A hen goes food searching with its chicksFor every two rubbish it sweeps…it finds a grainUnpuzzle this puzzle using its tune I.Abscdeefeghkijs klamnnopd qrsstnuvewxayzkbas cbsdcoedrfetgfehgd ihsjitkjukjflkfmlsNmbonepotqpwrqesretsn utbvuewvrxwtyxhzya zaaganhbd icbjdokealfksmytneUohvpiwqdxriysnztg zyhxwevuatsrrqtpos nmilkn jihhgufesdctbalacebds egofhf ikhjlamornpmQshrteuwavxpwyizynxwg yshmgoazptnehbs ciioun vphjdoekrqwrxrilfd ayhbzocuadvrewdfxsGmuhnniotjpikql lrastluvl wxfzyeyzlxwt amugssbnehtd, cociuodpnjvfequkwsfrelxd ytaojnefd ahaovbwquvpsnoehbd II.Stwzuhvwanot cdtbehgle rqbpookjtvuh mnfgbeacldft ihtomhpsesby abscdaeft ghoijn klmnooppQrtstouvpwxpyzlzyexwd vuotsn rqspoenma lkojif […]
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A NEW BABY
A new day is like a new babyUndeserving of troubled pastEven if tears of yesteryears act shadyIt will be crass to latch and lust…for the new baby IIIn the same way it’ll be unfairTo share with it a past worryIf a hurt does claim its pairIt must settle for a sincere sorryFor it will be […]
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PRAYER FOR MODESTY
When the stage gets highAnd the camera light blindsI hope modesty still finds…me to stay, not to bid goodbyeFor life dragged me through the gutters for a reasonTo know many a seasonAnd work in the clothes of fairnessTo create an atmosphere to harness…hope in the strugglingAnd to sustain love in the heart of the strangled […]
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THE CHICKEN BARBER AND THE TURKEN
Once upon a timeA full feathered star cock decided to have a neck shaveSome of its contemporaries thought it stupidOthers thought it fashionableIt did have the neck shave…using the sharpest scissors at the Chicken Barber’s ShopAfter that…shaving necks became fashion in Chicken Land IIMany talked about the neck shaved chickensSome said they looked better…with their […]
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ƆDƆ MU NSƐMSƐM
Ɛnɛ mu dɛ bɛtumi ayɛ ɔkyena mu nyonoEnti onua…sɛ wo de ɔdɔ mu ndadoa beram w’akomapono akyiDe akoma foforɔ sie mu aBɔ mɔdene hwɛ sɛ ne mpuma ano da hɔNa sɛ akoma no fa akuma dwedwa wo mu a…w’atumi anya baabi ahiri n’atoEfirisɛ ɛnɛ ɔdɔ betumi ayɛ ɔkyenabi tan B.Ɔdɔ wiemu nnyɛ anigye nkoa oƆdɔ […]
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STRENGTH FOR YOU
Life’s hurdles can heckle like a gangster…I knowStorms of life can break bodies…to scatter spirits and beat souls to a pulp…I knowFears can stare into eyes to blind…confuse and infuse dangerous thoughts…I know all thatBut even in the face of life’s tsunamisLive to cross to victory IIJust like the sight of a tired walking river…at […]
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BLAME OF THE GODS
In this web of varied destructionsWhere death comes from internal and external instructionsAnd chaos constitutes the media’s attractionsAs blames and counterblames act hate bricks in many Afri-taunt constructionsI look back at the Gods on duty…through all the nights of robbery…reign and rule of colonialismAnd boldly state their blame IbNefariousIndignitiesGunningEsteemed,Resourced andImpactingAfricans IIThe Gods are to blameFor […]
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LETTING GO
In this heat of memoriesWhere many a past monsters now model sorriesI look up to the future unknownAnd look back at the hurts I still mournBefore looking into the eyes of regretsI see the burning fretsAnd forget the foeSo I’m thinking of letting go IICarrying hurts are burdens set to stifle my growth…I knowA hating […]
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ESUBA DLIHC (Puzzle Poetry)
If the mind climbs…from the feet of a mountainOnly to reach the apex of realizationThen from the feet…climb to the head of this puzzleTo know the right stanza numberingI…Future near the inOthers of that andHappiness their devour toSelves of monsters no nurture soWe’re how are weInner and outer its on tattooed shame with one notSmiles […]
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A GREAT JOURNEY
