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. :)
As I search around for the money tree Whose leaves I need to live life free I come across her long huge beak Which did a very huge name seek “I want nothing but one on peak Just a pizza from Tacorobama” And I go like “what from where or what?” II Ei Awuraba yi […]
Before long, carnivores called for a meeting. A meeting chaired by Hyenas. The head of Hyenas, Hues, spoke “I know that I am from one of the least powerful group here but I called this meeting to draw our attention to the implication of Lion’s message. It will kill us if we move from carnivores […]
I have gone beyond the fear of ginger and pepper Its taunt of burning my rear Through the vengeful fingers of my elders And forming tears With which brothers and friends used as fun O I have blended with its road of hurt II I have also gone beyond the fear of canes Many strokes […]
My thoughts set for you a giant screen Since your cloak stole an engine piece of me As you passed my route and looked not my way II Oh how naughty and mean Your cloak seemed, for having hands to tear And no mouth to prompt its owner III You back did pull its charming tongue […]
Source: 18 Feb 2016: Wa School Project Update
Oh thou phantom without breath Do I seek your needed concoction To have you formed in my boiling pot? II I know you need a mouth to ask “Why the hesitation?” Yes, I was so made into this Yes, and was so brought to this realm But do I wish this on another? III I […]
The accident involving a Metro Mass bus which claimed 62 lives has set many on furious road. In a chat with amoafowaa after the Joy FM NewsNight, Nana wrote: “In examining emergency preparedness and response in the aftermath of the Kintampo accident. See, unless we start speaking with bluntness about the state of affairs in […]
I met a hen Who asked God when He will drag hawk to the den Of a famished lion And I went like huh? II I also met a cock Who hated occasional clock And asked God when He will extinct all men And I went like huh? III I met a sheep Who needed […]
You saintly quacking parrot Sit on your legs On the biggest tree of the land And look at all like a slug on a couch Watching a tragedy on a giant screen And quack like tongues of a quack pastor Who even knows not what he says Remember there is a sea which feeds your […]
Programmes on television networks are supposed to be fun, educating, entertaining and lively and I am glad to say that Celebrity Fanzone GH hosted by Jessica Opare Saforo and two positively opinionated ladies; Chantelle Asante and Akosua Hanson, is one such programme. I was so glad watching it last weekend because it is difficult […]
Times have turned upside down Although their legs race changeth not Funny How their shovels Turning minds of beings like reckless farmers tilling land Has bought dizziness for my visual chords II What do you say of this abomination? Where gyms take strength meant for lands? These are hard times Hard times when plants and […]
Craving crumbs, caning climbs Serving sterns and stopping soars Heaping hells, hopping hisses A lesson leans to be learnt and loved II Chirping churns, crossing curses Silly slims and swerving stills Hearing halts, helpers hate A lively leap loathes a dying move Amoafowaa Sefa Cecilia (c) 2016
Enchanted By your alluring care Beautiful flowers crush intensely II Heatingly Viewing light from hell’s hall Devils crave to break free and capture III Engraving Upon the sky their hearts Thunders curse with force that touch no earth IV Lovingly Flying from tree to tree Doves dote on your graceful handsomeness Amoafowaa Sefa Cecilia (c) […]
The spine of a leaf Will bend to betray dew drops If the drops become too heavy As to cause it to break The hardness of a tortoise back Does not mean it can carry a tractor As the dog hops to catch flies Which digs its wound to cause it pain So will hands […]
Time rolls days like mat Days roll months like light blankets Months roll years like beds Years kneed decades like real dough Squeezing ghosts from beings Amoafowaa Sefa Cecilia (c) 2016
“Kwadjo, nobody loves me. Why don’t they love me? This is my 17th relationship. And they all leave me before even asking me to the altar.” Shiela squeaked amidst the flowing tears. “Am I that ugly? Am I that stupid? Do I love foolishly? Are there things I do that make me unlikeable? Kwadjo please […]
<div id=”yui_3_16_0_1_1455253562804_1511″ class=”tab-content”> Our guest post for today is hot, very stylish, a smooth talker and a budding Ghanaian actor. He is an unknown face but a young talented and promising one. And guess what? His birthday is February 14. He is Perez Dziwornu. AMOAFOWAA: You are welcome to amoafowaa.com PEREZ: Thank you AMOAFOWAA: Please […]
