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. :)
Originally posted on Espiritu en Fuego/A Fiery Spirit:
Source: (7) DeBorah Le Raconteur Me and two Members of my A Better Balance Team helping to get justice and the right to care for my brother Stephen who has Autism!! Removing the stigma thrust upon caregivers and their disabled relatives by the workplace! Go Team!!…
Gradually, theatre is gaining grounds as a formidable, alternative source of entertainment in Ghana. Something big in this industry is going to happen this February. The eve of Valentine just got more interesting. From the ink of playwright, Kobina Ansah, comes a new romantic comedy, ‘I Want To Sue God!’ Writer and director of the […]
Writer Nana Awere Damoah, author of five books including I Speak of Ghana, Sebitically Speaking, has called on Ghanaian publishers to do more to push Ghanaian writers on the world front. The writer, in a chat with Amoafowaa wrote: “I Speak of Ghana listed as one of the “to read” books for tourists to Ghana. […]
Fallen in the desert of the unknown Aided by water And the daily murder of plants and animals I look up and I see the skies; House of clouds, sun, moon and stars I look down and I see me and my likes And all that we are harmful to Then I seek your face […]
We are trapped Wrapped in covers of ills Ills which pay no bills And our growth stills You in covers of ego And I, in covers of pride Both being carried on the backs of striking words How did we get here? II How did we get here? How did we get to this point […]
Give me Love without hushes No clashes And no rushes II Hold me Fun with no evil No watching devil And be civil III Call me Name of no bitches Thinking of no riches Pushing into no stitches IV For the moon stands tall to watch And the stars flung her to […]
I smile As I make the miles For I’ve known more than a while And have tasted livers from biles Like a swift alikoto, I have swirled Like the boss fishes of some rivers, I have swarm Like the nightingale with the tinniest vocal chord, I have sang Some say I am a tortoise, but […]
As the sun lights the world You light my life With your follows, reads, likes and comments I’ve flown like an eagle Through the WordPress skies And travelled so wide Just in years of two You’ve been my armour You’ve been my strength You’ve taken me higher With your care and love Thank you for […]
May I? May I sip from the calabash of truth And spit on the lies which lie like parcelled beauty In the minds of those with power hands of command? May I? May I? II May I? May I step on the heart of deceit As truth blocks gates of ears which lies have VVIP […]
A good love is like the sun and moon A part sleeps when a part is at post They appear even if they vanish for a while Always smiling A good lover hunts for happiness For the one who holds the time of his heart And will gladly lay down his life with a smile […]
As to how we got here I do not know Except that, like a sun awoken in the night I am burning my eyes but there is no heat in sight How eagles have now turned hawks And catching little chicks to far away trees Which needs days and days of travel Beats my mind’s […]
Originally posted on Nana A Damoah:
Dear Friends: Since 2013, friends of mine mainly on FB have been doing annual outreaches and donations to schools. Many of you will remember the re-roofing and rehabilitation of the Apagya R/C Primary School we undertook in 2014, raising over GHC23000 to bring smiles to the faces of the…
As many try to get emancipated From problems which have roots so constipated Many are those whose problems are cemented And only need bulldozers to break them together Them; problems and beings II As students fear breathing questions With their countless Roman numerals So are many breathers living with problems With countless Roman numerals Numerals […]
Man Man who was made naked And grew to know leaves could hide And proceeded to pursue trees to be softer In order to hide more and more of himself And now thinks leaving some parts bare is a sin Man! Oh man! II Man Man who initially fed on fruits And was afraid of […]
Abena Mansa is a great cook It is not that she knows book She knows that tomatoes stand on their feet When pepper stays to beat And salt stops the bragging of onions When it steps into the zone of the house of oil What is good is they all make an army To trash […]
When I first heard of the Ghana government’s initiative to give free mattresses to boarders in senior high schools, my first reaction was that of shock. I asked myself why a government which could barely pay for the feeding grants for the Northern Scholarship Initiative could be so extravagant as to bother to duplicate mattresses […]
If we were made like you As spoken by the oracles of beliefs In their many incantations and codifications Then may I ask How big your hands are? Are they as big as the pate of earth’s head? Are they as big as the back of the mat-like sky? Are they as big as the […]
