You took me to the land of ire Where there’s none called sire And made me an ire-nian And a natural believer of “Do What the Romans do When you go to Rome” I had the eyes which hatred emoted, Hands which easily smote, Mouth which spat and threw fits, Legs which stomped and […]
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. :)
I chew groundnut in its shell I eat maize on its bell Okro in my stew flows from my backyard Plucking plantain is not hard Getting cassava just needs a tool If I want, I’ll eat like a fool Pepper calls to be plucked As tomatoes’s lipstick aims to seduce… Amoafowaa Sefa Cecilia (c) 2014 […]
Do it to perfection The needed direction Which will take me to that mansion Do it to perfection By not going against your instruction To cause any commotion Do it to perfection The words which wow the congregation And gain you much affection Because I’m open eyed in this mansion Looking for […]
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SMILE, I SEE YOU
I see you With sadness sitting on your face Impatience running you a race Uncertainty holding your pace And all the pain you brace I see you With the mentality growing in your mind The fears you hide for none to find The complacency of hatred you happily bind And all the revenge you […]
Standing on a mountain top I have the eyes to sadly pop The ills which never seem to stop In the full glare of the big cop He is a big moral flop Who has from his sanity gladly hop He is being awarded a disgusting crop To say no word to make them […]
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A DUET TONIGHT
Tonight, I need to sing a duet I’m equipped with this high tone set On this stage where many have bet Tonight, I need to blend in bliss In a shivering electrifying kiss To make enemies extremely hiss Tonight, I need to sleep for long In a world where I’ll safely belong Blessed […]
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THE LONG JOURNEY
My journey is long My aim is somewhere to belong I was the earth, trampled upon Pounded by metal boots Then butchered I felt all the pain But ended up as part of some mortar For construction of a building. I couldn’t care less, From the earth to the sky was an upgrade […]
“Who would’ve known The one who made the powerfuls terror known Could be taken down In an open town By one whose name rhymes As his and lived in his same times? Who would’ve known The one whose fear was never shown Would have no voice And no choice And would be stripped off […]
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AN EXCERPT FROM PARENTINOLOGY
“Kwaku Ananse wove a nest Which caught him in his naughty quest” The Ghanaian parenting sages Go with many of these adages “And the princess met the prince Became queen and king, gave birth to a prince” The European parenting sages Tell the little agers in their thoughtful sages Amoafowaa Sefa Cecilia © 2014
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ONE LOVELY BLOG AWARD
Thank you http://downstreamofthoughts.wordpress.com/ for nominating my blog for the Truly humbled. How One Lovely Blog Award works: 1. You must thank the person who nominated you and include a link to their blog. 2. You must list the rules and display the award. 3. You must list 7 facts about yourself. 4. You must nominate […]
I see, I hear, I laugh, I yearn, I hurt, I cry, I turn to you My sacred diary Dear open diary blog I hope you never Wash in-shore Swear you’ll always be here And hold my thoughts Without judgement On and off In and out Be my server Though I’m a thorn […]
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FITS OF APOPLEXY
The day felt cold My pride felt old My eyes and mind run wild My emotions run wild The beehive was stirred by a stick I took the wheels without eyes Rejecting all the worried eyes, Met the sun, Which asked why I run I looked but saw not and trashed the sun […]
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LEAD THE WAY
I stand on a little mountain Surrounded by so many huge mountains Some with openings showing many a beautiful fountain I tried but lost the countings All shout to be looked and booked I sit, stand, try running But realise I am rooted Until I choose, my running is no running Imagine all […]
The 4th Barcamp Tamale kicked off with breakfast at 9am on August 23 2014 at the Tamale Sport Stadium. There was an introduction of Barcamp Ghana and how it came into being by Ato Ulzen Appiah who is the director and founder. Here, we got to know that Barcamps are organized in many regions in […]
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I’M AN OPTION
My arms can be your home My chest can be your Rome My eyes can be your mirror My ears can be you microphone My nose can be your identifier My hands can be your carrier My legs can be your sender My hair can be your burner My back can be your shame pillow […]
Maama, where is the past? I think I’ve grown too quickly Walking is seized Mobiles are sent And people speak to machines Maama, where is the past? I think I’ve travelled so quickly Televisions are old The internet trends Air relieves firewood in cooking Maama, where is my thought? My brains have been […]
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IN MY MOTHER’S ARMS
In my mother’s cradling arms I felt no shams In the whips of the cold I felt the warms In the whips of tears I felt the hurting heart My earthly maker My lovely smiler My carrier Blessings to you Amoafowaa Sefa Cecilia (c) 2014
