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. :)
Be in my day And have your say Plaster memories so coarse with happiness Tile failures so humiliating with greatness Paint tears with infectious laughter In my body temple II Be in my say And help cut my hay In this perfect sun Help me no downtrodden shun Cover my pain With the beauty of […]
So you are aggressively flying here and there When most of your heads are hanging Some in the hands of your owners As your anger of blood gushes out like angry tap water fighting through a small hose Masters, fly your last! II Ei! Look at the mould on your sense Disgustingly hairier than abandoned […]
Some whirlwinds come for admiration Some do come to blind I have watched you take your world by storm Conquering odds to stand tall through ridiculous gait With hooting superseding ovations Disgust overpowering cheers All the while asking Is all this for Trump? II I bet you didn’t think of the battle on your way […]
Are you a meteorologist of femininity Reading through its seasons to pick? Are you a weather so changing a blue Combing through skies to lick? Are you a fire, burning through seasons to kill? You definitely must be a chameleon, reflective of every passing colour! II You picked me up like sunny season Only to […]
Mr. says she is evil Who allows more than a pestle to pound in her mortar Mr. says she is petty Who uses the many mortars a pestle pounds into to act same His reason, pestles go whole and come not less Mr. says pestles always come to their original mortars After straying no matter […]
Mama, I have seen a miracle A miracle which walks eyelessly eyeful An inspirational walking miracle Whose tail has been held by life And used as bait to be placed in a jungle of hardships Mama, but you can’t believe how hardship hides from this soul On its very grounds II Mama, I am in […]
Let’s break the legs of abuse And force some heads to conscience use Let’s break hurt’s defying legs To put under sanity wisdom’s pegs For many walls weep in their keep And many wills break in their sleep II See the macho hounding a stick None will tell you it is a prick Its are […]
Boadu thought hard about his actions and inactions contributing to the tension in the palace. He started drinking heavily but could not vent on Nyamekye no matter how much he gulped down. It was as though even his reflexes were well aware of her stature now. In his stupor, he thought he had dreamt of […]
There are plants that grow not in certain soils There are plants whose nutrients are found in questionable soils My soil lost to you in nutrients And age has been a witness So I had to give you up II You might not know but I dug a foundation of hard work To lay bricks […]
An angered in a fear A hurt in a tear A love in a shyness Hatred in loving All throwing tantrums bodies can’t bear to show So model what suits We are many in one Acting ourselves within Chasing models without II If our feelings will show Like movies through our countenance It will be […]
Joyce Ati’isetue Aziabah popularly known as Jay is a 29 year old corporate executive and a budding entrepreneur. She is the founder and co-founder of Batakari and Notti Shito respectively. She is a native of Kandiga, a village in the Kasena/Nankana West District of the Upper East region. Jay, the last of five children, is […]
Fowls roamed freely in homes and outside sometimes daring to share meals with humans, always threatened and flew to throw revenge dust into people’s eyes. They defecated at odd places to give humans some work. As people prepared places for their roosting, water to quench their thirst, they killed some to prepare delicious soups or […]
Clouds hang, umbrelling the earth To lure the perfect air to lead To lead your gentle soul to rest The sun partnered in the sky In shining dryness, to warm To warm your beautiful spirit to leave To leave this venue in happiness Words form in the sky of minds In appellations to honour To […]
At all times, in all places God is aboard my ship Through all challenges, in all pain A rock oversees my dock A storm can overthrow my form A rain can drain all my strength to strain Many a mile can feed me bile much like River Nile But at the bend to the end […]
Nyamekye felt strange looking at the lively Kumnipa and happy Ama by her bedside. Boadu sadly looked on not knowing what to do. Nyamekye intentionally closed her eyes and feigned sleep, they had no option, they had to leave. Boadu could not hold it any longer. “Nyamekye, I know you’re not sleeping. Tell me what […]
A lie is “ei go and die!” on ordinary tongues But turns a pie on extraordinary tongues Boos, jeers and anger for the former Laughs, claps and cheers for the latter Smell it, the stinking rot in polished seats! Amoafowaa Sefa Cecilia © September 9, 2018
When poverty chains you in life And calls on need to put you in strife Even in the chains do continue to bark Look and see even in the blinding dark II When whips plant on you some aching sores Which cease and freeze your airy pores Never kneel to your chasing flies Never sing […]
