Banned by a Beatrice Burning bear’s bread Bertha became a bystander Being booed by Beatrice In broad bay-light II Being the best, Bertha breathed and bowed When Beatrice bought the shame Of belittling, after seeing Bertha Oh shying shame! III Best be better At being no bore When your bones get bitter At boring beasts […]
Author: amoafowaa
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. :)
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CATS SERENADING MICE
When a cat falls in love with a mouse Certainly, it must prepare to banish hunger Form its life Or face the brightest darkness That will engulf it After breaking the bones of the one It feels great love for II When a mouse falls in love with a cat One-sidedly, It must cultivate the […]
When hands suffer to beat drums And parched throats wince as they taste rums Feet must be whipped when they stay calm II As the hands make the sounds Let the feet do the rounds Like possessed by the gods who watch III Africa is a dancing god Africans are dancers for the sun and […]
the cock crows, leaving the chicks to search for the hen who cares II the cock quacks acting swell in search of hens who are fresh III hens are those with hearts cocks are those with active bells in thighs so none blames when it rings Amoafowaa Sefa Cecilia (c) 2014
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TELEBOOKS (DIAMANTE)
Televisions Nice, catchy Thrilling, educating, entertaining concrete, regulated, spellers, readers Teachings, learnings, equipping Ancient, writers Books Amoafowaa Sefa Cecilia (c) 2015
Like brooms, we must live In a belt of peace which sings, Calling hope for all II Like flowing rivers We must all join a good sea To protect fishlings III Like the wide bright sky We must make room for sun, rains Thunders and still smile IV Like the friendly moon We must be […]
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SWEET SPOONS
I Those with smooth vocabulary spoons Stir roughly emotions of weak soups Soups clutch at the spoons Hoping to be saved In possible whirl storms It could be ruthless tsunamis II I, do watch I, see the touches I, get appalled, Seeing the breakages of emotional bones Causing the murders of strong emotional soldiers […]
Poetry, is fast gaining roots in Ghana, and as such, there are modern poets who are helping give it a boost in the entertainment industry. I must commend the Ghana Association of Writers (GAW) for helping its members gain the recognition they need. Being what many call a prolific writer, I started writing poetry when […]
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TIMES
Dawn’s whispers It freshness and tears Its soothings caress Bodies smile and feel Which arena can compare? II Morning’s massages Its beauty and smiles Its vitamins like potent drugs Bodies smile and feel Which arena can compare? III Afternoon’s strength Its drying and heat Its scares and energy Bodies love in care Which […]
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DELICO CHANGE
Dawadawa and prekese Are now ruled by curry powder And white spices Ghana men hide in masks Thinking they are trending And I ask myself why? II Days when our older generation lived They lived on hwintia, pepreh and kakaduro Adding mako, making sure akoko messa Dance in soups with fowl carcasses in their rivers […]
I am a bright star I need to see brighter sun Help! Help Mister Dark II I am a bright star Sitting dazed like trapped by clouds I need to see sun III With sun in deep sleep While I am fully awake How do I meet her? IV Please Mister Dark, help I help […]
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UNIFICATION IN DEFECATION
Sometimes I wish I were a broom Strapped together with others In a tight band So I will never lack company And like an eternal love, Be together forever I would hate to be a dropout Because I wouldn’t want to be a child’s play For in the hands of the child, I know my […]
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DROOLING DENTS
Dan drooled down amidst dears Deeming deans daffy Drawing dears dull Damning daughters deep, Deep drowning his density Dan deems it a dago And dallies getting a dahlia Dating back to get his daguerreotype Drown in dangerous dens Amoafowaa Sefa Cecilia (c) 2015
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BORN TO PAIR (ETHEREE)
Twins Born wins Twins oh twins! Conceived to pair From the bed in womb To the parting to the tomb They are competitors and team Jealousy stays and sleeps in their midst They need discipline and love to conquer Amoafowaa Sefa Cecilia (c) 2015 (Inspired by a […]
Tomatoes, onions Pepper and salt, fish, water Groundnut or palmnut Should I bring in the others? They live independently II Living by themselves So conceited like bosses Never knowing they will leave Together in pots On flames with fingers like swords III Sad that is not all Their carcasses travel through Odours, crashing stones With […]
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SKY DRAMA
Tears, like cloud in sky When rained, clears the sky so right Paving way for sun II Pain, like snow on earth When cleared, cleans the earth so well Showing neat beauty III Let it rain till dawn And help the sun rise with ease To heal all pain Amoafowaa Sefa Cecilia (c) 2015
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THE TICKET TO THE TOP