In a beautiful journey…with a grateful heartHappiness is a vehicleLove is its steeringGrowth is the roadFulfillment is its seatI’m on a great journey IIThe sky is pregnant with promises of greatnessThe land applauds with pleas to feed change…in exchange for peace…and harmony to protect itselfEvery bit is a noted additionI’m on a great journey IIIWords […]
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THE BEAUTY OF HARDWORK
In the endThrough the bendTruth will out…to fight your bout IIIf you fendTo lend a mendWins will shoutTo stand you out IIIBecause life has eyesAnd sees your triesLove is an artAnd draws your heart IVNothing is left to chanceIn enhancing your danceIn the end, through all bendsHeavens make all amends VSo live rightAnd burn brightIn […]
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ASIKAN KANKAN
Once upon a timeWaterAirStoneAnd trees were siblings in a higher realmThe creator gave them equal powers…over humansAnd asked them to protect and safeguard humanity IIThey worked side by side without complaintsScheduling duties to normalize their responsibilitiesUntil normalcy generated into a burden IIIOne dayAir suddenly accused his siblings…of doing less than he does for humanityThrowing tantrums […]
ƆpanyinƆpanyin a ɔpam nyin…san de nyin dane kɛntɛn butu mmɔfra B.ƆpanyinƆpanyin a wɔ de kyɛ nam…de tena ase ma nsa hyɛ damirifa mu…mma mmɔfra yɛ adwuma din D.ƆpanyinƆpanyin a ɔkasa ma obi nka biNso ne nsa ne ne nan nka sedua…hwɛ ma no fɔ E.ƆpanyinƆpayin a odi dodoɔ anim…pre som te sɛ bosom…gye nsa…gu ne […]
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POOR PLANNING
IaI will wrap you…yes, you leadersIn this parcel as LandAnd respectfully tell a satiric tale…hoping the mirrors of reflection…show you to youTo help right a path going wrongSo regrets can live in books…without using us as it’s guinea pigs IbOnce upon a timeRain was the best friend of landThey dined togetherAnd did everything together IILand […]
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FOR THE GIRL
If you all connive to bar a doorBy stomping and hitting on its beautiful floorKnowing that is your one and only wayFrom life’s clay to your decayThen like the God of languages…create a word to suit your thoughts IIThe girl is mother of the biblical manWhose womb is the only barrier to cross extinctionSo if […]
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YOU LAUGHING CHILD
I see your smilesLike bright suns sitting happily in dark cloudsSo I pause to look III see your laughterLike a happy go lucky heart…dancing amidst mourningSo I sit to stare IIIIn this slums where many a beauties…lie dead under the underarms of povertyWhat will be the price of your laughter…talk less your smiles?In this dark […]
BreastsThe crest of womanhoodThe nest of childhoodThe rest of manhoodThe best of feeding bottles! IIBreastsGod’s manna on women!Love’s manner of affection!Beauty’s honour of confessions!Passion’s lollipop! IIIBreasts!They walk their talksAnd talk their walks!They stock their rocks!And rock their stocks! IVThat’s why like enginesThey need their constant checkups…to stay fitThat’s why like free birds…they need their time […]
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SOCIETAL LIES (Puzzle Poetry)
From Accra to BotwanaIs four stopsWhere Congo, Daresalem, and Ethiopia…lie respectively betweenIf France, Guyana, Haiti, Ireland and JakartaFollow in descending orderAnd each beginner is your key in exacting codes…in an all round A to J and A successivelyIf A is 1 and J is 10 with a chronology of alphabets and numbers in betweenIn 4, […]
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IN THE HARD DESERT
Adjovi loved her wealthEven better than her healthShe was like a kangaroo in many a big shopping mall…hoping from hall to hallBuying many a things never to be usedAnd many a few to be used and abusedHer parents never checked her spendingAnd so she grew up as an extravagant lady…loving her spendingShe was the boss […]
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THIS IS THE BOTTOM
This is the bottomWhere today’s hustle is the bridge to uncertainties IIThis is the bottomWhere Corona is naught but a sickness of the higher ups –A tertiary livingWhere none thinks of a possible chit…to reach its secondaryTalk less of its University So hands touch bodies to call for salesMouths call loudly caring not about their […]
