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. :)
Some call me a worm Some call me a poor pet Others call me an unbaked yam But I am the bread winner of my home II With opened mouths of 7 Waiting for the manna from my sweat I am like their goddess of harvest I am like the air they breathe I am […]
Speechless, I stand before your throne Speechless, this short tree bows before your throne It knows it needs no hugeness for greatness Amidst the foes and the blows Amidst the hurts and the pains Beneath the shame in light fame You knew who and what You needed me to be You knew what training You […]
She says she wants a perm Then she changes her mind She wants a jelly Her friends laughed at her She wants corn roll Her face taunts her She wants rasta II Long rasta is not faster She wants the short huge ones After completion she looks into the mirror and screams What a horror!!! […]
Sunshine in a frowning sky Gentle lightening in an angry storm Ice in an unbearable heat You, you II The best song on the biggest stage The best feet in a dancing bout The moon in a rebellious sky You, you III Your fingers hold my soothing balm Your mouth hold my living breath Your […]
Vultures They stay on trees Oh vultures Stay on trees in danger And care not about their drowning and danger Yes, vultures are vultures Thay care not about cultures And care not about nurtures So kid vultures learn to litter and break cultures Hurtful, cultures which could safeguard their lives II Oh vultures! You are […]
I am a virgin Although I have mothered a child I don’t want to compare myself to Mother Mary But if the woman had other children With dear daddy Joseph And still has the title of a virgin Even after moth and others have finished her temple Why can’t I be a virgin too? II […]
I am that hen with a chick He is that cock with a chick I am like the petite hen burdened by beasts of this world He is like a gigantic cock who has bridged so much to be here We both dribble with words At a snap of the finger “bam” There is a […]
Ancient of days pass Like a fast rolling football Caring not about Anything blocking its way Battling with force to bursting Amoafowaa Sefa Cecilia (c) 2015
(Thanks to Mash Cudjoe for this poem.) I On that fateful day When the gates of the world Opened up to receive you A trumpet was blown And merry was made You lit up the sky And the angels sang With voices so pure A queen had been born A queen whose words Would marvel […]
I am traveling I know I have traveled I am traveling To an unknown destination But I know this step today Takes me nearer II I have seen hurdles I have seen pain I have seen lions Like a hunter, I have battled their wounds on my skin I have housed scars which never fail […]
(Happy father’s day to Nana Awere Damoah. You are a very special man. Happy father’s day to all good fathers out there. Mr. Charles Nornoo. Mr. Sam Doku and the rest, you know yourselves. May you continue to shine in your line of duty. Receiving the right blessings.) There was a time This poem would […]
Now the night goes to sleep Day is coming so dawn weeps Owls and bats yawn in tiredness Beds start complaining That they really need to be unburdene I say “Namaste” to God who has brought us this far II Give all their delicacies Grant us all good breathes to live And like the birds […]
“Bue! Ouch! Agyeiiii! Meku la! Aaaaah!” Mourning Sounds of today Like a deathzone Everything reeks mourning From shooting of God’s men in church To thunders lighting the fires of flood to “ghosten” beings Sounds of today! II “Ei! Eh? Wosh! Appalling!” Suprising sounds of today Hidden answers find themselves naked on the market Prostituting and […]
Give me magic Magic of thoughts Give me magic To salvage all rots II Give me magic Like a superior angel To know and touch broken angels Called and humiliated, abandoned and garbaged III We call those we need They are called by their own and taunted Give me a magic thought And a magic […]
Like a succulent mango You bite me deep After washing me in cool waters And chew my flesh Claiming I am fresh I can only scream by sewing my threads In your teeth But you wait after chewing And curse me While you enjoyed me with no blessing I know my juice tasted like heaven […]
I would like to imagine him Not too short nor tall Playfully funny in discipline Handsomely lovely in friendship Warm and reassuring in hugs Soldiery and feared in protectiveness Like God’s shield II I’d like to imagine him there By her side Holding hands and occasionally talking to the invisible me Giving me massages With […]