Tingly tickles tell trophies, Trials tails tops and turns Try twinkling like a twinkling star Or trip in trails while training But trophies laughed and told tt That they are the top many must reach While tt is the fuel which drives seekers to them What I learnt from the discourse? Everything has its grand, […]
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No Images; Please Think
A talk will help with the walk A lock can’t help to block *** Prep does help in bold step No bumper comes from slumber *** Cats are lions when they yearn to reach Zion As bats are eagles when they battle daylight *** Wise words have smooth road In the ears of one who […]
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KOLIKOLIKOS
When the cats are mewing And the dogs are backing And many birds are chirping And many snakes are hissing Trying to get the lion’s attention, Trust me, all it hears are meats Yes, meats calling to be chewed *** Instead of planning a trapping And getting a catching So they can get ears to […]
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THIS LOVE WITHIN ME
I know I don’t do much Well, I may not know much I don’t crave for so much Just crave for a lover’s touch *** Signing in symphony Smiling in harmony Settling in spendable money Non needs to frown tasting honey *** I’m not asking for much I can’t fight you in a match I’m […]
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A TRAVELLING CURSE
This is a curse I say this slowly I know this is a curse When tortoise flies like an eagle Without any signs of possession Without a cause I know this is a curse *** This is a curse I know this is a curse When dogs act like lions Tearing bodies into pieces While […]
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WHEN HE CALLS
When he calls I keep rolling like a ball I keep moving like a sound I keep flowing like a river *** When he sighs I keep over reacting like a mouse I keep worrying like a lost parrot Tears keep overflowing within me like a fountain *** When he stumbles I keep diving like […]
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SEDUCTION OF SIN
Why sin was made ineluctable, Abena, I do not know Its terribly sweet whispers Its beautiful shapes and colours Its mysterious rush of adrenaline Its promises of gain Rubbed by its soothing balm of satisfaction after success, Erase thoughts of its consequences II There I was Standing at the threshold of sin Watching Amidu cuddle […]
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PARADOXICALLY SILLY
Fans and heaters Fire and ice Cold marries shivers Heat drains sweat II Suns and rains Brightness and drinks Bright leads all Drinks satisfy thirst III Again suns and rains Dust and flood Dust gives cold Flood kills in cold Amoafowaa Sefa Cecilia (c) 2015
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COMPLACENCY IN HAIKU
All great prekeses Prepare before meeting great dawadawas, facts II Scents battling with scents Sharpen their scent skills lest they Get lost in high scents III I wish most scents blend. The power of their result May kill enemies IV Complacency shames Hurts, destroys and kills always Who is not aware? Amoafowaa Sefa Cecilia (c) […]
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FLIRTATIOUS BACKFIRINGS (TANKA)
While day flirts with air Thinking it can ward off night And air flirts with day Thinking it can light its path The trees nod their heads, watching II They see this all times Expectations in firing They all leave town and die down Being bombed by darkness How I wish some use their heads! […]
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PLEASE SHARE
In a world which sniffs And coughs suffering and good The toad must test all waters Before embarking on all its leapings into swimming Even fishes hold water thermometers If trust has become so stubborn As to dive deep into unforgivable tests Then you and I are but pawns Pawns set on each other to […]
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THAT LOVELY MEL
Sound the bell Let actions tell Of the tree which fell For the lovely Mel In an analogy which sells And I will step into the shoes of Mel And wouldn’t mind being the tree which fell II Long go, a huge tree fell Across a trench which was so deep It fell to […]
I am waiting Waiting for that moment, That moment when bubbles will fry And join passions in the bloodstream Sending satisfaction like a serpent in heat To this heart which is living and yearning for a step up II I am waiting Waiting for that moment When a righteous war will be waged Waged against […]
The bulb brightens Like a higher version of candles Knowing air can never get close Knowing its life will end not with a wick It knows it is not immortal But feels it can brighten longer than most candles I am that bulb And until a hot iron brings me down Or a hot current […]
See Hear Feel The cries Of the needy From infants To death trackers All the days of your life Amoafowaa Sefa Cecilia (c) 2015
Sparks of lightening When the moon meets sun Sparks of electricity When pluses stand beside negation Sparks and sparks Is what I need Make me the moon If you need to be the sun And let’s produce many stars To help us shine bright Amoafowaa Sefa Cecilia (c) 2015
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ON THIS DAY WHEN LOVE CALLS
When we do meet Let the nation of our eyes merge Into a nation so perfect Forcing our tyres to move with speed For our hands to lock in love I do have pots ready to cook When you bring the ingredients And stir after pouring your great waters into my river Who knows, I […]
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FOR THE BROKEN