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SELF SHOOTING
Amankwah Abrokoto was a fine manWhose man thing knew every pleasure hole…under all skirts in Djokoto Province He earned this bragging rights before turning thirtyAnd made it a point to be the lifelong champion…of the waist game in the whole of Djokoto IIEvery woman in Djokoto knew he wields a long gunAnd his shots garnered […]
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AFRAFRANTƆ AHOƆFƐ
Afrafrantɔ ho fɛ ntumi ndane no ɔkɔreɛMpo adɔfoɔ nisuo ntumi ndane afɔreɛ…mma no ntu nkɔsi ewiem abakɔnmuEnhwiren nkɔrimu aaa na ɔbɛfiifii…atu mu dɛEnti gyae afrafrantɔ ahoɔfɛ akyiri di…na fa w’ahoɔden yɛn ɔkɔreɛ B.Ɔkɔreɛ wɔ daakye aniwaƆnsan nso nni ntaban mu anihaN’ahoɔden aboɔden tu firi nɛ yi kosi daakye a…enniboɔ, efirisɛ sika biara ntumi nfa ne […]
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ABUSE OF THE FUTURE
I know a tree with fruits…mostly get the attention of the wingful, legful and even crawlersBut can we for a moment think of the plants…destined to be treesPlants destined to replace the fruitful trees of today? IIThere are many of such plantsDying in their numbersDue to the shielding of the sky…by the big branched trees […]
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AT THE SOUND OF AN AMBULANCE
At the sound of an ambulanceMany a fears dance…in horrid guessesPainting pictures of gory messes IIAt the sound of an ambulanceMany a pitiable stories sprout in many a chanceTelling tales of families at war with deathHolding guns of prayers hoping to unearth…death in order to shoot and saveIf only human eyes were unblinded to death! […]
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ORDERS IN THE FACE OF ANGER
Once upon a time, A king met his subjects under the biggest tree…in his villageSome subjects started coughing like choking goats to signal doubt…of his rulingThe king in angerShouted that whoever coughs…even if it is he himself…must be beheaded immediately IIHe spoke loudly through his linguistBarking ordersShouting commandsUntil his throat itchedHe then felt it coming…the […]
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HP TJQ (Puzzle Poetry)
If an alphabet is the shadow of its previousAnd an ending is the beginning of its allThen many a shadows are together to find their true selves…in your hand IB hpttjq tjqt gspn uif ujqt pg jttvftBoe xpslt mjle b xjme opwfmjtu up bee ujttvftUp uif xspoh boe ps sjhiuUp fydjuf ps dbvtf puifst gsjhiu […]
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KEYS TO HEARTS
Every body has a key to their heartsSome hearts are opened through sympathySome hearts are opened by kindnessSome hearts are opened through crueltySome hearts are opened with moneySome hearts are opened through companionshipSome hearts are opened through travelingSome hearts are opened through jealousySome hearts are opened with mentorshipSome hearts are opened by just a smileSome […]
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DECEPTIVE SMILES
Sometimes…a smile shines brightly to cover a furySo be in no hurryTo hug and relax at any smile IISometimes…a smile holds bullets for a murderBlinding the intended for to calm in order…for its effectiveness to be perfect IIISometimes…a smile is a bombPreparing you for a tombWhile scratching your pate like a relieving comb IVSometimes…a smile […]
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THE SKILLS OF LUCK
There are people who can blow air into gossipAnd turn them into a balloon fishTo poison a community’s mind against you IIThere are people who can craft newsTo suit your every boneHorror as your headgearCunning as your clothesSelfishness as your shoesUncouth as your underwearWickedness as your wrist watchAnd danger as your draft IIIBut there are […]
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PATHS WE CHART