We have lived to finally see What youthful limbs have fixed as bill And presented to cheering hands as fee Sums which aim for nothing but to kill II Now the lions’ masks have finally fallen Showing clearly their frame of donkeys As the sheeps’ paint erase appalling To show lions and hyenas’ breed with […]
Our guest post for today is physically hot in the handsome world. He is controversial, indigenously African, orally free with a kind heart. He is a great father and is a great singer. Our guest for today is none other than Emmanuel Owusu Bonsu popularly known as Wanlov the Kubolor who was kind enough to […]
There is a reason Even the spelling of hell Is shorter than that of heaven All fingers of suffering Point to the breasts of heaven As eyes of fun invite From the gates of hell But why does the way to hell seem farther? II As heaven promises a smooth end It taunts and haunts […]
You are invited to the launch of Akua Agyekumwaa’s inspirational book, Hurt People Hurt People. This is the blurb of the book: “Blood boils through your veins manifesting in the seething of your teeth whenever you see them because of the pain they caused you. The sexual abuse, verbal, emotional and psychological abuse that made […]
Run after the deer In full gear without fear And forget claws which can tear Follow your rear When the claws dip your skin to tear Talk of no pain you cannot bear For the life of the deer Is like yours, very dear Hear it though queer Amoafowaa Sefa Cecilia (c)2016 (Photo Credit: www.designzzz.com)
I want to be like the tree Planted beside the Okuafuom well So I will never lack as I stand guard And will never have to be cut down “Ahunuabobirim”, please be my planter II I need to be like a pious lamb Kept in the house of sinful innocence Serving all scrupulous like a […]
The same water Which quenches the flames Of the body Comes out like humans from different temples of women And change their names from water To sweat Water to urine Water to tears Water to saliva Let’s spare ourselves of its thick transformations Bottom line is We came like water into throats As to where […]
Suns so differ From breathers They rise like smiling golden crowns And set with clothes of serenity Although they bite at their peak And show their youthful exuberance They leave with an aura of contentment Leaving sights blessed with their partings in great reverence II Breathing beings shout shrilly When they appear Only to grow […]
I heard the deafening silence Of the shocked New Year, In the belly of a hall called mall Which sits on the streets of Accra, Right before its first day’s neck Touched the knife of the dreary executioner II A deafening silence which spoke volumes Into ears which deflected the messages And caused my mouth […]
A death and a birth Sorrowful happiness hang like a cross and a hope The dead year not being given a death bed In the jurisdiction of the new born Its death chained by unfulfilled dreams And banished into the evil forest archives of failure Never to return ever II Harsh words are not said […]
No matter how tight A rope ties a tree In order to see the face of the sky In ambitions to tie the sky To see the heavens It coils back to hug The head of the tree After realizing the sky gives no ladder II We of the “dumsor”clan Danced to the disco rhythms […]
I am cooking wishes Whose dishes Need to clear hisses And shut disses Growing horses to give me kisses And correct my misses II I want to be like a bright and lucky sun One whose clouds clear at dawn To give way to its brightness To bless its times Burn its sluggish subjects And […]
Lying like a soft egg left to cool The airs mould for stamina and or tombila Sitting with curtains of innocence Blinding hurdles, cuddles, muddles, struggles Like a light tent pregnant with a child But seeking war with wild winds Few more breaths held legs and hands And injected them with the strength of mobility […]
When I hear the death of death I shall be a worthy ghost One lower spirits will fail to host And higher spirits will use to boast As satisfaction sits like a queen on my coast Watching pain roast Like a live coward losing breath II When I do hear news of the death of […]
The compass Did come to pass Amidst the chaos of sinful bass And the hellwind of confused gas Which nature has come to has II Now there is a peace storm A non-conforming form Sublime chaos Surrealistic realism Bad-good consciences Archiac modernity And like a mystic order An earthly sun Drawing in sky dust III […]
I have hind eyes Which see behind masks of Christ Masks wrapping traditional spirits Like prized gifts Giving them out as miracles For those who hate their very essence Chai! II I see behind these masks Faces of greed masked With appeals for the Lord When I see monies needed for needs dire Walking into […]
As days walk into months And months walk into years Hands of growth lengthen Into beauty and ugliness Deeds are born As others die no matter their impacts Dreams are birthed into mystic boxes And hang like dew Which needs to be conjured on a mountain top After climbing steps of hardwork Every step of […]
