Okoye sits and spits…frowns and quitsAll activities which all think he fitsStaring into space as air of sadness hits…all who meets his dreadful eyesHis father tells all about the doctor’s liesThat his abled son had depression ONE TWO“Depression?Depression is just a sickness for people with no ways of expressionPeople whose self esteem have been burned […]
Corona has now turned lecturer…schooling lecturers and dragging their competencies…through internet mudForcing their cries to be heard all through nationsAs bewildered children listen to watch…comedies with some horrifying legs in the air IINow carry-me-at-your-back…will be difficult for someLet-me-parachute-you-to-the-limelight…will be a thing seen for what they are…intellectually dishonest intellectualsAll thanks to Corona…the lecturer’s lecturer IIICorona is […]
I had a dream…which made me screamIn that dreamDark clouds turned silver linings…to hug their underlingsAs the clearest of skies got accused of revealing too much IIIn that dream…love had no particular creamA young lass met her untimely death…only to find in a lad’s soul, a rebirthThe love of her love still young…she grew with […]
There are many trees which fall…when the least winds callThere are many buildings which collapse…when their foundational time elapseYou’re a mountainThat is why you turned into a captain…when storms overtook your home…till you reached your RomeAyekoo Ɔbaa IIYou’ve been a soldier on this battlefield of lifeYou’ve been a great fortress, a great wife in strife!You’ve […]
When I think of the energetic songs which caught earsAnd the patriotic chants which shot fearsWhen I think of the natural beauty we exchange for artificialForcing our lives to be superficialI cry the rhythms of those who sangAnd mourn the sweats of those who chanted to ward off many a fang IIWe reiterated our love […]
Kwaa Abrɔ a ɔte Bɛgorɔ a ɔde abrɔ kɔ agrɔ …ma ne dani afrɔ memene ne mma no Na ɔda owuo apaso…ɛfrɛ wiamuah owuo sɛ ɔmmɛ yi no sɛ mmusuo…nfa no ntwa owuo afasuo no o Wei kyerɛsɛ owuo nnyɛ agrɔ a ɔdasani de i n’ani so B.Osii so ware yɛ Kwaa Abrɔ ka sii […]
She is like the pulpit on which preachers preachShe is like the church’s loyal leachShe is like the devil’s out of reachShe is the map used to all stubborns teachBut she still lives a spinster at forty twoWith prayers numbering in twenty four hours, forty two…for a husband to loveIs her God not above? IIShe […]
I know storms of life blowForcing many a man to kowtowSlapping many an esteem to feel lowBut no matter how well stormy hurdles act foeSue the tides in the court of determination III know life can roast hearts on meshes of messesEven as breath blessesI know minds then wear giving-up dressesAs death entices with fine […]
If you’re reading thisWith spectacles struggling to fitAnd a mind struggling to grab a bliss…of concentrationKnow there was a time you were strongAnd did to many hearts belongYou did get few decisions wrongBut you sure did feel among IIIf you can walk not without helpKnow you did run, jump, hopAnd scaled many a wall like […]
When you plant a seedAnd leave it to feed…by itself, hoping your deed…of planting is enough to help it breedKnow you’ve broken the creed…of care and weeds will gobble it with greed II.So is the heart of a childYou need to nurture them in mildLove to tame their wildDiscipline to empty their naughtiness piledInculcate into […]
A blush can be in the form of an insultA crash can be in the form of a smileA bash can be in the form of a praiseA dash can be in the form of a borrowingSo rush not to judge IILove can be in the form of hatredA clap can be in the form […]
Oversmoke weed…and plant its seedsAnd they will grow as fire to consume your roots IISniff cocaine…and stack its needsAnd they will turn vampires…to collapse your bones IIIDrink alcohol excessively …in the drum of your heartAnd they’ll overflow like waterfalls…to drown your soul IVWhatever attitudinal abuse you plant…no matter how relievingHas its inherent evils which will […]
Once upon a timeMaggots were the noisiest animals on earthThey could insult till cries rhymeAnd could slay topnotches with their tongues to deathThere was no issue maggots couldn’t turn into scandalsAnd there were no wins they couldn’t turn losses with their scandalsYet they lived in shit IIIt was no secret almost all animals shunned their […]
