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. :)
The womb of the earth Births them all Flowers Trees Crops Weeds Herbs II Why would one womb Birth them all with such variations and roles? Do flowers love being flowers? Trees being trees? Crops being crops? Weeds being weeds? Herbs being herbs? III Flowers complain of being used Their beauty for pleasure Their nectar […]
Mouths of trees Are their roots They roam in the earth And search to feed To keep the standing bodies Fresh and strong But no eye does see Their tiresome toil Unless erosion washes Hands dig Then their dirty selves are seen Their elimination is the upper fall And death to all Amoafowaa Sefa Cecilia […]
Tough in resolve Skin that radiates life Muscles that call for glory of birth Born protectors Strength fit for trained kings II Men of black soil They never coil And if they boil They really toil For they know the soil III From Ghana To Nigeria The Gambias To Kenya Any blackness with muscles Is […]
Who needs not the tenderings When sickness enters doors of strength Like an unwanted visitor? What about uncertainties spitting on emotions And messing with minds? II Who needs not the magic touch When accidents hit bodies Like thorned cane which is blood famished And skin-craved? III A good nurse Is a good cash In the […]
Hope not for stillness There will come a time When tables will have more attention than you They will be moved Made to carry Turned to rest While the earth keeps still With you in its belly II Hope not for stillness As your ears hear the cocks crow Hear the sounds of happy birds […]
These crazy thoughts travelled And have come on extensive visits In pencilled heels Walking on the noisy tiles of my mind What will I lack? If I heap these suckers Into tiny holders like an attractive stall And cut low these clothes To show this flat flowery haired stomach Making saliva scarce in the mouths […]
Wells are dug from up the pregnant earth Until gravels are thrown out Then frogs flee to croak Whiskers of rats hide to rise In corners marked with axe Strength of muscles show In layered rocks Forcing broadness for better views The beauty of its sweats, colourful Digging continues Until waters fill sacks of life […]
Our guest post for today is hot with model-like beauty. She is a budding Ghanaian photographer. She has love, passion and flair for photography and is none other than Matilda Kafui Dogbatsey popularly known as Kafui Praise. AMOAFOWAA: You are welcome to amoafowaa.com KAFUI: Thanks Amoafowaa AMOAFOWAA: Please who is Kafui Praise? KAFUI: Kafui Praise […]
Who sees now? The needs unsatisfied The yearnings unqualified The places I’m stupified Who sees now? Who sees now? II Let the world turn And take me to a higher realm Where a little brightness lurks The hidden families will surface The unseen demands will roar The naked love will kneel Stooges of needs will […]
Listen! Sweet scented gums of today Your parceling is cool Your taste is sweet Beware of teeth of grinders II When they get you They will strap you naked Prepare their tongues In their horrid holes And put you in between their monstrous teeth III They will chew and chew Chew and chew Like grinding […]
If the sky had no earth It wouldn’t need the sun to shine Nor the moon to brighten Nor darkness to necessitate invention of light Mamas!!! You are the earth Which take what the sky gives And work to make them worthy For recycling To keep creation going II Like swans you love to shine […]
From your in house You shielded Into the out house You rock Feeling my body like the beautiful warmth Eliminating cold Shivering like a leaf To get me growth You are all All that is good and correct All that is bright and reflects All that is cool and sympathetic All that is Godly and […]
Efya performs. She looks great in her dress. Make up on point. Very on point. Efya can really sing. And she is a Great stage performer! Gospel Artist of the Year goes to SP Kofi Sarpong. Hi Life Artist of the year goes to Bisa KDei with Mansa. Presenter of the award was Tonyi Senayah […]
Songwriter of the year goes to Kofi Kinaata. I must say it is well deserved. Susuka is a very very cool song. Gospel Song of the Year goes to Nicholas Omane Acheampong with Aposo The High Life Song of the Year goes to Bisa KDei with Mansa. Reggae Dancehall Song of the Year goes to […]
TESA MUSIC GROUP takes the Traditional Music Award. Winner for the instrumentalist of the year is Justice Williams, aka Shikome. Sound engineer of the year goes to Kaywa All presented by Obuor and Minister of Tourism, Culture and Creative Arts Best Music for Development is Milla Odartey Lamptey popularly known as Gasmilla. Takes home five […]
Mid Land Savings and Loans sponsored the VGMA Peace Awards for the year and it goes for New Generation Gospel Ministers. They get ten thousand Ghana cedis. Joe Mettle received the award on their behalf.