Oh ye brokens! I bring you some few tokens Of words many mouths have spoken In their bid to calm past broken II There were two swans Who fell at once Into a ditch A ditch more like a bitch III It bit them Confined them And forced them to love So they thought it […]
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LEFT: VALENTRIMO
Trimmed and hemmed? Oh no! You should have known There are miserly mice Who hate to share On the feast of “hand go hand comes” Especially when their hands are the longest So stop flooding the land of your face Stop looking into the hemmed holes Stop being the cat and forget the mouse And […]
While Mihran “Mino” Kalaydjian is a mesmerizing live performer, his passionate cult following is surely due to his immense discography. “Mihran Kalaydjian “Mino” known as “Fast Finger” is a special breed, and I mean that in the most complimentary sense of the phrase. He has it all – the whole package of artistic gifts – […]
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Badge by: Doobster @ Mindful Digressions Today’s prompt is not easy to start for me. What is emotions and the opposites in these? A lot of things happening in our world can turn my temper up in red, even I use to be a calm soul, when I tell it myself…..…
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LONE PIERCINGS
Verily, verily, I say unto you Accepting one’s self in a Life of love amidst the dances of love Encompasses discipline and pain of Never ending ‘what ifs’ Turn around or close your eyes Invite your ex or sit and cry No, too hard, will you kill yourself? Empire of fire for the life of […]
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THE GATES OF LOVE
Fall into my arms And let’s recite the Psalms The Psalms which draw And brings passionate beauty to the fore The Psalms which tickles And has a fragrance which sizzles When morning breezes wash their faces As the sun approaches watching its paces The gates of its arms will be opened Like red roses open […]
When Ghana was hit and sat on by snow Gallant Kwame Nkrumah felt the blow He watched as the Gold Coast sunk so low Watched and learned so hard to tow their glow He succeeded and with genius thoughts held the snow And eventually succeeded in banishing her with a 1957 blow And sat on […]
There is a place where I belong It seems I’ve always there belonged Even while I’m resting under this earthly tree Its eastern corridors reek freedom song Freedom from self, the lyrics of the song From the stitched, to the fried heart From the sick, to heads needed to be heard From the thorned, to […]
Vultures standing in mirrors Prepare to fight their souls None can intervene except pitch dark Then darkness becomes the hero The only hero who stopped an internal war We, With hearts, We, With minds We, With souls Are not vultures Cannot be vultures And must not be vultures In front of mirrors For we are […]
When our minds get together In a bind that can’t go asunder Peace dances as chaos cries Harmony jubilates as jealousy lies So let’s flee in our good highs II Let claps shout And love be stout Let peace be still And like broom, feel The hope standstill Amoafowaa Sefa Cecilia (c) 2015
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TRYING TIMES
Tied to trouble’s tantrums, Today, I turn to You totally Turn around and talk to the times Like the omnipotent that You really are To calm the tantrum of troubles II Here, herald the realms Hear my heart’s heaviness Heal my heat and replace with happiness Helping my hand always To cease all hurts III […]
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THE HEAVEN I CRAVE
Without teeth Without nails Without stomachs for hunger and greed Without tools With no need for protection That is the heaven I crave Like serenity in name Let it be a heaven with no need A heaven with no gender A heaven with no discrimination And like a good choir Let us sing in unison […]
When hunters’ hunts unveiled her She sat in mystery like the virgin she was Adorned by great forests Clothed by beautiful trees Surrounded by caring rivers Being serenaded by great seas As she sat on the much need riches Scared at first, they sought to shoot Then realized her worth And sought to take They […]
When the cameraman dies Many accuse the camera of lies As his image is searched But none can be fetched He got lost behind the scenes While he was busy fetching other scenes Never did he think to be needed in a frame Until his soul answered the call Causing chaos in the hall And […]
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WHAT WAS SAID
“He said what he said Because of what I said I said what I said Because of what he said We said what we said Because of what we both said” So what was it that was said That drove what we said? Most of the time, what was said Like gas, evaporates before a […]
Here I am Sand close to the sea Always wet like a condemned prisoner Even when the weather is warm As other sands turn dust Dancing in the corridors of the breezes, I stay where I am Bounded by seawater I know I’ll eventually be washed ashore And get lost in the same sea of […]
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PUPPETS (HAIKU)
We started on clouds Now pride ties us like a rope Dangling us in air II How did we get here? Mouths playing opposition To our hearts true sounds III How did we get here? Tears for the open hidden And shed in the dark IV How did we get here? Ears […]
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