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LIFE

QUEER WORLD; FLONNY

It is a queer world Where pain has a money cage A queer world Where the hungries fight To see the fighting stage A queer world, queer world indeed II It is a queer world Where the voices get the choices A queer world Where pretenders get fast horses Dressed in fortune While the land […]

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LIFE LOVE

HOME (DIAMANTE)

Home Cozy, comfort Welcoming, pampering, correcting Love, hurts, friends, foes Supporting, quarrelling, blackmailing Care, rare Family Amoafowaa Sefa Cecilia (c) 2015

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RELIGIOUS

THE POOR CHURCH BELL

The radios blasts happy God’s songs The folded clothes cry iron long Discarded Bibles now belong Some high heels will sing sensual songs To get to hearts of the many strongs Still, the church’s bell rings, digi digi digi digi dong! II I know heart clothes many will wear Those needing good husbands to stare […]

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LOVE

THANK YOU FATHER GOD

I hear the winds singing Drumming delighted leaves I hear the cockerels’ sounds Praising the master and waking all generations While caging others The “kramokok⊃” is crowing Calling on all to come and pray Now, what do I say? You are the mighty one You see, hear, feel and judge You are the merciful father […]

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LIFE

RIGOROUS MEETINGS

At the meeting of tornadoes, storms, Lightening and thunders Whirlwinds keep dancing Only calm diffuses their excitement Amoafowaa Sefa Cecilia (c) 2015

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AFRICA LIFE

NOTHING IS FAIR

The tree that is processed Into toilet tissues Did nothing to see and feel such horrors Nothing is fair II Nothing is fair The land which gives us food Did nothing to carry horrors of its gift Really nothing is fair III One who wants to play and is played Needs no loud voice in […]

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LIFE

MOVIES WATCHING MOVIES

Movies watching movies Living movies sorrier than those on screens Please watch yourselves! Watch yourselves and stop the critiques You are like woods on flames Calling for rains for the coal-pot Ha ha Which pen stops writing to tell the other It has a pointed tip? It’s a shame really You are hilarious movies Very […]

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AFRICA SOCIAL

PIETY IN RAMADAN (HAIKU WITH A TWIST)

All ablutions apt Proud pious people praying Bow before Allah II Aboabo is chaste Showing good of Ramadan Abuse? Forgiven! III I remember a Day after Ramadan left Its footsteps were heard IV Abudu just said  “Shegia!” and his mouth was snatched By sharp machetes V Amina just puffed And her body was found in […]

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SOCIAL

FLAUNTING TAUNTERS

I thought the world said “Female” is a fee for the male So what is this? In a tie where the fees for the males Charm in accoutrements And amassing attention Men are taunted to pension To a point of trying to metamorphose Into a fee for a male II The K’s have succeeded Pushing […]

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MOTIVATION

SCREAM

It is not a dream You are in the troubled stream Smeared in the shame body cream You feel like one in a team None of those are as they seem So come out and SCREAM! II It is day And you have no say Death has given you its pay And you feel you […]

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LOVE

I DON’T WANT TO LOVE YOU (ADULT POETRY)

I don’t want to love you But adrenaline has conquered The fighting forces of control Like a match taking possession of petrol And has left me helpless   II I don’t want to love you But I am like the boiled cassava In between your mortar and ready pestle Even an escape, spells my doom […]

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HEARTBREAKS LOVE

HIDDEN WORDS

Anger battles anger Mountainous chest heaves in desperation As flat chest curses in confusion Each back turns And tears flow into the secret coffers of darkness II Strong masks on weak faces Wearing off in few paces Like chalk paint on stained mansions in rain Oh what a tragedy! III Why can’t there be hearts […]

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AFRICA GHANA

THWARTED (HAIKU)

Gifted hands do plait Armpit hairs forgetting head Attracts public eyes Amoafowaa Sefa Cecilia (c) 2015