As Cupids little beings and arrows abound Tigers and tigresses show claws of protection Fencing their zones with stinking urinals of suffocation Their significant others, their heat baking II I know sheep will stand to be cheated Seeing as all they know is baa and foolishly roam Like zombies needing direction all times So roam […]
Before the first cry of dew Stepped on the ever thirsty leaf Minds which thought of the Omnipotent were few Because they behave like the deaf II He who crocheted you like a cloth Hoards true love for you as your God He who made you up from scratch Loves you no matter how much […]
This dead bulb Left in this heart that stood derelict Lighted like the full moon in a cloudless sky Upon your appearance II It’s a pity eyes can’t be privy To the bright rays it emits When your voice kisses my ears As your hands touch my layers III Flowing rivers are not my comparables […]
Many crave for diamonds Many crave for gold Many crave for cars Few hope for flowers Oh, there are the materialistics Who want all including the lipsticks But I hope for far more: Hearts and thoughts II Like a conservative liver, I wish to live in the cave of your mind Where none can dig […]
From today, February 13, 2016, I start a weekly series titled Jubilation of Onomatopoeiaisms. on amoafowaa,com This story will be continued every Saturday until it ends. Please do follow the thrills. You don’t want to miss this Once upon the time, King Eagle was the king of the Jungle Kingdom. The animals became thirsty as […]
A chariot of gold Pushed by purest horses Move in bold Recovering all losses Magic holds cold Ordering love in many poses Laughter in many fold Resonates in all forces Ready hands to hold Open with no clauses Pain is sold As hearts dance with needed resources Red for intensity of the mould White for […]
Sounds of love blur ears of singleness Which seek its arrest by hatred While secretly hoping for its miracle But love is for those with traits of the sheep Traits of the dove Traits of swans Traits of the sun Traits of the moon And traits of cool breezes Not those consumed with the fierceness […]
Roll over like mat unfolding And let time be your roller As you grow and wilt You aid your hunters to feed On flesh and blood meant for locomotion II We breathe but you step Recording beautiful shames Horrible tames Gradual lames And few exciting fames So step with a crown on your secondic head […]
On the day when love sits on the throne I wish to lie comfortably in two handly mattresses Looking into the cornea seas of trust Knowing the tongue of fire awaits to lick my cold II On the day when love sits on the throne I’d love to shed the pain that loneliness moans And […]
Some see the little peacock With flowery feathers of different shades Artfully opened like a colourful fan Showing hens that they are merely plain II Some see the plain comedian Immature and never serious Living large like one immuned to problems Hopping like a little bird with a golden crown III Some see a burdened […]
Many pockets are dry As the economy squeezes tight Like a thirsty throat sqeezing a little orange Valentine’s deed promises to squeeze So minds of men plant seeds of quarrels This is no time to fan a pore As a hit will cause weeks of anger This is no time to scare away mosquitoes As […]
It is tearing down their roof Some are complacent, sitting aloof Some are hopping looking for a hoof Some are looking to clear their goof All they wanted was a proof And now they have their precious fired proof But they don’t know if it’s a cause on land A cause in the air A […]
The book No Sweetness Here and Other Stories by Ama Atta Aidoo is an anthology of short stories heavily embedded in transliterations with varied thematic concerns. It is a book that needs higher minds to read, understand and appreciate. I was baffled when it was approved by the Ghana Education Service as a core text […]
Hide in the dark and strike to mark Cajole, I am your ultimate fool Show the world the donkey you’ve tamed Ride me like wheels on a comfy stool II Wear me no shoes in the harmattan Give me your best whips to cut in stripes Let the blood ooze to solidify After all, none […]
Pestle and mortar stay afar Until cassava and yam are well boiled They always meet to melt their guests To create a version smooth to savour II The pestle will be foolish to hit it empty As that will call for their untimely bursts But here I hear tears of fears Of the blasts of […]
Life tires; breath is a crime Dire-wired prime times in rhyme II Life shrines; a breath for dime Pain lines; as will whines in mime III Strong longs, the end of song Win belongs; hands of gong Amoafowaa Sefa Cecilia (c) 2016
When I am prompted by tired limbs And my heart succumbs to pain’s whims Like a lost puppy my fate slims As fear in my doubtful seas swims Oh how the happy world of mine dims But I am always lifted by your beautiful hymns II I know I have a king above all kings […]
