Blooming pinks Need their blues Strong, strong blues Need their pinks They are different In stature and in thoughts But a good blend Is the validity of all Water is water And oil is oil Missed with water Heat and others must interfere Before the blend is complete Blue and pink Blend well And be […]
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. :)
Since the beginning of time, women have been known to be possessions of men. This trait is waning thanks to the emergence of Women Rights Activists who cry for the emancipation of women but this canker still persists. Although there are good men out there, there are many men who think it is their […]
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A MAN’S WORLD
If tears and fears Could be called to tell I know much women tears Will rise from the grave And whine at the unfairness That sent them there II Tears of those who suffered Extreme jealousies which Were interpreted as witchcraft Tears of those beaten and stoned To death for following their weird passions And […]
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MOMENTS OF LOVE
Love, love! Where is love? How is love? When is love? II Love was the moment When our eyes locked Our hearts jumped And our thoughts hugged III Love was the moment We played, jumped and Danced like school kids On a wild spree IV Love was the moment When telepathy worked And we felt […]
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WHEN THEY FINALLY MEET (HIS BALLAD)
(Refrain) When death conquers death He would finally get to ask His slippery mortal enemy And he would be up to the task (I) He would probably first ask What he did so wrong to its claws That its guards kept watching him From birth till he tasted those claws (Refrain) II It was first […]
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HEART OF A BULL (QUINZAINE)
The heart of bulls rule through life Are you a known bull? Your heart is …? Amoafowaa Sefa Cecilia
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OVERFLOWING HURTS (SONG)
When I think of you My heart splits in two And my dark skin turns blue (Refrain) Exaggerating? I probably am But this stuffiness, This hollowness, This pain rains tears Tears which form no mud Tears which only cut like scissors II When I hear the mocks My poor heart gets shocks Thinking of the […]
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SAUCY LIVERS (DIAMANTE)
Goats Stubborn, smelly Perverting, destroying, terrorising Noisy, fast, pitchy, smart Sniffing, intriging, licking Tasty-in-death, scenty Chevon Amoafowaa Sefa Cecilia (c) 2014
In the pillow of the corrupt are; Tears of orphans, Pain of unemployment Harshness of depression Sins of the unaffectionate Aggression of the youth Future babies of robberies Future hardened prostitutes Perpetrators of kidnappers Negligence Injustices Bribery Lateness Deaths Amidst others In that pile, I wonder they leap sleep To many mornings Knowing their punishments […]
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WHEN HURDLES CALL
Huge hurdles hurt in heat Humming victory on empty street Housing fear to blow defeat Help hears faint as hatred hiss II Hear who hysteria harmfully hit Hopeless haters who high works fit Hurling hots as word weapons, they sit Hindering the power of will III Help hates the haunted wretch Who doesn’t work and […]
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HOTHEADEDNESS IN THE ANIMAL KINGDOM
Originally posted on gracelarbi:
In the animal kingdom we have the four -legged and two-legged, by my definition of these two animal type the two-legged was created to be like the Creator, with knowledge and thinking abilities. For even in the four-legged kingdom where there is the unwritten rule that the Lion is definitely king…
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TONGUE TWISTER
Through the taste of tasteless teas Trippings on thrifty trusted trees To the terrible painful taunting tears Tacit teachings have grown my thoughts Throwing tantrums terrify thoughtful thoughts Teary eyes tend to blind Tests show the trusted In a mirrored gaze. Generate a light And throw it right Amoafowaa Sefa Cecilia (c) 2014
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BAD TASTE-BUD
Call grandma from beyond Call daddy from above Call all the ancestors who reign To help fix my taste-buds II At first it tasted light soup And rejected it, I blamed the cook Then it tasted banku and okro It repelled it, and again the cook suffered Many a cook suffered blame Then I tried […]
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BLOW AND BOUNCE
Blow and bounce Bubble and breathe Balls with no bounce Are left untouched A bounce in here A bounce out there An infectious chase Will make your day So blow hard Bubble and bounce Travel far Get the chase The road may not be safe But if you bounce for a while A burst will […]
Originally posted on Nana A Damoah:
Chiefs, Elders, DGG, Teachers and Pupils Date of Report: 07 December 2014 Dear Friends, Please find in link below the detailed report on the Apagya School Project and the full list of contributors and amounts/items donated. Executive Summary This final progress report captures completed works on Apagya R/C Primary…
As none can chase chastity In a smoking cabaret, So must cabals never chase their hard targets In churches A caboose can be seen like chariots And there would be no hidden caldera To save the day Get a sense of camaraderie to cajole Prides hurt by you For you know not when your hammer […]