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SHOWN LOVE
Converging crowd Donning love Thinking aloud A startled heart smiles Goodness is freshness When the winds of life blow Crashing and beating For it is then the crowds chant in your favour. Amoafowaa Sefa Cecilia (c) 2014
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A POET’S CRADLE
In the comfort of the dark With a gentle stream of light In the sea of silence With a perfect mind scenery In the chaos which surrounds With no ears but mouths at war At fears stroke and pity’s mope With emotions rushing up and down In the perfect city of […]
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A monody to the winds
Originally posted on Abeiku Arhin Tsiwah:
Streaking through our cold souls are our tears Seeping through the pinnacles of our hearts are our tear drops Sadness have gripped the beauty of our spirits Our emotions have been sapped away Like the vapours of a sunny noon day Silence has still our sentiments Like the morning…
Associators are interested in the past Money makers are interested in the future So I used to look back; Back to a place I could not hold And into the future; Looking into what I could never see And ended up in the same place, Juggling between two poses Past and future As time placed […]
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A TRAVELLING TRAVELLER
I’ve come from far Far, far from alien lands I swam from the ocean of life Onto a hardened ground Sans clothes, sans pride Tears being my only escape I slept, then sat, then stood Then walked, then took to my heels And I’m still running From a toddler, I jumped into childhood Then […]
I hold a calabash You are the well Thirst has visited my being, Parching my throat, And controlling my breath Please open up And let this calabash Taste a little of you And be satisfied so I can have the rest If not, please hold this mouth and feed my thirst. Amoafowaa Sefa Cecilia […]
Flowers wilt Plants wilt Weeds wilt So do you You step on it; The earth You spit on it; The earth You ease into it; The earth You’ll also end up in it; The earth So like a treasured mattress, Step on the earth With respect, Spit on the earth With apologies, Ease […]
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FOR MY LATE UNCLE: KWABENA BOATENG
You lie on the roaster tonight Flanked by many cooks under a beautiful light You lie being garnished with tears Of those who will never want to be you For they know, they will never eat you Nor sit for anyone to eat you You are the special food of the earth Tomorrow, you’ll […]
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A STROLL IN AFRICA
In my idleness and tiredness Of hearing the screams of pain, I decided to take a stroll in Africa And what did I see? I saw indifference chewing an unmeasured stick Sitting on our wall, watching and shaking its head I reached out but it had sold its ears to disappointment And had thrown […]
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BE THE WHIP
Instead of being the salt Which melts, sweetens and Is easily forgotten, I’d rather be the hot pepper In the mouth of the ruthless, Make sure he begs air to step into its filthy chambers As I whip his inward skin without mercy I know that will be a lesson And will make him take […]
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OUR WILTING FLOWERS
In blooming, A Bacchanalian orgy is exciting A farther travelling of our times Make it a soggy living. Partying tiredness sets in As we near our holes of eternal rest A noise we jumped with Becomes an unfunny scare Thoughts of fun no longer feature showing off Tranquillity is peace not freedom uncensored Every […]
Walls climbed walls At her order Pride joined beauty at her table, Made her an unmatched princess And froze her thoughts of age Inside a wall without an opening Age minded no frozen thoughts And walked through to his territory Taking hold of her skin like wild fire Making mirrors her enemies As […]
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FOR THE EARTH
Whatever you see Comes with a fee But the hand that pushes into the earth Takes no fee You can turn You can burn You can sit, spit and kill You are bound to be slaughtered like the hen So much for good living When a fall causes land seeping Let’s open our […]
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LOST CHANCES
Chances popped With me on your table To prepare as you pleased Be with as you pleased And eat as you pleased But you decided the dustbin was my home Mouths surrounding were indifferent Knowing not my worth but staying safe in case… The housekeeper looked and picked me He decided I was too […]
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A COMIC SERIOUS GAME
I stand and watch As the show goes on Beautiful drums drum. When the drums drum themselves, The dancers sit. When they stop drumming, The dancers dance their hearts out. The audience are appalled The dancers are seething with anger at the audiences’ ingratitude No one seems to know what is going on I see […]
An oven when the sun fumes A freezer when the rain spews Chaotic battlefield when tempers rise Pauper worshippers without shame in the light But true serenity stays in Tamale Strong muscles dazzle at work Loud voices call for customers Angry consumers get into their own way Fuming and cursing the patient ones But affordable […]