We have reached the tree of hopelessness On whose biggest stool branches sit foolishness Who order for your beautified abode After their worked thoughts rode In gains of power And a presence many will cower Odomankomah gye wo man! II We are wearing clothes of indiscernible thoughts Our minds with manipulations bought Advertisements of a […]
The Apemso warriors settled close to the Ahanta Kingdom. The seer poured libation, fortified them from harm, appeased the gods and gave them his blessings to pass through the evil forest. Many of the warriors were afraid. There were sounds of different birds but that of hooting owls compounded their fear because of the superstitious […]
Rains made sure to visit at least twice in a week. The weather was fair, with the sun having a great understanding with rains, causing the air to be what the people of Apemso loved. In a world where war and conquering gave more power than anything else; the conquered bringing food stuffs to the […]
Ohene Asaa sat by his daughter all through the night with the three top herbal doctors praying to the over seventy seven thousand gods and goddesses of the land to save his lifeline. At exactly thirteen minutes after four at dawn, Nyamekye opened her eyes. Everyone heaved a sigh of relief. The doctors checked and […]
So I craved a properly shaved Well chiselled face To be in my face and check my pace His fine red lips in loving sips His hairful hair In a fine trimmed dare I thought I had seen the perfect one Until he got under one bright lit sun Oh where is the half of […]
In this nest called earth Minds differ in colour of thinking As others sit to pray, plan and stand to tan Under the tough skies of hard work Some weave their traps like spiders To get hold of some hunting flies Others look for pliers to take out the knots on others barrows Okukuseku! Nnipa […]
“Even the gods are discriminatory. One needs wealth, a good family, extreme talent or fame to be well treated by them. Poverty is definitely the worse plaque a human can have” Boadu stood looking through the window pouring his melancholic words as Nyamekye sat listening. She was broken hearted hearing his words and knowing his […]
Essoyomèwè ADAMAGNON is youth motivator, moral and civic trainer. She has over 4 years of experience in social leadership. She is committed to quality and accessible education in Togo. She volunteered within the past two years in social and community development to help her community out of its societal issues. Essoyomèwè holds a Bachelor Degree […]
Oh you tears Feeling like streams Because sadness feeds your source On this heavy pillow Think again Even your feeder tires in abusing II A sun will shine To dry you out Even rains from skies have their exits So be not prideful Your today can be erased by a happiness tomorrow Your stains can […]
Apemso laid like the regal kingdom it was, beautiful to outsiders, haunting to weak kingdoms, served by kingdoms it had conquered. Many village folks outside Apemso thronged to the capital city in search of greener pastures, leaving their hometowns to the aged, few drunkards and children. It was only during festivals that travellers went back […]
Abdul Sorie Koroma is a social worker working with local and international Non-Governmental Organizations dealing with vulnerable women and youths across communities in Sierra Leone. Currently, Abdul is the Market Enterprise Development Officer at Concern Worldwide Sierra Leone, where he is responsible for supporting and leading all field activities relating to market enterprise development, conducting […]
Why don’t you show The frown you keep beneath your smile? Why don’t you show The fangs you keep and present as teeth? Why don’t you show The claws you keep as nails in my greeting? Why keep a friendly body in daylight And release your natural haunting shadow in my dark? II Fight squarely […]
“I now know this for a fact: A lady with a sword is worse than anything to fear on earth. Imagine a man hungry but afraid to visit the tree with the best fruits because the tree happens to be heavily guarded. Ama you are a dangerous woman” Kumnipa whispered afraid someone would hear. He […]
In this cold Do me hold Even when sold Make me bold You who did me mould II We are in grasses filled with rhyming snakes We are cut weeds being chased by sharp rakes We are vehicles with destructive brakes We are bread death busily bakes Why won’t everything cause fear shakes? III Build […]
New leaf had been planted in the Apemso Kingship. Foes of the King were fast gathering and looking for ways to oust him out. Their sole line of changing minds of elders was “Do you want another man to take over our land?” For over a decade, they had always operated in secrecy, planning on […]
We have lived to see a fountain of example seize After watering many a revering We have lived under the disinfection of a lotus Even in this menopausal mud We have seen the rise of an oak even in thirsty soil And we have learnt to dream even in our wakefulness Busumuru, yÉ›dawoase o! II […]