Ɔbra wɔ ne mmra ne ne mmerɛEnti nfa ahoyiaw amirika nkɔtɔ kisikroƆbra wɔ ne yiaw ne ne brɛEnti ɛnfa aniberɛ ne ahopipirɛ nnyɛ n’aduroEfirisɛ…ɛbɛ nyini apɔ wo sɛɛ wowowo…te sɛ abɔdam kraman a onni manEfirisɛ ɛbɛpɔwo akawo yayaaya te sɛ sakakraman a onni banEfirisɛ ɛbɛ kawo awe wo nyafunyafu te sɛ gyatabereɛ a w’atu ahunuSɛ […]
Lights are talkingEventhough the moon is their mentor…saying they’re beautiful and brightShaming the dark with their unsayingPushing their implications down their throatsFunny how they seek the darkTo hide the eyes they blindFearing others may see their harmAnd desert themIs this trait of theirs familiar? IIWaterfalls are shoutingClaiming their beauty in their bunchesFlirting with rocks and […]
Hope is the rope…whose scope helps the soul to copeIn trust to unpleasantness elope IIHope is like a mental magnetWhich attracts good to burn foul feelingsAs the world travels through timeWe’ve proven hope is possible…by beating many a calamity…and winning many a war with nature and our humanityArriving at beautiful relationships we still refineHope reigns […]
IaEi zaminamina watiwa! Ei zaminamina watiwa! Zaminamina ei eiiiii, alele oEi zaminamina watiwa! Ei zaminamina watiwa! Zaminamina ei eiiiii, alele o IbDear Jerry John RawlingsYou’ve left many a feelingsBranding lucky the number fourTo represent freedom and democracy to the coreSo many wanted you to live moreDeath’s claws have left us sore IIYou were like the […]
Never in my dreams and thoughtDid I think I’d meet someone and be caught…in the dilemma of a soul looking opposite my single lifeNursing thoughts of being a wifeUntil I met you…all thanks to your mother IISo I celebrate she who gave you lifeWatering you with care to ease my strifeI celebrate she who bore […]
He claims women are nothing without husbandsHe whose looks forces him to buy love…on illiteracy marketsTrapping him in the deceit of fools IIHe claims women are nothing without childrenHe whose children could be impositions…borne out of convenience of a cunningOr worst, traps of his rape entrapment…seeing as he believes every woman’s smile…is a coitus invitation […]
Waterless riversTreeless forestsLessonless educationPolless politicsSoon, childless childhoods will pave way…for lifeless livingAs child adults destroy the fabrics, …the very fabrics of our nationThinking their stomachs a now to fill…without future plans IICan’t learning beat the ignorance of division?Can’t wisdom quench the fires of greed?Can’t patriotism arrest the desires to feed selves…as opposed to the national […]
Trophy wives are like expensive mineralsKept by the wealthy as show offsThe moment new and wealthier suitors show up…they perform their owners’ funeralsAnd blow their tops off…grinding egoes into shameful mash up IITrophy wives lack warmthThey are like unfeeling stones…in their husbands’ presenceHelping them wipe and mop up…their low self esteemThat’s why cheating is their […]
Nwansena ne nsɛmbɔ ntwi mpenaSaa nso na nnwa nni akyekyedeɛ akyi nkɔka nan ntɔkwaAkokɔba a ɔbɛti atɔ akrɔma dɔ mu no nni daakyeSaa nso na gɔgɔmi ne akokɔbaatan nni maakyeEnti hwɛ w’abrabɔ so fa yɔnkoɔ B.Sɛ wo hunu w’ayɔnkogorɔ a Nyinikyɛ sum w’abrabɔ Sɛ wohunu w’atanfo a Wo haw fa no ara ano asi Efirisɛ […]
He seesHe sees how smitten I am by youAnd asksAnd asks how you charmed an untamed like meI wish there are words in dignified portion…ready to fit his answer IIThe way you lookThe way you look at me like a treasure needing unblinking…lest a lurking thief snatches IIbThe way you followThe way you follow me […]
Just wait!Oh stop!Every painful breath in must out! IbBe calmIn your realm!Dreadful things,Entrapping ropesNeeding breathlessness, have ceased! IIKnow this day is real, pinch it!Accept those times have passed, forget them!Make merry oh ye Saints with perfect eyes!All around youLike survivors of toxic taunts,All is calm! IIbHope now lives among us!Affability can now walk on kind […]