The porcupine soldiers had a tough time maintaining peace at the parliament house. Before they reached the parliament, many animals had heard from their homes and had rushed there to defend their own. Over two thousand animals died. Most animal families had casualties except tortoise family. They hid in their protective shells when it got […]
Oh what feathers on that meat What beak it rocks What comb it flags What legs it models Whatever lies beneath those feathers Are like future chewables Calling hidden saliva To assemble on tongue grounds Its foundation structures like unbreakables Waiting to be subdued by teeth grinders Whatever occasion will call for this Will be […]
She will let it slide And nurse her pride For she has nothing to hide You took her on a backstabbing ride Calling her your bride Thinking you will gain her breath guide And she will never know you lied And be the chick at the side You, whose belly holds all sea tides As […]
I need you to know The difference between a doll And a living being An eagle and an alligator A picture and the painter And the earth and its holder A rich dude can’t compete with a ‘preman ni’ You stand in dresses I wear them You zombie your walk I rock it You fake […]
Eno Abena ei I need to tell you something Something that Awo Pokuah said That sugar attracts many ants Ripe fruits attract many birds But faeces shut eyes Repels noses And frowns faces II So I should try being sugar To get many ant companions And stay sweet on tongues Or be a ripe fruit […]
A mother is someone who can never be forgotten in life. She is the first point of contact, one who agrees to make her body a home for the vulnerable to grow through nausea, fever, weakness and all the pain associated with pregnancy. She is prepared to go through the most painful ordeal to see […]
When flowers bloom Many groom to be grooms Working their magics To get their nectars II Only few seriously need And dedicate themselves to a flower Hoping to water into fruition Hoping their fruits ripe to feed For their seedlings to continue its cycle III Many hover to steal With no water to nurse for […]
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Poetry is a lot like yoga: it asks you to stretch out of your comfort zone, and the level of difficulty varies from situation to situation. Nobody’s Jackknife, the first full-length collection from Pittsburgh’s own Ellen McGrath Smith, functions as a master class for advanced readers and a challenge to motivated beginners.…
When you see guinea fowls whispering Hiding the pitchy voices they use in irritation Know they are cooking an abominable meal Using the absence of an unsuspecting As their ingredients To throw at them indirectly Through the most cruel of ways After all animals in the kingdom Have tasted its bitterness II When you see […]
This fourth arm Is limp to arms Its mouth turned into licking Licking dirty boots of unscrupulousness Leading in pleading the misleading For unnoticeable rolling coins Fleeing from pockets of thiefs After being cut from the blood of the disadvantaged II The fourth arm Meant to serve as eyes in the dark Snores in connivance […]
That I am a feminist Does not make me a porcupine Shooting at anyone or anything When I feel threatened Afterall cuddling moves the heart to work In satisfaction and hope II That I am a feminist Makes me no violent hen Pecking and chasing Just because I can The fact that I am treated […]
Like fowls we roost Hoping to get hold of our breaths To hold the reins of life The Mythical Being as our watch How we wander In light death In worlds known only as dreams How we hail Fight Kill And live In still bodies Clap for creation That I have another pass Is the […]
Come Let hands touch hands If sparks flow Let them worry about their lightening As we enjoy their shine Dancing to the whispers of the air Exploring the contours of our bodies in our minds Fishing for golden information From the seas of our eyes II Come I’ve made a pact with the sky Who […]
Whoever best fits the crown of hypocrisy Must best answer in awareness And not in disgust And end this difficult conundrum Our mouths scream hatred Hatred for even those who are trying To remedy the ills of their ancestors While bitterness sits in our hearts Like complacent royals II We cry ‘we aren’t like them’ […]
Many morsels make mockery Marking the meaningless meeting messiahs Most mighties mimic the miserables Making measures to market maligners Missing men-angels Mercuric monarchical messiahs of murder Most-High misses none of your acts Amoafowaa Sefa Cecilia (c) 2016
Sneaking to take Forcing to break Risking the stakes Is nothing for boasting A break of sweats With no soul’s hurt Movements of hands Meant to honestly feed Panting of breath Chasing care Are like blessings from above No work is blow down Honesty is all it takes To pass the candidacy of May 1 […]
There are times machetes come to slay On screens of our mind’s play Reminding me that I am just clay A fallible thing who must always clear the day Yet look like the sun which is gay While cutting my living hay And fearing being in enemies’ slay II Who are my enemies? Are they […]