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SOCIAL

WHEN THEY TURN GOATS

When they turn goats They don’t see their own productions When they turn goats They hit all notes, no matter how high   II When they turn goats They sniff like no other And pounce before looking At the strong or defeated target   III When they turn goats They  swim in tricks Noticing they […]

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AFRICA GHANA SOCIAL

A RED MAY DAY

“Amoansene Ayie ase anibre Owuoyiaw” Marks of red Why are we in a red May Day? Grumbling workers! Feeding on their skins Swimming in debts Roasting in hunger And fuming in anger! “Aniwa aniwa abiri biri asoso gya” II It is a red May Day Hearts with hurts’ field day Hands with canes Chasing an […]

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MUSIC SOCIAL

GIVING THERAPY

Take a seat And feel the beat I will make you neat Relax and give me your feet You walker who feel defeat CHORUS I will massage them Following through to your leg stem For they are gems Which must be clear of germs They have worked hard II Give me your hands As you […]

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SOCIAL

1000 FOLLOWERS, WHAT A MAY DAY GIFT!

Fightalone1 is the 1000th follower on amoafowaa.com, I want to say thank you to all beautiful and handsome followers of amoafowaa.com. You are the light I am the follower You are the shine I am the looker You are the pusher I am the pushed In all good directions You push the missions God richly […]

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LIFE SOCIAL

WORKERS “AYEKOOO”

Heads rightly occupied Are like heaven with God Who sends angels to protect II Hands rightly occupied Are like golden hens Who lay golden eggs III Mouths rightly occupied Are like widely listened to radios Which gains high dues IV Legs rightly occupied Are like expensive vehicles Which drive beings to divine places V All […]

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LIFE

NEW SHOOTS

Like plantain leaves We roll up Bloom Extend our hands to enjoy the weathers And are heated to dry As the tree of life shoots up And generates new leaves II We are leaves In the winds In our newness We dance In our brown age We fall III I pray new shoots Live in […]

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SOCIAL

WORLDS IN WORLDS

I know I know our eyes are other worlds Worlds which keep other beings Beings who are forced to sleep When we shut them And die when we fade in our mud   II I know I know our skins are other worlds Worlds which hoard many a soul Like a planet filled with pore […]

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HEARTBREAKS

SPARKS OF BOREDOM

When love turns sour All hormones bore Oh! How I wish there was a law A law which forces love to tour Tour and catch happiness to the fore To calm all “the-bored”, Store “fore ever “ And stamp “Happy Ever Afters” CHORUS Oh carnivorous bitterness Oh taunting thoughts of unfairness Oh forceful streams of […]

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LIFE

UNFAIR LAMENTATIONS

Annor, the world is not fair Look at Ama She is crying and chasing money While money is crying and knocking  On Akumaa’s door Akumaa, who has more than enough The world is not fair! As one cries Another enjoys in satisfaction II Aren’t we like monsters and angels? Aren’t we like ground and the […]

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SOCIAL

THANK YOU SWEET FOLLOWERS

I need to say thank you to cherished followers of amoafowaa.com for voting for me during the Blogcamp Ghana Awards. I must say to have a vote takes trust and dedication and although I didn’t win, I give thanks to those who spared their times in voting. Thank you and God richly bless you. Dedication […]

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AFRICA

WHAT WE ARE

We Working like horses Can rise like mountains To look down on the flowing rivers Of poverty II We Together like bees Can be highly equipped To battle alien soldiers Of corruption III When wires of confusion Develop fingers of wickedness As fingers of indifference sit on Other walls in folding We, can break free […]

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LIFE

FOOLS IN TOOLS

When the fool Who is a tool Loses her cool The wise turns bull II When the stool Which is so cool Loses its strength Sitters know their length III Life of hardships Open wide eyes on the ship Even light whips Show in years without skip Amoafowaa Sefa Cecilia (c) 2015

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LOVE

LOVE: GLITTERS, SPARKS AND BURNS

Love has many definitions. It has been described by many as beautiful, surreal, while others think ill of it. If love were a human being, many are those who would have fought because of him or her. Whereas some would have wanted to keep it, others would have wanted to maim or lynch it. It […]

