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LIFE

THE GREAT TREE

When forest captives cry, who hears? There was a tree in the forest which was tied By an old scary rope which was backed by sky A terrible anger Seeped through it It called for freedom But was not heard Its stem was big Its leaves, enough It shook in littles And shook in raging […]

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KIDS LOVE

LITTLE ANGELS (CINQUAIN)

Children Like clear waters They love from pure great hearts And give surrealistic gold vibes Angels Amoafowaa Sefa Cecilia (c) 2015

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LIFE LOVE ROMANTIC POETRY

YOU WERE THUNDER (DIAMANTE)

Thunder Loud, proud Striking, terrifying, hurting Radiant, expectant, fearful, destructive Enchanting, torturing, scaring Talkative, lost Lightening Amoafowaa Sefa Cecilia (c) 2015

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RELIGIOUS

THE AMENS FOR SKIRTS AND TROUSERS

When the pastor shouted halleluyah! The “amens” were higher My eye caught their wire And followed their empire II The eyes meant for the pastor lust after the choirmaster Who saw the flicker in remembrance of their first litter The female lead singer : Adwoa also eyed the choirmaster Nerdy Pious, who loves Adwoa, eyes […]

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DEATH HEARTBREAKS LOVE

HURTFUL REMINISCENCE (TRIPLE ETHEREE)

I am here watching you standing so near with your beating heart racing and reaching far chasing and hitting hard at dead rock for its symbolism and leaving me stranded as I watch knowing not when rain will fall on this mud *** As much as it hurts, pins, cuts and might kill as much […]

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LIFE

A MUMBLE IN THE JUNGLE

A mumble in the jungle Is no fumble to be humble It is a trap of a triangle To cage you in a crucible No need to yourself entangle By a mumble in the jungle Shhh, there are many empty crucibles With ears on the ground for a mumble So yes, mumbles feed the crucibles […]

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FREEDOM LIFE

PRISONIC FREEDOM

With threads of money Snaking and tying minds Who is free on this life tree?   II Even breath is painful Getting eateries are awful What about wearings? Stressful   III Eyes don’t make it easier Seeing is loving, loving is wanting Unnecessary wantings become craving needs   IV What about belonging? Even those with […]

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LIFE SOCIAL

WHEN BOOKS BITE

Grandma said she regrets When she saw many reading she frets And asked me to learn to read So my voice can be heard and my mind freed II I read about unfamiliar cultures Which were acting like vultures Zooming in on our almost lifeless cultures And feared the thoughts of pecks of the vultures […]

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LOVE PEACE RELIGIOUS

GOD’S SPECTACLE

Through God’s spectacle There is no human receptacle He needs no oracle To tell Him what happens in His tabernacle He gave us combined chronicle To work with but we are comical Doing opposites and needing a miracle Humans are like pigs and it’s terrible Look, we know our state is curable All we need […]

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LIFE LOVE RELIGIOUS

WHEN GOD LIVED WITH US

Once upon a time, God was with us He pampered and caressed Until humans became one They joined the sinly train And got a disappointing pestle They pounded God with hatred They pounded Him with stealing They put Him in the mortar of sin And pounded him like crazy Until He made the sky He […]

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LOVE SOCIAL

LUSTING DANGERS (ADULT POETRY)

A cabin boy Was made a cabin toy When his mistress saw him coy And thought he had a thieving ploy II She swore she’d him destroy And will huge soldiers readily employ And make his pain and tears her joy If his muteness did she annoy III He weakly echoed “Oh pretty mistress! I’m […]

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LIFE PRIDE\ SOCIAL

TRUSTEES

There was a kind hearted man Who had a very rugged can And used the burrowed name of Dan To have many an aimless fan II He used a perfect pun When he wanted to show he can And bragged “my can does show I can Because my can still lives like a can” III […]

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ME A CANKER? (HAIKU)

They say I am fierce, I’m ruthless and I murder But I am just teeth II I do protect all By grinding for intestines To have easy task III I live the longest I also work the hardest Where is my respect? IV I am the soldier Who chews the delicacies And taste the sour […]