TeethBite your tongue offAnd call your lungs…to lick your gums when they itch IIEyelashesTravel into eyesAnd call for fingers…to protect your spot when it hurts IIINoseEject your hairAnd expect dust…to stay off your nostrils in a whirlwind IVEvery bad anomaly…has a priceSo live the price…if you’ve guts to live your badLife lives on punishments and […]
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PƐ ADWUMA YƐ
Adwuma pa ne nea etua wo ka…ɛbu wo tiboa bim…ɛsan tɔ aduane hyɛ w’afuruSɛ ɛbɛ pram wo fi o, Sɛ ɛbɛ fii tirimuhweefoɔ si ama wɔn asere wo o, Ɛnnyɛ wo ho mframa…nankampɛsɛ akɔma wo humeeEnti pɛ adwuma pa bi yɛ IINsa a ɛnyɛ adwuma frɛ ntitiyɛNtitiyɛ frɛ ekuroEkuro frɛ nwansenaNwansena frɛ nsansa nso tumi […]
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ABENA-KWABENA’S LAST LAUGH
Just as cocks never fail to crow at dawnAbena-Kwabena’s presence was always accompanied by ridiculeAnd fingers were happy to be seen pointingAs deafening rumours talked loudly…through heels of pleasureWhy?Because Abena-Kwabena was the oldest spinster in AmankroOne who men have thrown their tin atNever ever to be proposed to IIHer dresses were criticised as oddHer hair […]
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WHERE MOUTHS STAND
We want to climbBy keeping many a rotten limbsWe want to soarBut carnivorous lions…deceit…corruption…greed…family connections….sluggishness…politrickingKeep tearing off our wingsHow do we climb to the peak of development? IIWe must learnLearn it takes burying our rot…to grow our newWe must learnLearn it takes shedding off our skin…to dry the new to smoothensWe must learnLearn it takes […]
Lock no one in the cave of pityFor it puts clothes of low self confidence…and shoes of vulnerability on them IILock no one in the prison of hateFor it’ll make you their prison wardenBabysitting them and wasting your emotionsForcing life demotions on you IIILock no one in the abyss of utter gratefulnessFor it will lock […]
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TSUL ESNES DNA (Puzzle Poetry)
A demon staked a 7, 5, 4, 8, 2, 9, 3, 10, 1, 6…with ten numbersAnd staked 7, 5, 4, 8, 2, 9, 3, 1, 6…with nine numbersHe went on to stake 7, 5, 4, 8, 2, 3, 1, 6…with eight numbersAnd proceeded to stake 7, 5, 4, 2, 3, 1, 6…with seven numbersGod approved […]
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VAIN ENQUIRIES
This dawn walk through the hidden contours of Sagnarigu…has taken a toll on meBetween getting lost and ridiculing misdirectionsI see you in all your tatters…roofless…gateless…floorlessYour stomach filled by weeds…which couldn’t have dared to germinate…in your hay daysAnd so I stop for this chat III can see the fading green paint on the walls of your […]
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SOVEREIGNTY
Sovereignty is not achieved by neglecting successionist attacksIt is the sure reign of certainty…through facts justified by reasoning, oiled by needs of a nation for a collective goodWhere are the thinking caps? IIA fire which threatens to burn down a houseNeeds no considerational space…even if it is cooking to fill stomachsIts ashes needs to be […]
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THE KING AND THE SAGE
Once,A king saddled with many a complaining elders…of his courtVisited a sage at the feet of dawnIn order to fix his court into calmAnd satisfy his people with need IIHe complained of the terrifying nightmares…of his cousin pushing a dagger into his heartAnd blamed his supporters…for pushing him into the royal limelight…whose dark parts host […]
Ayɛ fo oooƆmo bɔ no donkomi!Kristosom no ayɛ fooooEnti obiara nkɔtɔ bi!Efiri atifi kosi anaafoɔApueyɛ kɔpim atɔyɛObiara nfa ne kruwaa nkɔtɔ Kristosom no bi! B.Sesei wɔn atitiso sei huhuhuhuhuhuAdwamanbɔfoɔ tumi di nwomtofoɔ anim!Nea wohiaa ne sɛ…wo bɛ yɛ no wɔ sum aseAwingaafoɔ tumi yɛ nsɔrɛ nsɔre mpanyinfoɔNea wo hia ne sɛ…wo de nsɛmpaka bɛ brabra […]
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LIVE RIGHT
LiveLive in a way to giveGive your soul its proper nounTo avoid being remembered as an adjectiveOf a common noun IILiveLive in such a waySome people will use you as a threadTo sew threats that others will dreadIn order to build their sheds IIIOh liveLive to brighten the bestAnd frighten the worstLeaving love in good […]