Wherever plam nut falls, is considered its rotting place. Kumnipa was careful in the Apemso Palace. Everyone accorded him respect but he still felt like a stranger. Anytime he saw Boadu, a lump of hatred choked his neck veins. What was more annoying was the fact that he was everywhere the princess was. He tried […]
Shame has turned into a cobweb hosting my soul As I look at my once rubbish bowl Sitting in gold Receiving rains of blessings in many fold Odomankomah, forgive this body which sat on its foresight And battled you on a crowded site II The vulture whose best saucepan was the rubbish heap Is now […]
We have travelled through riddles Where subs were added in set fiddles Who at all broke the middles To bring us to this confusion of lonely needles? II We knew familiar binary numbers of hearts In fractions birthically laid out in charts Now positive and negative integers are left to try out Spark fires of […]
It was supposed to be farm stool That every tired farmer could sit in rest It was supposed to be a river Meandering across scary deserts For tired travelers on paupering roads To quench their thirst It was supposed to be a fruited tree For all in hunger A calmer for all in anger A […]
Apemso palace sat in all its royalty. It was the only wooden structure in the whole Akan Kingdom. Made up of a cluster of storey buildings constructed by some foreigners Ohene Asaa’s father brought getting to the end of his ruling, Apemso Ahenfie was the heaven on the Akan earth. It had sixteen rooms to […]
The palace of Gyae Saa was the biggest mansion in the whole empire. With its vast compound, thick mud fence wall and over twenty bedrooms of magnified clay storey building, three open huts, it stood out from whichever part of the empire one stood. In the night, the thatch torches made it even more beautiful. […]
Maame Menka! Call Owusua and Akosua Yaa Bruwaa, Ama Serwaa Afia Adutwumwaa and Eno Boowaa Selikem and Elikem Hasana and Husna To come to my compound now I have seen the area pestle Pounding and breaking mortars of our land! Including the newly built, ones in building And ones whose trees are in the watering […]
Many factors contributed to winning the battle of warriors where a princess’ hand was concerned. Favour from the gods, favour of the royal family, skills in wrestling, favour of the weather (some fought better in harsh conditions) and emotions involved. All the Men among the MEN fell one way or the other with bruises and […]
Oh how complex is age? Known to have initially been tagged with sages Until dawns saw kings living above sages in new pages! Oh what is the coupling advantage? That a lone femme traveller is seen on rampages All her ails needing attention seeking bandages One who spoke no sane languages Until her garbage can […]
A thrilling play is about to rock your world in Accra. The play, to be performed at Terra Alta, Abelemkpe Traffic Light opposite Allied Filling Station and stars Bex, Cecilia Anno-Barnieh and Gideon Boakye. It is happening on the 28th of July, 2018 at 7pm. Rate is a cool 40 cedis for advance tickets and […]
Tickles followed giggles, smiles followed even the dumbest of jokes. Beautiful flowers were murdered through forceful plucking to be gifted for swoons. Edible ripe fruits fed Nyamekye and Boadu until the sky begun to frown, telling them there was a house and people they needed to go back to. Ama was worried and had combed […]
Hands seized both girls and swung them on a rope across trees. Ama wanted to fight it off but a sixth sense asked her to wait for an outcome. Three minutes later, they were on a vast grassland with a visible settlement. Ama held Nyamekye, lowered her into the sharp grasses and with a sliding […]
I saw a sun in your heart That I stole to light me up Your proximity is a key Which sparks a playful arrhythmia In the sealed contours of my chest A thief prays to never be caught So why do I steal daily from the same spot? II I believe it is time to […]
Ohene Asaa begged his daughter to at least take one guard with her and settled on the guard being female and not showing in any way that she was a guard. Ama Adjeibea Okore was the perfect female guard for the mission and Ohene Asaa made sure he put her under more training for a […]
Ewurama Attoh is a radio presenter in the northern part of Ghana (Tamale). She has been active on radio since April 2013 with one of the best stations in the region: Kesmi Fm. She is the People’s Celebrity, Female Radio Presenter of the year 2017. Ewuraa hosts the Drive (#DriveKesmiHome) on Kesmi 107.1MHz on Mondays […]
It is sad Very sad when a rotten nut Destroys the sweet flavour of a whole pan of soup Who can; tired legs, Needful minds and broken palms run to? A whole tree thought to be Odum Ended up as a beautifully rotten pawpaw tree Waiting to murder an unsuspecting leaner Who made the laws […]
“You will have a baby. A baby who will wash your sorrows and polish the pride of the queen and the ego of the king. The only clause for bliss, is to be sure to grant all the wishes of the child no matter how difficult. The day you fail to grant a wish is […]
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