My second publication is finally on Amazon. Thanks to all followers and well wishers. High school is a level by itself. It is the stage where teens grow into adulthood and elites seek to better themselves into tertiary. Secondary Rhythms tells the story of a girl who goes through it all; poverty, bullying, jealousy, challenges […]
Author: amoafowaa
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. :)
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OUR PATH
In the beginning of creation Sicknesses were the greedy hunters of death They poxed Boxed Layed their coughs They shivered Angered Boiled and ached Then taboos added to the list Until death added a new recruit War II War was planted from our greed The land which owned We sought to own The will for […]
Time sits Immortally charming on its throne Wondrous like flower of the holy spirit Tasking suns to open morning gates Caring not for celebrations Mournings Or indifference Nor dawns thrown rudely into the past II Suns advance to bosshood As time progresses Melting the weak to flea for cover Heating the poor to cooking Just […]
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POETRY
Times have travelled Travelled far But what the seers see In closed eyes Even the tallest man alive Will never see with million eyes wide opened So they speak not in plains II Poetry is not naked words For thoughtless prostitutes Neither is it naked wires To shock into reality fools with no eye thoughts […]
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BARCAMP TAMALE, JULY 30, 2016
#Barcamp #Tamale is networking the best of Tamale on #July30. #Bctamale is a day of learning, sharing, networking and mentoring. What to expect? Mentoring by professionals or entrepreneurs. Networking with likeminded individuals – you could find your business or project partner Celebrating some of the best of Tamale and beyond Breakout sessions that you can […]
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AVENGING SOULS
(To all followers and readers, due to some personal problems, I am taking a break from blogging for some few weeks. Sorry for any inconvenience this may cause. Thanks for all your love. I leave you with this) Sold souls saunter like savages Screening sabres Sacking strange sailors Screaming and sailing Silencing in sarcasms Stealing […]
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CAN I HATE THE COLD?
Can I hate the cold And its mother rains? Can I? Like horrified frogs Eyes will pop to see the demonic words Walk majestically out of my mouth Why will I? They would ask When the kind rains nurse the earth And mate seeds to grow To feed all Including the ungrateful me II I […]
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ON MY CROSS (ADULT POETRY)
You are my cock for the night One I will hang on my cross When desires creep out to lust site My ropes, you will come across Tied in hands, legs and sight I will fire your feathers, not to your loss But your gain in high right For then, I will be your boss […]
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IN THE LAND OF DREAMERS
In the land of dreamers Beds and pillows are horses Sleep; reins Which trot them to all their desires Their only set backs are When nature calls And when hunger and thirst pinch II The neighbouring land of dreamers Is fantasies Whose work tools are immobility And imagination of wishes Like magicians They get to […]
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NOISE (CRAZY STANZAS)
To the devout Christian When the Islamic cock crows It is noise unprecedented II To the committed Muslim Sounds of claps Loud voices of prayers Stomping feet in Satanic battles Are like disco songs In their tired beds Unnecessary noise III To the African traditionalist Muslims are parodies of the alien Mohammed (SAW) Their laughable […]
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WOMANIC HELL (CRAZY STANZAS)
It is difficult for a cat To look at garnished meat Without a reaction from its throat and tongue I guess II It will be difficult For a fowl to live with edible grains Without pecking Very difficult I guess I thought humans differ with minds III Under the warm sun And in the presence […]
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CHOOSE YOUR BATTLEFIELD
Angry rains Slow drains Causing flooding In innocent crowding Why? II Little fire embracing an Airy empire Causing burns In flowery forests Why? III Check your grounds To choose your battlefields Check your drains To pour your rains To eliminate fires on your conscience Where you reside forever Amoafowaa Sefa Cecilia (c) 2016
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JUST BE YOU
Weevils find ways to get into grains As clouds find ways to assemble in the sky When pianos lose their sound They become scrap for rubbish collectors Gather your strength As needy fingers gather nuts And like a mangetic force You will attract it all All that were created just for you Just be you […]
Event Highlight for this Weekend 📖 Nana Awere Damoah & Kofi Akpabli host a Book Reading dubbed, ‘Tickling the Nsempiisms’ today in Ghana. 25/06/2016 @ Vidya Bookshop, Osu @ 4:30pm. Admission is free. **Directions to Vidya below. It is located off Oxford Street opposite SSNIT Hospital and next to Blue Royal Hostel.