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SOCIAL Uncategorized

TAKE OFF THESE CLOTHES

Take them off Take them all off and leave me naked So naked as the day I was born And make sure all my troubles are gone II Take them all off, all off! The clothes of labelling The clothes of gender Take off the clothes of need And help me feed III I say […]

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SOCIAL

KULIKULI

She chews her “kuikuli” And saves her  “kudikudi” “Akrakro” is for the ewe “Nkatebowie” for the Akan “Nkatecake” for whoever So she chews her “kulikuli” Thinking to add her “koose” Caring not for alien snacks And shaming all who think  her shamed “Kulikuli” suits her tongue And she gives what her tongues want And hates […]

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LIFE

ROOTS OF HUGEDOM

They say huge trees sit on huge roots Abena, “Abetifi nana nkansoa” My roots are not even as huge as little worms *** I can be uprooted by angry winds raging storms piercy rains And can be killed by  heavy footsteps heated sun bites by ants But I am striving In this soil of driving […]

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WOMEN EMANCIPATION

DIFFERENTIAL FLOWERS

Flowers in colours What are you blooming to show? Attraction to your nectar? By droppings of scents? “Dib dib dib, dibi dibi di haa Dib dib dib, dibi dibi di haa”   II Flowers with paints What are you painting to show? Erasing of age routes? Concealment of colour? “ka ka ka, Kai Kai Kai […]

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DEATH LIFE

ON THE WORLD’S MIND

When all gains wane And all sanes stale The world writes right Deeds and live frights That’s why I entreat   CHORUS Paints horrors With beams of smiles Scatter hatred With words so mild Give good hugs To last for life Greatness needs no fingers of gold All needs is a heart of gold   […]

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ARTICLES

A Quest to Build a Fence Wall for the Yumba Special School; Please Support

    Giving is more pleasurable than receiving. The Northern Region of Ghana has only one school which caters for children with neuro-problems. Most people did not know about the school, with the help of some few others and the media here, we were able to raise the awareness. What worried me most was what […]

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DEATH LIFE

EXPIRIES

The expired spends not And cares not of spending II The expired, like dead wood, feels not And cares not if it is burnt III None can make it angry or sad If it gets naked, its countenance changes not IV We will all expire And will all be obedient to all So why the […]

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LIFE LOVE

LIKE LEAVES ON A GIANT TREE

The presence of breeze is announced by close leaves on a giant tree II Their strength of closeness tell others the presence of intruders and praise those who bless III What rings a bell on a bald tree? Nothing! So like many siblings of leaves on a great tree,  let’s entertain one another Until horror […]

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LIFE

THEATRE OF DETECTIVENESS

Take me there, There, to the place where truth and lies meet And leave me there   II I will stand there, There, at the place where truth and lies meet Until time’s sun rise fully on them   III Time’s sunshine will show the chameleon there, There, at the place where truth and lies […]

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LOVE

DREAMING FANTASIES

I want to set a moon table On blue sky grounds With seats made of stars To gently light our love And help it merge into oneness Under the very eyes of God   II I want to borrow the voice of a nightingale Hoping an eagle will lend me its wings So I can […]

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AFRICA POLITICS SOCIAL

HIS ROLE MODEL

Boy: Ataa Ayi is my role model But I aim for higher For no soul must get me Until I retire Minister: How dare you? How can you aspire to be Ataa Ayi? Boy: I am now a being with shadowed tongue What is the difference between multiple zeroed fraudsters and thieves? Don’t say they […]

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LIFE SOCIAL

MODELING IN MY STEPS?