It’s a man’s world It’s indeed a man’s world Although we give them life But let’s face it, We give them the maximum offerings There are those of us who sell for pleasure Without measure Their treasures There are those of us who covet Without regret What our peers have, an open secret […]
I need us to sit In chairs that will fit And speak abjectly Because I am bereft of happiness And I can see the clouds of sadness hanging on your head Forget the pain And think of what we stand to gain We’ve cast aspersions, loathed for public viewing We’ve sat in wild silence […]
When eyes gaze into nothingness Mouth opens unconsciously Ears shut its doors to prevent its neighbours entry And the heart trots listening not to the head I know I’m in the beautiful land of Daydreaming There, I need not pretend I am me all through and through I dance naked in front of whoever […]
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THE PUREST LOVE OF ALL
In the chambers of my heart The rain of tears which flooded Heats on its way to self evaporation Thanks to the fire you spark In the garden of my thoughts The cloudy weeds of sadness which grew Now wilts and flee like its met its enemy Thanks to the potent weedicide of trust […]
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NOT-THOUGHTFUL
We lied on same mats Curved in same stance Swam in the same sea To get here We kicked when we had to Went up and down in exercise In anticipation the world waited To meet us Now we are here Living in the same era An era we’ve turned game Those with […]
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THE CORNER STONE
The junk, joined the filth By the sweeping of the broom With the power of hands Which I loved Sorry to say I was in there Somewhere between the filth And the junk She saw me She looked and swept dust Into my pleading eyes When we were gathered, We were thrown into a […]
The hair on the skin cry out The hair in the nose freak out The hair on the head pouts out And armpit hair ask why? If it is being bombarded with scents It has its fair share Being hidden and suppressed It has its fair share Apart from those who live in the […]
Someday, I’ll walk my life away I’ll be seized from seeing day Somehow, I’ll shed this skin and bow I can no longer chew my favourite cow And These bones, these knuckles These stones will come off This water These nails This blood will dry off Some day It will all make way So why […]
Technology has come to stay. Each day, there is a new invention, discovery, and history being made. Technology helps us, no doubt, but we agree it is one aspect of life which must be blamed for backstabbing and the ever increasing scamming. Now families live in houses but their mouths have turned into their mobile […]
The winds which blows Knows no greens It takes the yellow And angrily pluck the greens You my dears are being plucked unfairly But you are gallants Who will be hailed The fevers burn So does my heart Your blood boil and flow through facial holes Eyes which watch cry in pain We’d love […]
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QUITTERS
Pater gave this counsel Quitters are sitters in gutters They sit in the dung They sit in the dirt They sit in disgusting waters Like gross pigs They languish in their thoughts Fighting every battle mid-way With thoughts of finishing someday They sit and watch as fighters reap what they sow So quitters […]
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THE PRISON OF MY THOUGHTS
I am no tower Which wishes to on you tower I am the river which wishes to flow into your sea I do not wish to charge you any fee I am stagnantly on bended knees I don’t wish to take over your movie I am no fanatic of a movie I just want […]
My friend turned foe? I planted in sweat what can’t grow? Welcoming teeth fill my vision Hungry angry claws appear In front of my eyeless back? Not fair if you ask me Why can’t you be in front of my camera? Why hide in darkness If bitterness watered By the water from my stream grew […]
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LET ME SEE YOU
Wherever you walk Connect with me Wherever you are Please make me see The dreams of you Sometimes feels like flu It goes and comes Or like the chameleon blends with its host Straining eyes to see this sight Is making these old eyes weak It may not win its fight If it […]
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DREAMS
The sun rises light But it does shines bright It works with all its might Until time for rest is right We won’t forget the clouds They mostly come with the louds They can interrupt the sun But time makes them run I am the pretty sun Who wants to have fun I […]
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EBOLA FEVER
Ebola, Gloves on my hands for ebola A mask on my face for ebola Skin curving in for ebola But I still shiver Lord don’t hover Rain with your meds to sack ebola Thrash it to extinction; ebola Help your beloved from this ebola We are helpless Helpless, hopeless, Prevention failing We call, […]
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WOMEN SHAME-ERS
They hear “fuck you bitches You ain’t shit, damn you bitches, am ma fuck you” But clad in skimpy clothes And shake their properties As overdosed dopers slap squeeze them like unripe mangoes How can you betray your kind, Insult them and brand them useless By dancing to your insults and theirs? Tears of disbelief […]
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