A. FoulB. RocksC. UrinalD. ShitE. ShitholeF. ShitholingG. IdiotH. ChariotJ. Smart 1.The chaos of the CapitolIs like an overheated FrytolDisturbed with the task of frying a watery fish…for a revered dishThe burning of the yearningSome stomachs on the churning…a big disgrace of a singing grace! 2.When did a first world run to cue behind a third?A […]
My tongue is divided into threeThe one which yearns to be freeThe one which is on a talking spreeAnd the one which stammers into quietude for taunters to seeMy tongue is divided into three III hate the tongue which yearns to be freeIt is that cowardly part of me…I so don’t want to live let […]
You know the meaning of etiquetteSo familiarize with the content of netiquetteAs you live your space onlineNot everyone on your line can decline…an impromptu call…without taking a fallSo like sensitive souls…put none off their soles…by calling without prompting and a permission to boost …a whimsical call is a most inaundating place to be pushed toMind […]
Like feathers, some tails …scratch off itchesLike dogs, some tails …act like bitchesLike white elephants, some tails …just add to weightAnd like traps, some tails…act many a baitSo watch them…the tails you carry IINo good tail …scratches to leave soresNo good tail …hits to turn boresNo good tail …wags to turn lured with no sure […]
I’ve lived through conceitedness…and did trigger many a hating heart Bruised from hatredI did graduate to the sphere of pretentiousnessAnd saw me living as others I couldn’t fit modellingThe weirdness…the off aura…the feeling of a copycat…the shunning eyesAll taught me to shake of the artificial modelling…and saw me in the best sphere…my presenceI’ve learnt to […]
Atuobi a ɔbɔ kroW’afro akokɔ abrɛ ne kwanKɔ gye ahumie a…wo se m’akɔfro akɔmfɛmNa wo betumi agyina ne kwan ano?Asɛm sɛbɛ! B.Atuobi a ɔpiti ɔhawW’apam ɔkraman sɛ ne ho kankanAni anbɔ tɛtɛ…wo se me ne atui na ɛgro broAsɛm sɛbɛ! D.Atuobi a ɔbra mmraW’abra oguan mmɛɛAso annte dinn…wo se me dɔ apɔnkye pumɛɛAsɛm sɛbɛ! E.Atuobi […]
Fire the furry of a great soldierForce out his anger like a teaseCarve his temper like a skilled carverAnd he will uproot fearlessness…to plant success on his battlefield…to keep you safeOr uproot patience to defy decency to murder youLearn the different languages of bodies IIIf you fire up the anger of your gardenerAnd force him […]
Oh secret meshesLiving in at the dark side of knowing…digging painful trenches…and garnering a followingThrowing norms asunder by hitting good in clashesKilling hope of growth and bombing up sinceringKnow thy deeds pile on earth like an overloaded tipper truck…set to somersault in an unsaving mark II.For teeth can eat not its fingers…while stomach thunders for […]
Hatred can make you look at a foeThrough a black and white lensWithout an iota of colourBut know the wise kowtows not to dishonourAnd acts not denseHe dodges the shot from unfair guns before their sounds go “poo”So live a wise IIFor we can turn after angerTo turn a stranger who was thought a danger…into […]
Water falls into a hollow…to create waterfalls for all to followI’m the hollow needing your fallYou’re the water that gets my callWhat are you waiting for? III need you to wash me dirty in your sweatWhipping me up to a fretI need you to kiss me hard to a swellI won’t mind giving out a […]
I don’t know the thoughts which plagued my thinkingTo live in hopes of a maiden wifedOne who obeys without a thinkingOf her self esteem and shamed strifeOh how I prayed…when hopes delayedOh how I strayed…when I thought I’d swayed…from the right which my fate disobeyedBut now I know the blessing I wear…in this freedom I […]
I will boil and evaporate the heavens like steamTo God, hidden in there, redeemI will drink off the rivers and their seas like a thirsty beastAnd fold the earth like it is my leastFor I am the sent of God…with more miracles than he hoards III will order all winds to stopAnd have many a […]
Mother of the goneWho still feels the pain of the bornAs sadness toots its hornWith no hope of living till dawnThere sure is a mornSo live through your torn III know you picture earth’s heatAs it, like a disgusting glutton, your precious eatsI know you’re feeling self-blame’s beatAs it calls your living a shameful cheatI […]