Portia Dery is a young writer making waves in Ghana. She won the Golden Baobab Award for Children’s Literature and she is the main brain behind this writing clinic which will start on Saturday, 20th June 2015 from 9am to 10:30am at the Children’s Library, Tamale. The funky ReadWrite clinic is […]
Breezes bearable Bath before the brute bakers Beings burning break bounds Bothering bests being barred by Brute bakers, belief brightens Amoafowaa Sefa Cecilia (c) 2015
It is a blessing of emotion A different feeling Watching you in sync with her in laughter Like a well rehearsed choreography II It is as though Someone switched on my thinking plug Could this have been a trap? Did he joke over my sincere messages with her? Could I be a fun they are […]
What will it amount? I ask what? What at all will it amount? If we fall only once and get crippled? II If I am a print in book, When crumpled by the ruthless I aim to show and embrace minds III When I get burnt, I pray my shadow moves me from mind to […]
Cool cloud, come and rain Into my drain And clear the stain Causing this chest pain *** Now I refrain *** Cain my pain Gather my gain As long as you call me no Jane I will gladly soak, giving you my main So flow and flow and flow and flow Until I glow Amoafowaa […]
I am hoarding a lioness In the cave of my heart Yet smiling like the sun Deceiving the depressed As if I am cool II It can be raining cats and dogs in blood Flooding the cave and killing its space But even in the darkest of times The moon appears on my face […]
A master sent a cat on a dangerous mission It went like a wind And came like a breeze All breaths for a minute seized II The dog got jealous and barked for the same mission It went like a wind But never returned All hearts, for it, burned III Then all animals decided to […]
We are still on the mission to fence the Yumba Special School to keep the students safe. All donations are welcome. I can’t imagine my child lost in some thorny forest, hungry and afraid. Special kids at Yumba knows no boundaries and so we must create a boundary for them to be safe. We have […]
Young inks bleed All digging to plant seeds Seeds for a great tree Which will shelter their future II Some will dig shallow holes Because like the parable of the farmer Weeds grow with plants So winds or birds will destroy some plants III Those prepared like Job in the Bible Will dig and grow […]
Kwaku gave Ama a stone A white nice stone as a gift of love She kept the stone like a saint And worshipped its very grounds II It so happened that a flood came by Stared at the stone and Ama’s family And swept all of them into the belly of death Ama searched and […]
He had a huge title on his book But hid words associated not in the same book Many read the title in jealousy Knowing not it stood not For what lies therein Until Abugri had the urge to open and read Whereas the title was as dark as ebony The words hidden were as red […]
Oboi sat ready to earn From the little the teacher had to teach Little did he smell the storm Brewing into his class-made dorm II A beautiful lady sat on his right Another hot lady sat on his left Then his stomach contracted Reminding him of the mixtures of beans and eggs he married And […]
There was a war That seemed to loom I waited and sought your face You said nothing and took your pace But I knew I didn’t need to lift a finger Because you would decide And yes, you deliver II I love the fact That you are my God and father I love the […]
Jehovah is my witness He is my witness That I do carry the right messages But many want none of it None, none at all II He is my witness; Jehovah I went to Papa Ofosu’s house Immediately he saw me, He rushed into his neigbour’s bathroom like a lost cat And asked him […]
A man stood at the podium Calling himself “the fire man” Shouting blessings Shouting cursings Until the trial moment came II A child of eight, run to the temple Panting in a frenzy Shouting in fear Of the unimaginable So the audience asked “What at all is it?” III Like a Satanic messenger He unfolded […]
Dreams Reality, myth Sleeping, revealing, unrevealing Wishes, fears, fantasies, confusion Hailing, hurting, controlling Happiness, sadness Impression Amoafowaa Sefa Cecilia (c) 2015
The sky must be female Goes through all cycles It can pick a thunder seed And let the world hear of its delivery II It can get pregnant With clouds, the sky, And make sure the earth is soaked like a cotton cloth Sometimes hoarding triplets by adding thunder and lightning III It picks seed […]