Often times, when people fall in and out of love, they tend to appreciate the theory that the beginning of every love relationship is beautiful but fail to appreciate that notion in all the things we have and do. Except in few cases, I believe that every beginning has a beautiful twist. Remember the first […]
As I sat in the dark corner I saw a rat jump past in fright Then a cat chased like a hunter Its paws fat like a curved sword I saw a bat sitting like a judge When its mat of leaves did little shake It flew like a tat cotton in strong wind Chased […]
Tell me a different version of the story The story of Romeo and Juliet Tell me the loving part, And kill the tragic deaths Whose moral uprooted not the roots of feuds in life So I can see hope like a star in lead And follow until I reach my sky II Tell me the […]
(As part of the World Cancer Day, I wrote this piece to commemorate it) Cancer! That canker! The worm that eats the flesh of beings II Cancer! That canker! Can even snake the birth hole of women III Cancer! That canker! Knows no old and knows no young IV Cancer! That canker! The sly can […]
They act like foes Hitting truths like nails They hug like bears Chasing pains and fears They share the weight Of sad and troubled thoughts They compliment without prejudice Play without attitude They laugh without the weirds And care without much stress Real friends Amoafowaa Sefa Cecilia (c) 2016
In that tentacle I see a soul credible And a mind so sensible That my passions become lamentable When given instruction not to cause a spectacle Although the bars are not commendable What these eyes find digestible Is to cut the cords of the tentacle And bond in life so incredible I know my will […]
Agbozo spends all night and day Looking in the pastor’s way Thinking that will Satan flay And cause his goods to sell themselves Hopping on baskets after banking their sales Ha! This mind, isn’t it a playful thing? II Yaa Foowaa prays like a praying mantis Crying to God and being an apprentice To the […]
His every sight triggers a magical goldsmith Who makes a mental pickaxe and shovel Which exhumes dead hurts Leaving the best parts buried II How he caught a young flower And stepped on the fresh he plucked in young How he acted like an ostrich And flew on two legs is still a mystery III […]
I need and American who can Or a British with an ish One from France with all the chance Give me a Danish with a dish Or one from Netherlands who understands Bless me with a South African with the coolest can Or one from Morocco who is not cold Or a good to go […]
Pain Cuts through Hurts so true Doesn’t say much Sheds wings with which it flew Cares not about dying as such But craves for insanity in so much Knowing with a little tightening it will gain Calling shame to wear out legs, cramps in much Tears and fumbling in rage as such Shredding hearts as […]
I laugh like I cry I cry like I laugh Whoever saw a lion hiding behind a rat For protection from what it fears? Show me that being, And I will take bullets meant for the skies II I dance like I wail I wail like I dance Whoever saw an elephant begging an ant […]
Today Noella Wiyaala is dropping the video for Leno (This Place) and releasing the song worldwide as a single on all digital platforms. As an independent artiste owning her own label (Djimba World Records), she is free to go in whatever artistic direction she chooses. Wiyaala used her opportunity in the UK to shoot a […]
It was a song she sung One she sung that so stung And freed blood that turned dung Manuring pain which bitterness sprung Oh I curse her tongue II I sought for the strong But clung on straw which was not strong And water longed but fire belonged I swept but wept and kept the […]
Kofi Akpabli, multiple-award winning journalist and author of 4 books including Tickling the Ghanaian and Romancing Ghanaland, teams up with Kapokyikyiwofaase Nana Awere Damoah of Sebitically Speaking and I Speak of Ghana fame to bring you another exciting evening of book reading! Come join them romance the valentine sebitically in the newly-opened Sytris Bookshop, East […]
There were mountains to climb But like a great traveler You saw the path And not the pantings of breath It scarily asked for Until you reached this spot A spot where eyes watch in dynamics Eyes calling for a fall Eyes calling for shame Eyes calling for failure Eyes calling for success All […]
Huge sharp blinding stones Fall on what once was gold coast Shielded by mandate II Swords in umbrellas They cover, hit to quiver Fail to deliver III Animals run wild But will forget when swords hide Faking protection IV A little water Few gifts so swift calms all rifts Then mandate again Amoafowaa Sefa Cecilia […]
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