Ɔkrɔmfoɔ bɛtumi ahyɛ esum ataadeɛ…abɔ adwuma te sɛ mfidi-braneNanso, sɛ ewiemu nsakrayɛ yɛ Ɔbɔɔadeɛ nsa ano adwuma yi nkoaa deɛDakoro awia bɛtu sum ama ani ahunu nsa a…ɛde adesayɛ adane ataadeɛ…ewia amansan noEnti hwɛ na sua prɔyɛ mu nkyerkyerɛ BKrɔno bɛtumi ama tumi…nso tumi no bɛtumi adane Fomena nsɛmnsɛm…ama wo nsa akɔhyɛ w’atanfo anum…wɔ ɛbre […]
Obligation which can be a prisonOften whithers countless beings atop precisionOwning workers cruising blasts among perils…of wanton clash IISo hear me powerServe here my prayersSuccint haves my playing-charmsShocking harm my plaguing-qualmsSome have-to-dos, more perilousSecuring horrors, making pestsStripping homes, manufacturing paupers IIISo shake the stakesSo shams take slipsSoak, suck traumatic slacksSo stripes truncate shocksShell shenanigans trumpeting […]
GetHarmonyAmbushedNearAnarchy IbIn an open explorationWhere leads frantically search for gloryThrough the compass of braveryAlmost all must be raked inTo push our story to wholesomeness IIFor we are in GhanaA peaceful midst and a loving mustWe need to wholesomely beThat land in a…story which goes not back and acts haven…seen by stars Of…black as they seek […]
Once upon a timeFowls wondered why humans decapitated them on many a happy occasion…as though they had committed an unpardonable crimeSo they made debating and experiments their vocation IICocks, at a point, blamed hens…for not laying enough eggsHens shot back that many laid eggs in tens…and asked how many cocks helped to feed the hatched […]
Please purge, protect…and power me to peaceAs I ply places prone to precariousnessPack me up to persevere…so I don’t park in pessimismPlacate my heart to put perks on powerful past memoriesTo pause in between problems to play IIFor living limits light…as love locksLove limits listening…as loss loosens up to disappointmentsAnd hearts heat up to hatred…as […]
Memuna, Aisha, Fati, HamamatCall Wunpini and Asibi,…Talata and HumuAnd tell them to dress like Bolga TiitiiFor us to grace the Wedding of Perfect AbassWe must see Mrs Asagri in her perfection IIAisha, are you asking why?Have you forgotten he called you a fat cow…and called me a bony mat?Have you forgotten he called Memuna ugly […]
As the world becomes easier to live inWith gadgets and instruments which fit inLife becomes more boringAnd living becomes more stressfulBecause the laughter which greeted heartily in presenceWill so do so in many an absenceAnd hearts which beat in greetings through hugsWill be an artist’s message…delivered through textOvations which will wake to deafen tearsWill surely […]
How can I make this moment last foreverGranted you’re melting my fears…into golden cheersAnd building in me a fountain of happy tearsTell me how to make this moment last forever? IINow your name washes off past regretsAnd helps me forget all the messy frets …with their foundational hurtsSteering my heart to cheers like a happy […]
Sɛ afe yi w’atumi agye Afehyia PaNa wo gu so ti nkwa mu a Ɛneɛ fa aseda gyampantrudu a ɛtisɛ Afa Djato…ma Ɔbrempong Nyame a ɔhume nkwa gu wo mu daa daa Efirisɛ w’atwa kwan a ɛbro owuo anamɔnso B.Afe yiDane wo suban ani …na fa papayɛ bɔ wo braSɛ wo yɛ sum ne prɔyɛ […]
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Dear death robberAs you journey through crude beatings…torture and a butchering to death townPlease do use the fire of hellTo build yourself anewIf you dream of coming back to life III don’t know who will greet you…there and turn you round{ to look…at you and proclaim you torn…destroyed and….wornBut I hope you create no butTo […]
Dear snail, shed your normOf hiding from your mornWhen a little noise warns your dawnDon’t you get worn out and tornHiding in your breakable shed in the lawnWhere many a mischief are born? IIPlease crawl out to see the sunAnd stop putting on your best days a banWhich prevents your happy tanAnd trashes your could’ve […]
Abasaki says I’ve been very stubbornAlways rocking a “no” horn…to proposals he should have long wonProposals which could have fetched us babies born…to our coupleage adornSo he is tearing open naked thoughts that he has long worn IIAbasaki says he has pulled my breasts like naughty weleAnd has chewed their tips like keleweleHe has flipped […]
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