbrella of an armpit …might be a lucky one no matter the dancing heat …and aromatic […]
Sucking sights Sulking steps Whirling walks Sickening stomach Headaches holding hammer …hitting my head Why do you do this to yourself? II Didn’t you tell me? Didn’t you tell me …forgetfulness resided in its potion? Didn’t you assure me? Didn’t you assure me the hurdles …will fold their mats …and leave my body? So why […]
The flesh of foul …reasonably rots on roosters Even cowardly cobras …backed into corners …bare their fangs and bite …a fight to live Al needed to be Bashed to Heed …fair enough II Isn’t it a pure waste …if stinking soup is washed off feeding bowls …and its remains still stay in mothering public pots? […]
Power pulls persons …with pure promises …from pious paths …to perishings II Sad …since sincerities stick to see Sick …since supporters stand in sures Shocking …since softened sardines turn sharks to shred III Like lost leaks …lookers learn in leans …then learn to leach …in launching leagues longingly latented IV Poor prisoners priding in pens! […]
There is a beauty in seeing peacocks …living happily with fowls There is a beauty …in seeing winds …carry happy sands There is a beauty …in moons pairing suns …at the rise of one and the fall of the other There is a beauty, …a beauty of one sky being shared by both …at right […]
As I look through this glass of ridiculousness And chuckle through this surprise of your shamelessness I’m left with no words to describe your kind II Your ego sits on the highest stool of your king Thanks to your born feathers of riches So you call that sweet soul – …your dog And call those […]
Daring to dress to draw darts …to get drawns to drool …needs a different discipline For doolittles will drool …maybe dent while drafting So carry your cunny in what your hurry can marry II If you flaunt to haunt …the haunted will fight …a flight for the hots …a hump in a fit Because eyes […]
You can step on charcoal unlighted …and crush its darks …showing the sameness of its skin and intestines But prepare for the flaming coal! II You can smooch the cat …hold its mouth and throw it off …sack it up and hit it dead …into your meat But prepare for the lion …even worse, the […]
He wanted his rod …in her pod …thrusting in “Oh my Gods” And couldn’t, so got bored …and bitterness stored …to be dished out when he could afford II The perfect time came When he saw her hassled …by the bow legged man He watched as she struggled like a fowl …almost caught as the […]
You’re a dream …a dream I don’t want to soil …with the touch of reality You’re a stream …a stream I don’t want to swim in …with my dirty insanity You’re a cream …a cream I only want to smell …to leave it full till my flight of soul You’re a beam …a beam I […]
That sau– …sage Knowing not its foo- …tage Drives me wild II That sau- …sage What is its mile- …age? Wants are piled III That sau- …sage If I get in my co- …ttage I’ll drive it wild IV That sau- …sage Give me on a mort- …gage I promise to go mild V That […]
Lone lanes lie like locusts …everywhere they turn Suspicions steal their smiles …cutting off family …then friends …just as dorma machines do great trees Always drumming in their heads: … “A judge should not budge to protect his badge …of honour” Imagine the heat in that tight box II While polis trick to pave their […]
Imagine Imagine lying still …embarrassingly raining on bed …turning baby through the age of adulthood Your will broken by your can’t II Imagine, Imagine losing the light in your eyes …and having to live with same things in abstraction …losing sight of all the attractions III Imagine Imagine losing the miles in your legs …to […]
You acting bricks …scheming tricks …to be have as chicks …mostly end up with dreaded dicks …who master tricks …to break your bricks Oops! Did I just bend a nail by hitting its head? II In an era where promises scatter …before flutters shatter Bitches need to know their love for bones …and grab them […]
Listen! Listen to the crickets …crying clones for better tones For they are the signs of continuity II Listen! Listen to the frogs …croaking chaos in our sleep …even if higher percentage spells hoax For they are the canes …which shape our sanes …in right care lanes III Listen! Listen to the horses …for they […]
Continue to cast the white Continue to pair the white Continue to pamper the white Continue to be a white Continue to bleach to white Continue to neglect the black …isn’t it weird to shame your same? II Once a white dog visited …black Catland Aided by its size and roars It acted king and […]
I’ll meet you at the church …for clubbing I’ll meet you at the club …for prayers I’ll meet you in the bedroom …for cooking I’ll meet you under naked sky eyes …for sleeping You know I deflect norms …and blow storms II I’ll meet you in school …for playing I’ll meet you at the playground […]
Pɔɔpii pɔpɔpii …Yeeess ɛyɛ ice water, emi ejɔ eee ice …Mile 7, St. Johns, Barrier, Amasaman, Nsawam! …Sister bɛtɔ bi ma me wai, ɛda fɔm paa …Chain, watches, dog chains …Sister please come here for your phone repairs …Ntama no bo da fɛm o! …Meatpie o, meatpie! …Yeees, nkosua y’anua no bi ni o! …Sister […]
A cuckold couldn’t hold – …on to his wife And couldn’t be bold …so hated his life II He laid a trap …to bait her lover But got a slap …which made him see clearer III He was like a lost puppet …on a dangerous ground And became a vacant socket …who no mercy found […]
I am stuck in this place Where thoughts upon thoughts race I am stuck between a lone journey and a choice Each having its distinct voice II Where is the roaring readiness? Where is the hopeful happiness? Where is the fine fitting? Why is societal sentimentalism The only whipping whip? III Is it wenching wickedness […]
Love is like a seed …in an unknown soil Whether it’ll germinate or not …after planting an interest …is like the hawk of death …and its hunting human fowl II A heart undergoes the process of oneness …just as the seed battles its new soil …in hope of birthing a new shoot There can be […]