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COMPLACENCY
It is that time When ability matches agility And humility fears no fatality Kicking strength like a football Marking sanctity where banality lived II A rabbit has won Won a wrestling match After defeating a lion Its weak paws gnawing at its strong neck Lion furs aiding its strength Horrified eyes look Begging for their […]
The reins of reigns is slippery Like a smooth skinned fish In slimmy waters A firm hold is no mandate of ownership As many interruptions await Hand in hold might get tired Or be hit to lose Or even be cut to fall Coups abound in crowned seas And the waves differ by each day […]
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FOWL’S FOUL PLAYING
Things are knocking things Making humanity more laughable If spiders build human houses And dogs build webs If ants stay in caves As lions stay in anthills I guess creation will turn upside down II Here we are Drawing many a bar Some hens pretend to be cocks Some cocks pretend to be hens As […]
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WHEN DEATH HURTS
It stirs the pots of love On bright fires of happiness And takes out the juiciest meats Leaving soups watery with their crumbs II When death hurts It swoops down like a hawk And arrests the most promising chickens Leaving its family too stifled to weep III When death hurts Tears hide from eyelids Fancying […]
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IN MY WILL
If I fall like a tree And my physics lie not me Like a sky bird, fly free You fragile soul in a mortal bowl II Look for a world so free Where the sun, air and clouds agree And the moon in every darkness will be Like a gallant soldier on guard duty III […]
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I KILLED YOU
I killed you In my dreams When your flaws burnt bright And I lost my way in fears of screams II I killed you in my creams When your texture dried And my skin lost all moisture As I, all the seas of tears cried III I killed you in my dims When your light […]
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CONSUMED BY HEAVENLY HELL (ADULT POETRY)
Yieeeeee! Shieeeee! What is this heat beneath my in? My mouth actually has caused mayhem Chaos! Calling for a fight its body couldn’t win II I lived with my normal gun Under protection even with rubber bullets Then my gun sent me to the stream To fetch its target some cool water And to cleanse […]
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POLITRICKMANIANS
A nation’s dictation Is a need in deception Well, man’s creative sensation Failure of creation Is filth covered in adoration Separation is no emancipation But a concoction of suffocation The only salvation Is truth which hovers like the sky But eternally covered by dark clouds Which blind to mislead How sickening! Amoafowaa Sefa Cecilia (c) […]
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MY BIRTHDAY
As I shed my clothes of years As snakes shed their skins I know I move at the instruction of time Which holds the knowledge of where I alight In this vehicle of life II As many voices sing Ringing bells in celebration I see what they hide Behind their curtains of congratulations That fact […]
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LI-NO-RACING
Life is no race So go at your own pace What do you chase What you in time face All you have to embrace Is with none laced So move by grace At your own pace Amoafowaa Sefa Cecilia (c) 2016
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PUZZLES AND STRUGGLES
In this yonder wild Nothing seems mild I am like a child In an adult competing field II What at all is life? Puzzles and struggles’ wife Always holding a knife To cause unforgettable strife? III Why is each’s so different for each? When airs for every nose teach As suns for every normal eye […]
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FOR SPECIAL FATHERS
In this trying times Where sanity fails to rhyme You drink bitter lime And follow painful chymes You do all Special fathers II Many are those who take to their heels Whenever their broken seeds appear Most always developing wheels Whenever their egos are bruised With thoughts of different seeds III You need to be […]
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BOW IN SHAME
As flowery words, good feelings entice From great fathers who for fatherhood, have paid their price Never think to call for anything nice You irresponsibles, who never bought rice Talking to wild donors to be precise II Bow in shame You have no rights You tricked a dame And skipped all hard nights The she […]
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TO THE GHOST OF MY FATHER
There is no need to sing your own dirge I have stopped being your judge A better you has wiped that urge So I you purge Go now to rest II There is no reason to hit your chest Whenever enemies do me jest There is no reason to cheer my best Hoping for a […]
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GREAT FATHERS
(This is a poem specially dedicated to all great fathers. Happy Fathers’ Day to all those trying so hard to pay tgeir dues and to tend to their children. May God/Allah bless you all) A fertile farm Needs a great farmer Who will carefully choose its seed Meticulously prepare his land In weeding Tilling Up […]
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Dates: The thumb-sized powerhouses
Originally posted on The Hidden Prestige:
Don’t you love Ramadan? The month of fasting, prayer, charity, and dates? Edible ones, of course. 😉 This blessed month, when the small, sweet fruit seems to be everywhere, let’s take a moment to see how something so small can be so beneficial. Breaking the fast with dates is…
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Who will Protect Me from You?