Ride in stride The donkey beneath Ride in stride Thinking not of a drop in trot Whip and equip Its ego to grow Like a giant hiding a killer punch It will hide its ears and throw you down You’ll be grateful if you end up down town With broken bones and aches holding a […]
Until you decide, I will wait like a fallen priestess Praying and hoping for You to get me out of this dilemma And help me choose my path On this crossroad II Until you decide I will keep my toffee wrapped Keeping you in suspense Whipping up your curiosity On what you could have had […]
I know you are a good enemy football player But trust me, your most skilful dribbling, Make them more than C. Ronaldo’s, Will be my healthy trainings Your trials at long shots Will always go to the corner Or like an overfed eagle’s shot, You will send them flying in the heavenly air Your headings […]
What if I told you I met you even before Your head thought of a loving union? II You were like an angel High up in the sky Looking down at me As I looked up adorably III You had many around And were confused for a moment But a second look at me And […]
Birds fetch water, Lift their mouths to show their maker, Before the water descends the ladder of their throats That is gratefulness Be like birds for each breath Amoafowaa Sefa Cecilia (c) 2015
We are like wick Dressed in wax We are like stick Which fire needs to fax II We are like gas Bottled in use We are like a working bus Bombed-set in fuse III We think time’s heels wane We are that insane Time builds strength with age While we exit the stage Amoafowaa Sefa […]
Who has seen a drunk Craving for a drink Amidst pots of liquor With no owners And still sees none Even in his sanity? II I am now like the drunk One who lives in words And has dined with most Seeking some great words Just to express mood Of an surreal feeling By one […]
Could you be just name and fame? Could your spirit be all fake and lame? Why will you and your sons Replace your taste form slaves to leopards? Did you not know what leopards were Did you not know leopards never give their paws freely? Or did you plan a huge royal massacre? Were the […]
Fill the belly of every second Please make them full So they can see the strength end Of their minutes And ultimately have them pulled II Light the fire of every minute Training in work to have them wake And like the ant cherishing the minute They will smoke out your hour III Whip up […]
Slaps were his claps Traps his silly craps Painful taps were his maps Straps of his pains my soundless raps So I always wore caps Until you came to break his hurtful rhyme I know you are my love’s prime He was my made up crime Amoafowaa Sefa Cecilia (c) 2015
I need I need I need me a one With no hawk’s eye for talent II I need I need I need me that one Who will look into my soul III I need I need I need me a one Who can erase all my sadness IV I need I need I need to […]
Now I can sing my song Because the sky has finished washing its face And sun’s coming footprints Have been licked by time II Now I can sing my song Because the sun sits comfortably On its throne Facing and brightening its lively audience III Now, I can sing my song Decorum has gone to […]
In Tamale, They cry like humans Never leaving traces Of they being ons all fours II Their children can imitate babies With their shrills which give chills Leaving no trace That they are on all fours III The Billies have their bass Croaking like a high commander on heat No traces at all That they […]
Going in grand style? Smiling to make me wild? Please be patient And listen to what you’ll be missing II If you are my sky You successor will be my heaven Yes, my everlasting heaven Making him your boss Can you carry that cross? III If I give you pleasure I would certainly take him […]
Yesterday, a very good friend of mine; Sylvanus Bedzrah, nominated me to tell the world what makes me a Ghanaian. Well, I’ve thought it through and these are the things. 1. My name is Abena Amoafowaa Tawia Mansah Sefa Cecilia; Abena, a name I gained after touching the Ghanaian ground on a day ordained by […]
Life pulls pain from one And turns it laughter for another Abena, I can’t comprehend its genesis Let alone find its revelations II Dawn cries And plants and most living things flourish I can’t take out sky weepings Because rain gives more life than take Strange, this side of life III Animals cry being murdered […]
“Aaaah! I say he has changed And will always remain so” The elders say Only the child sees the eyes of the crab As a stick, Look at Selina now She too told me She was the wind of change in his life When his pleasures waned She said she was blinded By Cupid’s thick […]
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