Sorrowful happiness Painless tears Heavenly gentleness Bloody cheers Like food doped in bitter sweetness Erasing hunger fears Innocent blood which earth tasted Were justified Christ Jesus set His foot On our messy paths To clean II The server Deserver The driver Turned us observers The clever Decided to save us Happy cheers A seer of […]
As Ananse weaves his nest So will I weave these words given to me in simple terms Well, many claim to be holy spirits So seek out their Marys in the physical Ably aided by “Waist and Power” Hopefully, they aim at digging wells In their Marys who also deserve to carry wells To feed […]
When I was told The holy spirit conceived with virgin Mary As a child, I was not sorry My fantasy vehicle took off With a very dressed holy spirit Scenting himself with a very alluring lavender Which captivated his love interest And made him the moon Which made her swoon I thought their hands sparked […]
This is one programme you can’t afford to miss. “We’d be thrilled if you would join an intimate convergence of Accra’s tastemakers in an encounter of sizzling literature, GH humour & yuletide cheer as the kitchen at PaJohn’s titillate your palate with gastronomic delights decadently drenched in spirits and local spices… all for just ghC90 […]
Today, December 22, 2015, at the Coconut Grove Regency Hotel in Accra, there will be a launch of the Autism Society of Ghana (ASOG). It will start at 10am and it is aimed at creating awareness, sharing knowledge and support for persons affected by autism. The guest speaker will be the Honourable Dzifa Gomashie (Deputy […]
We on your highest port Do your mighty pardon seek We, like mere goods to board Pray you strengthen our bones so weak II We, who are your fingers’ mould Seek your mighty hand to hold We, so lost, like some foolish sheep Do call on your merciful powerful guide III We hide When we […]
After knowing that Christ will be born What are your preparations You who have turned Sons Daughters Brothers Sisters Mothers Fathers Grandparents And still see baby Jesus as your saviour? II Like the three Shepherds Do you seek gifts For the young chap Or for your mere frame for fame Or to impress mirrors of […]
(FOR THOSE IN THE DIASPORA) If you fear overtakings Because the foundations of your birthings Shake like the grounds Being walked on by elephants uncountable Take no guns to bully the blacks Wake your forefathers Wake them from their accursed graves To send them back to their roots To make them the royals they were […]
Clips of slips Drips of flips Grips of ribs and hips Rips of lips When shame sits Like a loser-king In your mind Pounding like a slave Who lost a golden stamp II Craves for braves Waves of graves Long of strong Gongs for belongs When the conscience holds whips Like a crazy teacher in […]
It is appalling Very shocking What is served on various plates In various cups For young ones to feed into growth Based on the physical When there is no green blood II Whitemen serve foods of superiority Water of black inferiority Dessert of black boycotting And pay for excercise for black annihilation Sowing seeds of […]
Please do not go to sleep Open your eyes and do me keep When trouble alarms start to beep And danger waters whisper thirst for their mouths so deep As forces of negativity aim straight with their jeep In my thoughts which aim to command a leap Open the doors of positivity and help me […]
I thought I was Kwaku Ananse I had it all together After having the wisest Asante men learn from me To clothe themselves beautifully So hid and struck intruders Showed and flawed the confident Worked to uproot the rude Who acted like “kwabenani atu ata” Knowing not a master planner lurked One unaffected by nothing […]
I need a huge favour A favour to savour To savour forever From the mountains with all the voices Where my half hanged Until it met the egg of my host II It is a coast I have come to love But a ghost which is so towering above I need the favour of release […]
This air Blowing me here Blowing me there Are you being fair? II This air Giving all your share Of fraustration for me to bear Are you being fair? III That I am dust Makes me no just My lightness is not your lust Water for me is now a must IV What will you […]
I believe in doubt No matter how much disadvantages shout I love to the taunts of bouts flout No matter how long prides pout Because no matter how stout Fear stands, I know I will rout Like a responsible traditionalist, I fail to flout Even if horrors turn my gout Amoafowaa Sefa Cecilia (c) 2015
Youngsters are dreaming of Santa Their block of heavenly gifts in counter Elders are thinking of barter As delicious animals think of how discriminatory Jesus’ birth is So pray in chants For the slaughter of all machetes Just as saucepans pray For all fires to taste their heats So their bruised minds will quench themselves […]
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