You are like a leaf with thorns within And I am like your fruit You cover like a close umbrella Acting like my protective crown Sieving the sun to give me warmth Blocking the rain to give me coolness Shielding the winds and sending me airs But you painfully pinch within my skin II Who […]
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CAGES (CRAZY STANZAS)
May I ask which cage keeps you? I know the earth is a cage And opens only when death enters its need coins But which internal cage keeps you? II Some are caged by selfishness With metal bars of needing all When they can barely carry few Like ants carrying huge leaves Forgetting their tiny […]
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ANGELS AT POST
Dear rains Weed the clouds And form a clear path in my sky I need its lovely blue To stay strong III Dear lightenings Shut the loud mouths Of your thunders To stop their roarings like hungry tigers My ears plead for peace III Dear Moon Appear like a knight And clear the dark To […]
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HUMAN SNAILS
Crawling snails Are scarier than jumping goats They are armed by silence And aided by care Let all heads be still in listening Do snails have noisy footsteps? Do they have loud voices to call for alertness? Don’t they have such cool touches? Ones to make fantasies real? Like shadows they penetrate Their shapes and […]
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SCANDALOUS
Chaos boils like hot water In the highest place of the land Can it melt its saucepan To help create another in good shape? I think not Given the fact that Here is here And choas boils to cool Never to ever rise in heat Ah! Kwa kwa kwa kwa, beaky chirps II This fire […]
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TRANSIENT THINGS
Clouds form to give life to rain Rivers flow to give strength to seas Plants grow to feed, heal or kill But beings grow into the earth We know not the colour of ghosts Like meteorologists and their audience Some predict Some believe Some sit on fences to just watch We, these sad girls Amoafowaa […]
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A SOLEMN PRAYER (MONORHYME)
Sire Now the situation is dire Grant my desire And all the pride for you I will acquire Even as I walk through this fire I do know enemies, for me, this pain hire I know there awaits a mire And the beatings of struggling wire For they never tire Sire All they pump are […]
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FALLEN CROWNS
Most crowns have fallen Into the gutters of civilization Their stools Lost in the wilderness of democracy Arresting conventions to be whipped like criminals In the fallacy of globalization Their seers turned predictors Wearing garments of dense education Mostly with magic of turning what is Into what isn’t Why won’t most cultures vanish like ghosts […]
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THIS WAITING
Clicks with flicks On lawn at dawn Born anger seems torn Like a cool dress turned rag II The waving-swooning-moon The sympathetic gazes of the tickly-giggly-stars The tired-dozing night birds Who are fighting sleep to catch this climax Make me wish for wings III Like a cozy teddy bear I have hugged you a million […]
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LOVE A FLOWER, LOVE ITS THORNS
Cry rain, light, thunder Blossomed roses flirt with all Dust, filth included Kisses that misses disses Hit hard harbouring hatred II Where is harmony Without ha-money? When hands seek to be seen in waves Instead of fighting for farms? III Love a flower Love its thorns, not only the nectar Love a shower Love its […]
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THE WORTHLESSNESS OF LIFE
Did I see it green or brown? Did I see it not at all? Did I see it still or wavering? Maybe the eyes of my sight is lost Now I look But I see not it The sight sees all But what seems lost Like a paint eaten by its sheet Its debris remains […]
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KINGS AND BEGGERS
Some are born kings with wings Like mushrooms growing on anthills They get to battle trees in height Their only prayer Not to be grazed down Ambition, not a usable tool Maintenance, a need II Some are born free to spree Like left kites in right sights Flying high with the right air Shaking their […]
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SWEET RYTHM
Talkings of humans Chirping of birds Croakings of frogs Roarings of the cat family Bleatings of goats and sheep Wave songs of seas Whispers of breezes Combined with all others Make the rhythm of life The earth our major instrument All bodies, accompaniments I am playing my part You? Amoafowaa Sefa Cecilia (c) 2016
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AIRS OF OUR FOREFATHERS
Per the airs of our forefathers Entering through the shores of our land Asaase Yaa needs ears Care and spirit to fight Enabling all tools needed II The airs whisper their messages There is no teeth which fights not its tongue But each needs the other for the sake of survival Swords of words must […]
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IN WEMAH 6, TAMASCO
Won’t I miss you When I’m gone? You shelter that sheltered Knowing all Seeing all Feeling all Without breaking your hall No word came from the mouths of your walls You hide the dirty sides Prepare for my better sun view Keep the secret tears Like invisible diary only I can read You labour In […]
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A PLEA TO THE QUEEN
I need to dine With the queen of England And if we wine I will be in Powerland To find the soul Of the sea of English Which gave enlightening bowl From the rivers of British And made some clowns in wish for crowns II I need to dine With the queen of England And […]
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POWERS THAT BE
Do I need the stool Of the queen of England? The seat of Liberia’s power buttocks? The stance of South Korea’s head? The heart of Yaa Asantewaa? To have gazing eyes mellow to look? Flaunting egos listen to bow? Strong shoulders stand down from arrogant ladders? Peppery mouths calmed by salt? Tight trousers loosening to […]
It promised to be fun The hunt I dreamt of games I dreamt of tames I dreamt of antelopes swift and lame I dreamt of moons Leading with light I dreamt of victory none the same Then I threw my arrow It hit the marrow Looked like a narrow catch As I waited for my […]
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TO MAKE YOU FALL
Beautiful lips Red, like a rose kissed snow Beautiful nose Straight like the line of a perfect artist Cheeks so shaped In place, like that of a perfect carver Chin so devine Inviting, like the whispers of dawn Neck so long Straight and bearable, like that of an “akuaba” Eyes so intense Like Odomankoma’s seas […]
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