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WHEN THE BIRD STANDS STRESSED
Once I visited my lonely farm Stood and watched animals do all harm I made to arrest with a few good charm Up, right, left they swarm II I stood there feeling completely lost I looked above to access the cost And saw a bird with a thought so lost Perching on a tree as […]
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INFANTILE STREET PRISON
In the silence of sound I shiver thinking around Motherless, fatherless Infants dining with streets Gaining nothing. Heartless Vampires preying and feasting As mosquitoes crave pounds Of their flesh, bedbugs too feast II Some wombs cry for these, Yet need those moulded from Their haemoglobin. What is The difference between them? They are: Fresh breakable […]
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SWEET DREAMS
There is a charm Against sleepy harm So lie a while And wear a smile Think of you In a city of two Chatting nature And smiling to future The soft winds embrace The birds run a race To help them trace Your happiness at your pace Your companion is you Yes, everything you yearn […]
No flowers, Grandma says she received a whistle Then roasted cocoyams And huge smiles Which forced the eyes of her heart To meet her beloved’s II No clubs, They met under the huge ‘odum’ tree, When the sky shone Its face brightened by the hands of cleaning lime, And danced to the throaty sounds he […]
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UNDER SUPREMACY’S SKIRT
Supremacy dresses flawlessly Wearing clothes saintly as a saint Making up like a beautiful goddess Hiding wrinkles beneath the pile II Under the skirt of supremacy There is no mercy III Under the skirt of Supremacy, Hides the shame of low confidence IV Under the skirt of supremacy Hides the fear of loss of pride […]
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IN THE EYES OF THE SKY (HAIKU)
In eyes of day sky Sun dims to doom like the dark Scaring the starers II In eyes of night sky Moon enters darkness’ gate And connives for baits III Dependants! Adopt! Sky refuses to spoon-feed The earth in future IV If the abused starts Abusing the abuser The latter knows pain V In sky’s […]
In this high tempered cold Heat is unreachable Same as you II If only I could have Your warm towelled embrace, Cold would flee III You’re my balm in pain You’re my heat in cold You were my lyrics in song IV In a monotonous flashback Your words serenade me Your chimney warms me V […]
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MISGIVINGS
Round the bend of deceit Is a block of defeat Housed by a huge heartache Caging a humble and weeping trust II Round the bend of betrayal Stands the chaotic vengeance Holding a spear of bad thoughts Housing many ill-wills III Round the bend of regret Hides the mighty remorse Which awaits admission To get […]
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IN THE REALM OF LOVE
Leaning on the trusted gives relief On its highest heels is the automatic perfection spectacles Vine of emotions, Cupid works with potions Easy breezy, Cupid’s early wings are unbreakable II Is it me or all? Initially needing time to walk like snails and Shouting at time to quickly pass […]
We as a nation pray We in this situation say Let sanity stop wandering And come home to earth A prodigal is still blood Chaos has ruled for long We long for that serenity We loathe our vulnerability We crave an end to this stupidity Our own stupidity Of muffling through settled water Increases our […]
If sweet salt could taste Itself, it won’t go through the Pain of heat and cold II If hot pepper knows Its power, it wouldn’t need Chewers and eaters III Mouths of perfections Screaming their self-perfections Stop the annoyance! Amoafowaa Sefa Cecilia (c) 2014
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TAUNTING THE TAUNTER
Walking in the air Talking with the wind Eating with fantasy Sleeping in the sky The magnanimity of our minds II If taunters are given funny Places in dark rooms In our minds, they hide The scare and are equipped To work, better III I give them space in their space Where light reigns and […]
In the land of Parts of Speech All resolve my yearnings to teach But indulge in verbal breach Rendering me an outcast II See, they couple by inflections And I couple by base, no inflections My lonely sound bounce back in deflections Because of the addition of ‘s’ to my name; ‘Shows’ III Now Tables […]
In this deep hot night All thoughts don’t go right For no light shone bright In my dream so I woke with a fright II I saw shadows in high height Threatening to fly like a kite And scaring me with all their might So I screamed at the sight III It could be the […]
Scents so strong Streaming on sensuous sense Seek sacharineous solace in style In my sense. II Sweetened sweats sow seeds Of swords which scream sabotage Seething with insanity in the centre of my world And sure, you sweep my seeings with Serpent’s tongue only to serve me Sins of sorrow III So I’m that sorry […]
On winter’s tail Africa has stepped, Stopping snow in its tracks Getting a hold on cold II Little did Kwaku know This luxury is found only in the Belly of Africa Africa goes no further III He runs for pastures Hoping to attract good gestures But falls into the hands Of snow and onto the […]
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REPELLING SCENTS