    I see you I feel you needing the shine now I have to tell you how I, abject horrors, did bow in my quest to be here after hurting and bruising pulling on the ropes of hard work   II I have to tell you how hunger  dragged me through shameful mud as […]

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LOVE SOCIAL

SEXY FEELING (ADULT POETRY)

High heels High bills Hot chest foods Like succulent mangoes Stop joking If you’re hot, you know it No mouth must draw your attention II When legs are crossed And chest swing in call While eyes look far, The brave knows his call If you are brave, you know it You don’t need a shouting […]

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SOCIAL

HEARTS OF THE SLUM

As mouths chirp Of its stinking gutters And eyes roll Appalled by its horror ‘borlas’ The hearts of the slum Beat ‘kum, kum kum kum’ II Like the beings unrespected The gangs so suspected Its ills stand uncorrected But more happiness is erected As its hearts beat ‘kum, kum kum kum kum’ III In its […]

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AFRICA ENTERTAINMENT

LISTEN TO SHEGEE’S NEW TRACK “LET’S GO” FEATURING RASHID METTAL

Good songs beg for listenership and having listened to Shegee Styla’s new album titled “Let’s Go” I am inclined to share it with all you lovely followers of amoafowaa.com. The song is set in the slums of Accra, Ghana, and talks about the fact that people in the slums also have lives and live lives […]

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MOTIVATION

SEARCH AND RESEARCH

Search and research The birds who perch; Their wings lurch To twat all searches Of guns, stones and sticks II Search and research Ants always hunt Even in faces of being stepped on Crossing streams Even in the face of drowning III Search and research Bees see many a places Before honeys are cooked And […]

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RELIGIOUS

AMAZING YOU

When the skies open their gates And give the sun the chance to light Earth beings, some, thank their makers Others, think of their intakes So brains bless and or curse But Abena, I worship your Highness II Through the nightmares Through the storms Through the dilemmas of my dreams Through the runnings With close […]

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AFRICA

TWISTING IRONICALS

Teeth of black golds Please sharpen yourselves on ruthless stones And get ready to chew Chew By all means chew II Start chewing from the skulls Which aim to take you there Yes, break those skulls Use your claws to pull them out of their enclaves Bite to chew the good sense out Making watchers […]

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INSPIRATIONAL INTERVIEWS

Meet Christopher Kyaatuur; the Crippled Cobbler with Innovative Ideas

    On April 24, 2015, while I was running errands with Portia Mwinbeter-ib Dery, we both had problems with our sandals so decided to get a cobbler to mend them. Close to the former administration block of the Tamale Senior High School in Sagnarigu sat a cobbler with well arranged tools working. I must […]

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LIFE

PALPABLE (HAIKU)

Shadows of troubles Approach in lovable sun Of complacency II Unsuspecting souls Have lifted shoulders in pride While future falls loom Amoafowaa Sefa Cecilia (c) 2015

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RELIGIOUS Uncategorized

HONOURING YOU

The foot mat of the heavens Shows its grandness The capable hands of the earth Shows God’s magnificence “Ahunuwo abobirim” This is your exaltation “Tonsuo bↄ awia” I do thee worship   II Like the cock and its dawn praise I do your great name in gratification raise You are the greatest thought One without […]

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ARTICLES

The World Autism Awareness Walk and Appeal in the Northern Region of Ghana 2015, a Success

It started like a dream and came to reality being crowned with success on April 25, 2015. In Ghana, many people think of children with special needs as evil, bad spirited and snakes. If the children are autistic or suffer from cerebral palsy, they are mostly sent to spiritualists who claim they send them to […]

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KIDS

HEARTS OF ANGELS

Clear screens Pious hearts Heavenly minds Who calls shinning angels snakes? Must be the blind in spirit II Crying souls, With debris in filthy holes, Curse senders Curse hurters Curse mouths whose words did hurt Only doomed souls hate innocent hearts III Theirs is the kingdom of heaven; Those who know no sins Theirs are […]

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AFRICA

COOKED FROM THE AFRICAN POT?

Asaase Abibire! Sit on a listening stool And answer your queries Maybe, just maybe, you might convince your host II Why do you boil egos of your masculines Until they attain unbreakable statuses in negation? Why do you create those Who destroy their earth routes And kill spirits who aim to make their names immortal? […]