Necky looked at King Gyaas, puzzled. He could not understand how he thought and could not say no to his request. It is particularly because I am a father that giving you my young proves to be difficult. How on earth do I gift you my child just to save yours? There is a […]
A step And another to rep A clap And a thigh to slap A shake It doesn’t matter how fake Drive the dance Ignore tongues of the dunce And give happiness a chance II So step to rep Clap to slap Shake to take And jumpily jump To give the heart some flutters Amoafowaa Sefa […]
When dawn speaks The world halts in a heartbeat As its gentle cries act like a soothing balm Pre-smearing for any harm Its clearing clouds; like a needed path Shabily made to lead my cutlass Its breezes speak in alien but massaging language Calling for calm preparations To face the world II Brave fears Gentle […]
I have loved Loved like a mother hen Loving a wild cock In the midst of many young and vibrant hens II I have loved Loved like a meek sheep Loving a very potent he goat With so many options And no eyes for love detection III I have loved Loved like an obedient donkey […]
There was a time When time rhymed with heartbeats Danced to desires Clapped for exuberance Chatted with life And bonded with hearts Making muscles jump in happiness II There was a time When hearts loved their times Spoke with pride about their times Ruled their time And thought they rocked like gods Hearts; I mean […]
In the chamber of every heart Is a stove burning with need Wanting to cook a perfect life Needing to act like the perfect commander No matter its stature Background and nature None can doubt its yearning dreams But this flame needs a match to strike A match of determination To strike on will For […]
Swallow my light You artificial dark tunnel And train me in the dark Forcing me to see With my hands Legs Forcing my ears to be sharp II Swallow my freedom And force me to taste prison Then I will experience distaste To know the blessings of freedom Cherishing even its little crumbs III Swallow […]
I am no being in a fridge Hallelujah to creation!!! I hide not in clothes Flaunting my figure I live with the sun Massaged by its rays I dance with the air Caressed by its tunes I partner light footwears In travel, not carrying their weight And bond with the earth Like its trees and […]
Who is best here? One who smells the loo And sees through the eyes of her boo Feeling the outside through hearing Or one shut to the outside With no eyes and mouths on the ground? Knowing and not feeling Seeing in chaining Shut in acceptance Oh I need none None at all No chains […]
Stagnant waters Sitting still on their buttocks Like gods worshipped by idiots Will invite them Yes; them All that is small Not firm Orchestrating elasticity on stagnation Poisonous to a fault Heeding no cries Elevating themselves on precious red liquids Leaping from skin to skin Expressing themselves noisily Spreading fevers which battle immunocities II Breathrens […]
Wake ‘them’ dead To wake their brutalised dead Rupturing slave membranes like witch doctors freeing their captives Ushering them back into their original places Mapping them to their umbilical cords Pillaring them in their own As God rightly did Making them litter their world with their generations Do that or like a lizard Open not […]
What do you think Andrew Carnegie would have said if you had asked him in the 1800s if there was a steel industry? Somehow I can’t imagine him saying that it was non-existent. I can almost hear him say ‘it’s growing and it’s going to transform many industries throughout America and the world.’ One of […]
The once fertile mother Who grew to feed all And had more in store Now sits like a skeleton Her plumpy figure reduced to naught As her once overflowing breastmilk Hide in scacity Pushing her blood out for feeding Turning the children who are culprits of her woes vampires II Who made her so? Could […]
Dear man She is not a woe unto man That will make you a woe chaser Neither is she a witch of man For that will make you a witch craver She is not a worker of man That would make you her employer She is not a watcher of man That will make her […]
As you plan a kill To your ego fill You plan a humiliation Craving felicitation If God grants Realities to your rants You will be like a terrorist Bombing your enemy II He should end like a goat His pestle cut He should end up on a roaster His hairs crying foul He should end […]
One day I will climb that tree From its top to its root Making it flop For it to give its fruit And jump down From its root to the ground And pay no heed To taking its seed Many are the times This tree does tease With its bright flowers And succulent fruits Its […]
When night’s shadows beckon Loneliness holds a wire whip With an inward magical scar power To keep the mind company II Moon’s light turn taunt television To show the beautiful moments of others’ passions Shelving the worst dirts of coupling Making ease turn tears III Stars’ twinkles show the fantastic flutters The heart misses The […]
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