I know, …you know …that I know your blow Which is seeking the dark, to get me, your ‘foe’ …to make me kowtow So – …my magnanimous bow …scares when your closed eyelids go …to sleepland, in many an avenging arrow throw But what do I do? Your target line toe? II I neither bought […]
Let them come and sow …protected by their arrows in bows Let them call us foes …punching with their mental blows Let them finish and go …calling all to behold in lo Let them laugh as we tirelessly mow …and puff to our succeding’s no II Let them shoot their pricking pos …until their hands […]
There is a change seeping into the land Strange change that promises to derange …even from a range, …it sips from the cup of hope …and trips our peace on a dangerous slope Ah! II It started like a bad dream, now it burns like overheated fire… Take us off the fires of fear …simmering […]
Frights …hiding in furs of goats …are seen as follies …even in their fearsome jumps II Wounds …itching in wombs …are felt by none but the in-hidden-hawker …no matter how much they bleed III There is a world within this world Which knows what you carry And feels how you try A world within this […]
We’re nursing neglect …in a growing grind We’re activating ails …to an attacking action We’re breaking bonds …of a sealed safety We’re losing largely …in a beckoning benefit We’re Frankenstein Monsters! II We eat from the earth …bathing its waters from birth We clothe from its closety-forest …adorning us with their hidden adorables We soothe […]
Mrs without kisses Finger ring in a fury ring Trusted bird …on a thorny bed Boss lady …on a bruised loving You say wetin? II You can wear smiles of satisfaction all day long Writing the happiness which you belong Annoying all in your jealousy gong You think that would make you – …look strong? […]
Pastor Dédé worked all week and Friday nights With all his equipping might Electrocuting others with his noisy frights Threatening complainers of his God’s bite Afraid, …every mouth closed its door …after his warnings II Then Nii-mei and Naa-mei put their ban on noising Pastor Dédé puffed and registered his shunning That night, he started […]
Roaring roses! Barking bosses! Placating pines! Swiping swines! Weird wires – …worsening wars II Fine wines line not in dine Bay hay gay not in fire rays Desires are not sure acquires in liars Fix consciences, as mechanics, to fit justices II For we are passing Not just sitting in staying We are shedding Not […]
Tears drizzle in my heart They drizzle to tickle my sadness On this day when motherhood …sits on the throne …to be exalted II It is upon the inspection of feathers …that akokɔ asɛnsɛ becomes aware …of its skin protectors I crave this bed …and thank it as a shed …to hide the mood which […]
Mothers – …ministerial makers …nature’s natural nurturers …open-armed oracles …psyched psychologists plannedly prepared …quintessential queens …rough risks remediers …serene sirens Honourables of hearts! II Mothers – …trouble truncators …umpires of under-weathers …vines of victory …wondrous wayfarers …xylophonic-voices with xray-eyes Temples! III Mothers – …bridging bars- …of livers and leavers Caring castles – …daring daffodils …exciting […]
Writers are like doctors Delicate in their line of duty A little inky mistake can break souls Destroy personalities and Unleash wars fiercer than lions on nations II Writers are like operating doctors Just a failed full stop can send many wise heads In a needless chase of sleeplessness Running after ghosts non-existent III Writers, […]
A lion – …leapingly lusting A hyena – …hysterically harping Leaves – …lurkingly listening Air – …airingly arousing The moon – …markingly mooching Fireflies – …flatteringly flipping …through light and darkness We – …wettingly whetting workings …willingly whisper whistling …wispingly whipping wishes …and merging II Cotton – …cursing our cravings Roses – …rising rousingly in […]
(In honour of all journalists who are just in exacting their duties; the Manassehs, the Aremeyaws. Mother Ghana appreciates you. Continue working hard for us without fear.) Those of you milking makers …of their working wills Those of you hunting hard-workers …in their loyal labouring Those of you fighting freedom …of the pious press Sit […]
You You rock which shock my mocks You You bone which stone and drone …my emotions …into public places You You fork which locks and blocks …my defenses …into helplessness How? How could you make me so bow? You prick! II You tickled my trust …to tremble in tearing You woke my warmth …to wickedly […]
Ya Allah …prepare the grounds of bellies …to stand hunger rallies As your sons and daughters fast …to feel the pain of the outcast II Ya Allah …quench all future temper …so they can’t this piousness tamper As your children prepare …in humility, to with the poor, pair III Ya Allah …tie the catastrophe of […]
“We will win …the away …even if we lost …our home match Did you see? Did you see …the Mané goal? Nothing fine pass it” Ha! My ears kept searching …for even the toenails of Asante Kotoko’s mention Wires in my ears kept tuning …waiting for Hearts of Oak’s fingernail in mention But none appeared […]
When you wake up Owura, …see her like a lover you see hand in hand down the aisle One whose thoughts bubble down your belly – …warmth of promises born and unborn One whose smile gives you the strength – …to sacrifice yourself for her every need One you can hunger – …to satisfy One […]
Hate her! How hard the hoe hits heads of hes Hurting hearts heated for her! Hurt her! Her hammer hardly has hands Here, heavens help hes So hiss and heap hatred on her! II She said sorry Shocking sheroes sharing shivers Sore somberly soothed, She shunned serpentous shepherds’ serenades, As she still searched a similar […]
Ia Flutters, butters, smiles, miles …………….shatters…………… Cane, pain, madness, sadness Ib Play songs …about heartache Which my soul so longs As this heart turns in a bellyache Knowing not where it belongs I assure you that I know its every alphabetical word And I’ve been in its every exploitative shed Oh I have felt its […]
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