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WATCHING YOU LOVE ME
There is a beauty in seeing ice thaw…fresh from a hardworking freezerThat’s how I feelWatching you love me IIYour charm might be in you walking through the rainEven in your fear of thundersTo get me food I crave IIbYour charm may be from your smiles at my wordsEven when they’re soft, loud…or harsh IIcYour charm […]
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SOME BUTTONS IN LIFE
Life is a level playing fieldWhere many equipping hearts are needed…to aid our journeyFor we walk in beings before falling on earthWe ride on shoulders before learning to walkSo take a moment to learn what is needed…sometimes IbSometimes we need a play buttonTo help others view us…on best screens IISometimes we need the pause buttonTo […]
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EELMEOSNYRAY (Puzzle Poetry)
1.Sky’s is kindness great a lessonTeaching to us its embody worksIn to order like live beings…with spirits, hearts, and souls bodiesSo take do to time study +2It us gives from rains aboveSomething need we quench to thirstIt us gives pathfinding the sunSomething need we keep to warmEquipping to survivors their live livesAlthough sometimes it gives […]
I wish our generation have many like youWe’d have been saved from many a blueAnd would’ve reached many development dawnsAs compared to acting like hunger prawns IIYour mission through your visionsRight to many of your decisionsBrought us lifeLife which is being suffocated and giving us strifeThrough inabilities parcelled as abilitiesAnd calamities from our iniquities IIIIt […]
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FASCINATING TWISTS
Sometimes the story of a King excites not a kingdom…like that of the village drunkBecause he sits where the sun shines most…and sees not many below IIThe village drunk may be dirtyBut privy to minds and hearts…from all cornersAnd may even know of the cocroaches…which hide in gutters…their postures and fears IIIThat same village drunk […]
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THREATS AND FRETS
Once,In a jungle that was fair…and frowned on carnivoresA dog felt insulted after fighting mouse IIHe kept barking and threatening to deal with mouseTo the hearing of allCat, who felt tired of chewing plants…also heard and schemed a perfect plan IIICat caught and ate mouseOne moonless and starless night…managed to leave few of its bones…and […]
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BAABI A OBI FIRIE
Baabi a obi firieNyɛ wo haw ase mfifireNa wo de papa abɔ mu huu huu huuAgu n’anim ase asan ayɛ huuhuu B.Kasa a obi kaƐnnyɛ w’asɛm ho wɔ kaNa wo de ayɛ aseresɛmAma tirimuhweefoɔ de adi nkwasiasɛm D.Enti yɛ ahwɛyieMa ɔman yi asiesieNa atiyie yɛ asomdwoe ne ɔdɔ a abuoƐnnyɛ ɔtan ne ohuro ɛne ɛho […]
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PLIGHT OF THE BARREN 3
Parcelled gifts of smilesHurts grilled like well scented chickenHorrid reminders posing as beautiful songsShe lives the dream of horror IIEveryone is nice to DzifaThey politely tell her of their prayers for herThey subtly direct her to some facility or anotherThey jokingly ask her…when she will bless the world with a child’s cryShe wonders why such […]
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ABETYU (Puzzle Poetry)
0If 1, 2, 3 is boringAnd 3, 2, 1 is tellingLet’s try a 2, 3, 1,…3, 1, 2To find the knot of this non conforming 1.the Static is statistics of highest of the mark celebratory beauty everythe It takes of achievers shapebodies and not to wrinkle carvedwhich Cultivate habits around growth orbitslust and not 2.woman […]
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THE MAIZE MORAL
Besides the rotten before fruitionAnd the pecked before harvestingSome maize are roasted immediately after their harvest…never to taste the smell of a home…talk less see their barn IbSome are sent straight into the saucepanBoiled and eatenSome also taste the sunAnd dryOnly to be milled into doughSome are also nursedTheir hopes upOnly to be squashed and […]
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