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LIFE MOTIVATION

PERFECT PALACES

Pensive plans pets pious people Pushing poor powers to prey in their pates Pissing pride to puff and play A pent up pecker picks in power play II Pure persons pave power paths And pray to pistol preys at play Pouring petrification in pensive plans To pacify pains and pin position of pacemaker III Puffy […]

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LIFE NATURE ROMANTIC POETRY

USERS

Bakers! When your hands do the mixing And your heat cry for toasting Do you get the body building To feed them your soul’s shillings? No!  II Carpenters! When you kill those trees And you pay no fees And you peel their skins And maim their bodies Do you serve as the nail for the […]

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LIFE ROMANTIC POETRY

EVEN SUGAR CAN BE BITTER (ALLITERATIVE TANKA)

Rains run rivers’ rims Letting lives live like landlords Showering so still On okays, opens up on Worldly wars which it wins wild II Honeyed huts has hurts When their wills and windows’ weave Cannot contain or cover Then there is that tale of terror Taunting timers to tamper III Roses have regrets Their thorns […]

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HEARTBREAKS LOVE

WHEN THE NIGHT BURNS

Night’s towel drips of tears Her laughter has suddenly turned to fears Her moon left without a trace So she uses darkness to cover her face Her stomach churns As her heart yearns Her breathes fight To see daylight But her legs are rooted In darkness until sun comes and have her booted And leaves […]

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LOVE

I BLAME ALL MOUTHS (ADULT POETRY)

Blames replace flames Flames which passions claimed Claimed in order to tame Tamed to quench and resurrect flames I blame mouths! Imagine the ride from lips to tongues And from tongues to longs So strong it digs deep down Until a farm or empty holes are created II For every sweet start Mouths star in […]

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LIFE SOCIAL

FLIPPY FIENDS

Flippy fiends not friends Faking fine in my fresh frame Fiercely fuming in furnace flight Fighting fire to flake their flames II Petty pets of pressing pains Passing pines in pissing piles Poor pulses pouting in people Present your papers in pens for peace III Do you deal with death? Drown death dens in dawns […]

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ARTICLES

Help! The People of Lamankara, a Community in Tamale, Can’t Breathe

(Caution: This post has disgusting pictures, my apologies for any inconveniences) Good health they say is great wealth but no matter how much the people of Lamankara clean, they run the risk of running into one sickness or the other. This is because of the nature of their public toilet facility which shares a space […]

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LIFE NATURE

TIMETIFICS

If I step on your tail Don’t ask for a bail Oh time you rogue You’ve swift tick tocks II If you’ve swift tick tocks At least pause for a talk You’re so under lock And cares not for a weak flock Oh time you rogue You’ve swift tick tocks III So tick, talk Block […]

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WOMEN EMANCIPATION

KENTE SENE BENTE

Don’t you bother telling me much I know in times past I was nothing as such Eight to eleven is a huge gap I think I need to give you and I a tap I’m no longer in amoasene You’re no longer in bente Like the spider inspired kente We have all covered our asene […]

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LIFE

TAMALE HARMATTAN

Tamale harmattan is whipping my pulse Mmm aaah what is the cause? II It scratches my nostrils and cracks my lips Mmm aaah what is the cause? III It unevenly paints my skin and hardens my hair Mmm aah what is the cause? IV Could it be mucus or phlegms it needs? Mmm aaah what […]

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DEATH LIFE

HYPODIRGIOLOGIES

“Sheeiiiii! Papa is gone? Agyeiiiii! I have none left! Wuoeiiiii! I’ve got to go with him” Legs go further from the unknown traveller II “Sheeiiiii! Who will feed me, agyeiiiii! My dark has fallen, wuoeiiiii! There’ll be none to bail me out of my debts” Looks into faces to find a replacement III Eiiiiii! Even […]

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LIFE ROMANTIC POETRY

TREES IN RUSTLE (RHYMING HAIKU)

Make all the ruckus You trees in windy chorus Cutting tool echoes II Every Osama Awaits his own Obama To bring a hammer III You stand held by ground You rustle with hurting sound Tools seek your flesh pound IV When your doom nights fall As the machines make the call Where will your doom […]