Scents of ‘momoni’ Repellent of noses but Delicacy of tongues After going through heat II Faeces of the grass-cuter Disgusting at a sight Pleasant smell to the nose When on the raging fire And a delicacy on tongues After their fire refinements III I guess humans can be droppings Rejected at a glance And accepted […]
If Ntikuma studies Ananse The future must weep And all knowledge must be kept Far away from his house II Ananse is the puzzle Which rattles wisdom To dupe gargantuan gallants And leaves loopholes of escape III Ananse is the master planner Who flirts with death And emerges victorious That’s Ananse, Kwaku Ananse IV An […]
Offerings scream as they Walk on heels noisily to Pockets of pastors II Paupers’ pride in Christ Is paused for glitters on beings Who are known vessels III Bibles have no defence As fire can flame all its clones. Christianity cries IV Give! Give! Prophets shout Receive! Receive as you give! Offerings are back-doored V […]
When mama acts mad My mates make fun of me Asking why my mama is mad II When mama acts mad She kisses me in school And ruffles my hair III When mama acts mad She speaks in no language “dibadibamy babybobobo” And shakes her head From side to side IV When mama acts mad […]
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ROCK RIGHT ROCKS
Row, row, and row right Ringing rings in reasoned realm Rearing renewals in raging wrecks Racing, riding and rinsing real even when raddled Radiant reaches rinse recklessness Raise right rings and ramble in raid For rainfall mostly comes with a rainbow Real raiment repels rotten cold Ricki, Racka rock in rock Rays return right after […]
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HOPE IN STORM
On this vast stormy sea Under the fuming stormy breeze With only a paddle and an arm Who can close the mouth of this angry tide? Since there’s nowhere to hide I’m asking you, sea, to give me a ride A ride to nothingdom Protecting me from Fishmutindom For I don’t need to land in […]
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IN PRAISE TO THE ALMIGHTY
Fishes jump in honour Elephants thump in clapping Emperors sound trumpets Loving the Holy Mystic II To the mind reader Healing the sick and afflicted Easing pain and sorrow, ‘thanks’ is in order III Praise be to the king who Rears these fowls through all weathers And welcomes the obedients […]
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I NEED TO DATE AND MARRY GOD
I need to date God I need to date God Because before I would think He’s already thought He would feel my hunger And would feel my pain He would feel my love And would give me trust He’ll corner my lies And will hold my hand Feeling my discomfort in heat And holding me […]
Let them answer me Let them make me see Let my thoughts side with thee By letting the words the Bible harbour that “We were made in the image of God” Clearer in my thoughts daft shade II Can the pious God Who is known as a sage And speaks in parables Mean we are […]
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LEG ON LEG
Leg on leg A lady never sells Her farm or pride II Leg on leg Even in love, there is A knock before enter button III Leg on leg Head and chin up Are her greatest tools yet IV Leg on leg Lowering eyes is a Defeat sign V Leg on leg Owning the kitchen […]
If the goat could swallow lust It wouldn’t have to go through the Pain of castration Feeling bloated and empty In preparation for its meat metamorphorsis II If the cat could stop stealing It wouldn’t have to go through The pain of mewing at the painful canes Whenever theft walks in And out of the kitchen […]
Dear diary, Days die distracted Days dance in dew Dreams dance in hourly heads I sit like a book Being flipped by the wind Knowing not my end Because I know not my weight II Dear diary, Desperate days die young Dreading dreams dumped on another Deepening darkness of dawn Dressing deepness of dew And […]
Fears run rampantDown the streetsWhen words are lost andSolace springs from thin air,Molecular mornings igniteDivisions uniting the sky,Conjoining the lost,Churning distant souls refinedInto something quite like you and I II Something can be nothing Walking through thin air without a face Taunting with blurred thoughts without a trace Molecular afternoons ignite Threatening to spark […]
Goats Change right Like smart stoats Acting stubborn Tasting like heaven From all angry runnings To all the naughty chewings Their sins are forgottten when their Scents hit noses and their taste hit tongues Just as human corpses lose sins to death Amoafowaa Sefa Cecilia (c) 2014
Brooms wearing one belt Sweep the good, bad, ugly, dust And do grow short together Amoafowaa Sefa Cecilia (c) 2014
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HYPO FACES (CINQUAIN)
Faces Wearing smile masks Can go all out for trust To calm nerves and pull angry swords To stab Amoafowaa Sefa Cecilia (c) 2014
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SEA OF ALIENHOOD
I was there And struggled to be here I am here And struggling to be back there The nauseous smell of the cold Makes me wish for the smiles of the sun The sorry faces of race Makes me wish for my root race I am here; My dream come true My mind is there; […]
Veins hold each other Tight, opening their arms to Let blood flow for good II To make a being work Veins forget their differences And tirelessly work III A single break down And all demonstrate for a Hurried attention IV A block at a point All stop, a rising notice To save their own piece […]
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