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KIDS LIFE WOMEN EMANCIPATION

TEARS OF INNOCENCE

She saw him In the light of innocence And loved him For she housed him nine moon travels But time showed his flaws Earth conquered his will And society came to see “Ei! What is this? It could be an ancestral curse! It could be the result of her prostitution! It could be the curse […]

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LIFE

CONSCIENTA

Here I am Not a sham Quit the ram I mean you harm II Here I stand Like God’s hand Calling a band On your dry land III Don’t you wait Catch your bait Know your fate This is your date IV I’m conscience Calling your nonsense To whip you to sense To give you […]

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PEACE

SUBILIMITY

Sleep like a sleepy sleeky bear Sent to see but has no cares Stop sure stuffs of selling sicks Of rough wrong bites of day’s teeth II Sleep like a sleepy nice kitten In a bed with huge hugging hems Heating in cold and healing in heat A yawn is bliss deserving a kiss III […]

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LOVE

BLUE BALLS (ADULT POETRY)

Between mortars and pestles Which cause the loudest whistles? One will say both But I will say the pestles II Pestles work the hardest Hitting from the farthest They also spoil the fastest As mortars face more pestles III You can pound Yes, just try to hound Yes, just do your best To get your […]

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AFRICA

LIKE AN AFRICAN?

An eating habit Freeing the soul and taste bud In tongue-land like eagle wings Could do all good Any day the sun shines, dims, blurs or goes to sleep II I don’t live like a grasshopper! My tongue might run like an alien But the same tongue runs smoother like the native I am Who […]

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MOTIVATION

IN MAYONTA

In mayonta The strong winds will calm And the heated sun will calm As the rains seize Only to drizzle at dawn The tsunamis will turn good breezes To embrace and caress me In mayonta II In mayonta I will stand like the moon I am In the dark followed by the stars above And […]

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AFRICA GHANA POLITICS POVERTY

PROTHIEFICS (TANKA)

I have thoughts to say; Lion as chief of the forest Concatenates to Loss of smaller animals In the forest of Hanah II I’ve more thoughts to say; Leopards and hyenas know it But are afraid to Stir the nest of fearful bees Others think their stomachs precious III I still have more thoughts Coterminously, […]

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AFRICA GHANA

ARCHAIC STAR FOR GHANA (HAIKU)

Hear me blacks in arks Change the colour of your star So we can go far II You know black for death You use red for hot danger These we have, what now? III We are on travel And our star dims like black coal No wonder we stand IV We stand with no walks […]

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LONGINGS

If all I long Could fit into a song I would compose that song And cut my tongue   II Because I’ll be among Those who’ll sound the gong Of bare hearted forever song And nothing could be wrong   III All will sing my song Both old and young And I’ll stand emotionally strong […]

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LIFE

SPRINKLERS (RHYMING HAIKU)

All strong green flowers Basking in your rain showers Now, you’re strong towers   II When time’s rain showers You’ll be drenched like all dead fires Ashes; your empires   III Kiss the rains, workers Feel the mud, all paint workers For all beauty suffers   IV Time’s teeth; destroyers Time’s gain is life controllers […]

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WOMEN EMANCIPATION

NOT A SNAKE

        I marvel at the way Taunters justify and say ‘tis a tradition and needs no reaction Sad! With today’s intellect and technology   A pox on all those thoughts!   Veins are connected A running blood goes through it Gayly working with other organs In feelings of ecstasy and  Never wanting […]

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LIFE

TRAPPED IN SOUL (TANKA)

He was clawed to flaw Canined to chain and insane Knew not his right path Going was trouble, standing, Great pain and hunger, back? Not! II Like man, like a beast Like a feet without a land seat Like heart dead in life He walked two paces and turned Walked back two paces and turned […]

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ROMANTIC POETRY

A WINDY PLEA

Winds! Connive with earth To overturn existence Making the sky threadable And the earth the heavens   II Winds! It would be good For the earth to house all sky beings For the sky to house all earth beings For a change   III Winds! Please imagine Travelling in the sky-like fog Without dust finding […]

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RELIGIOUS

SCARED CHURCHES

It’s a new Sunday And all are up, most do pray The church laughs, cries and bleeds For the visitors it is yet to receive II The first classes are those with God in hearts They come subdued, dressed like parcels That will take years of hundred to unwrap Their faces spelling doom Because their […]

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LIFE

MARCH 15, 2015 IS THE LAUNCH OF MY ANTHOLOGY: POETRY EXCURSION ON AN AFRICAN MIND

In His time He makes all rhyme He’s blessed the mime And is making it chime A book to be unveiled With 30 percent to help autism On this Ghana land Where they are seen as evil It will happen at the PAWA House Opposite Accra Girls From the afternoon of two To the evening […]

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ROMANTIC POETRY

WHAT GOD NEEDS

What God  Can afford  Is all in one accord II What makes God bored Is all of the sin on attitudinal board III What the most High God concurs Is hearts working in one accord IV So shake it Break it Work it And fit it This life Amoafowaa Sefa Cecilia (c) 2015

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INSPIRATIONAL INTERVIEWS Uncategorized

Dr. Gheysika Agambila: The Accomplished Ghanaian Worth Knowing

Dr. Gheysika Agambila is the Vice President of the Ghana Association of Writers. He was the Deputy Minister for different ministries; finance, harbours and railways, and environment and science during the Kufuor regime. He is a known writer, a good dramatis and has a good personality. He is also a man with a golden heart. […]

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LIFE MOTIVATION

DORMANCY

Yearn and sit On carved horse’s seat And the “n” would flee And show you “year” And the “y” would flee And be replace by “t” For the lonely “r” to call an “s” They will then travel to your eye’s land Pinch and fall like angry rains As they take you back to be […]

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AFRICA GHANA POLITICS

HELPLESS PROSTITUTE

The road prostitutes Letting all vehicles through Why doesn’t she have a voice? Poor roads, Even in rain, you accommodate all In heat, you are accommodative of all No rest for you? Like a helpless beauty, you lie As your beautiful flower is being flawed By layers and layers of ungrateful tires The washing bays […]

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LOVE WOMEN EMANCIPATION

I’M A TEMPLE

I live in a skirt A skirt zipped tightly to seal To seal as a present for the deserved I’m not renting out Definitely no to-lets II I know in rat holes Many moles can be placed To trap the hole lords But this zipped hole is not a rat hole Serving as a play […]

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LOVE SOCIAL

A BEAR AND A LIONESS

I Am me Because of her. *** In mud-pit of fallibility, She washes clean her love For me and steps up to bath me clean. *** Her blood boils when my clothes soil Her tears fall, when sadness walks my face Her mood calls, when danger stalks my path Her stomach churns, when sickness visits […]

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LIFE WOMEN EMANCIPATION

COOKING POTS IN HEAT

Cooking pots Please stop the rots When you are on fire As you get hotter Your steam must attract through smell And your pot must be hot to scare You need not break down Sending ladles down town To get many hands to carry you down Pots, it is normal to be hot For the […]

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LIFE NATURE ROMANTIC POETRY

DETERMINERS (TANKA)

Trees placed bets on shoots Which promised to climb their world Still the young shoots aimed But many died being crashed by The feet of rain and hot sun II One tough shoot remained It climbed the biggest, tallest Tree among the lot Which bragged it was the greatest But the shoot held on too […]

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AS WE SET OFF (HAIKU)

Invincible ears All listening and sieving Please don’t sieve this one II In this hot season We need an intervention One worth mentioning by mouths III He should empty eyes Ones filled with hot problemed rains Knees are bended now IV All hungry stomachs Working hard must be appeased So minds would be pleased V […]

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LOVE

LIKE A TINGALINGALING (ADULT POETRY)

Swing and sing As your bells in me ring Like a thumb on a noisy string I want my sound to resonate In all the realms of harmony Like a humming bird In a safety shed So let your bells in me ring Like a thumb on a noisy string Shaking me like a tingalingaling […]