MeM’atɔn ɛkɔm de agye nnɔbaeM’adaadaa akɔm de adɔ wɔ AdaeM’ahwe nsukɔm asom de aso nananom nnaeSɛ wo de wo fɔm ma me a, medua bayie atwa ahenman B.Me,M’afro afrɔtɔ akɔbɔ nkɔtɔM’asɔ asɔsɔ de apam apɔsɔM’afam ɛban abubu no afrɛ hannSɛ wo de wo tan ma me a, medua ama n’aso ɔdɔ D. Me, M’asom owuo […]
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JUST LIKE TREES
Rains can wake many a fallen treeCut or struck, burnt or rottenOnce its roots in soil beIts time in life is never forgotten IISo are beings in this here lifePoor or sad, unlucky or lonelyOur lives act roots to wait in strifeFor good rains to grow them wholly IIISo live out your worstIn wait for […]
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INCOHERENT
“Shut up as we shell you in our shieldShin up as we shush you with our sharpsShould you be shot by our shooters…shut up if you’ve no bullet proof shirt”Incoherent are the words of the tricks of our polls…licking off our sanityAnd these are seen after they wrestle mandate with humility IIThese are the struggles […]
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UNDER THE BRIGHTNESS OF YOUR STAR
If you sit in melancholyWatching others act loved and holyAsking why your fate is so twistedJust get to know all I amAnd it will move you IIFrom the stakes of the unwantedTo the stables of the hauntedFrom the oven of the hatedTo the hell of penuryThrough to the dawn of my breakthroughJust get to know […]
The Tulip now lies breathlessBeing suffocated by taunting TalibansWhose thinking wheels are stopped in archaic timesAnd are now chopping civilization on ignorant boardsTo lock women into prisons of themselvesOnly to throw those keys into the pockets of their unfit men IIThe Oak takes an esteem fallBiden being pushed into the fires of fitness…as to whether […]
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AFFLICTIONS OF ADDICTION
A skin can get wound in a secondBut it takes days…if not weeks…sometimes even months…or yearsTo healSo is the affliction of addiction IISo do have time…and create some spaceDo take time to listen and pamperDo create boundaries and help with distractionsAn addicted soul needs all these and more…to heal IIIDo not shameAnd don’t try to […]
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MOST HIGH GOD
Ye who created nsuwansuwa and everything in itYe who created mmepɔ abrane and every weight they haveYe who created Asaase Yaa and everything it stands forWith knees on ground …and head in bowI raise my humble calabash in thanksgiving IIFor you have sent Abosom Apem to guard this humble meFor you have sent ahonhom atumfoɔ […]
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POOR WISHES
You think I live to you annoySo like a demonic praying mantise, you wish me deadBut my death will not make you enjoyThe life you live in your head IIFor you’re you and I’m meDeath, like that sure road is waiting for theeAs it is for meDeath can only be my ever resting phaseOnly pushing […]
ƆbaaMmarimma bi te sɛ abrɔ afidieEnti mfa suban bi sɛ agrɔ na yɛ ahwɛyieMfa mmɔfra adwene ntena aware bɔne ho mpiri asiesieEfirisɛ wo wu a…yɛ bɛtumi asu asuo po nso ɛfɔm na ɛde wo bɛkɔ akɔwie B.Ɔbaa eiSɛ ɔma ne nsa so ɛnɛ na anka wo aƆkyene deɛ bɛtumi asam w’adwene ama wo adane n’akoaƆbaa […]
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THE BEAUTY IN OUR FEAST
Da bi me kɔɔ nwuramu …keyinkaMe kɔ huu saman…keyinkaSaman nkitinkiti…keyinkaNa me suro o…keyinkaNa me suro papa…keyinkaƆpumaa ne tuo…keyinkaMe nso me pumaa me tuo…keyinkaƆde kyerɛ me soMe nso me de kyerɛ ne so …keyinkaAtika atika…ate pooo IAs the tides of waves dance on a sea…only to turn into bubbles at the shoreSo will a people who […]
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WE ARE ENOUGH
There is an air of change blowingAnd I hope it turns into a wind for completion There are seeds of change being sewnAnd I hope they grow into trees to help in our cultural nutritionThis is finally the rain of sanityAnd we are all here for itOurs for us and oursThat is the story in […]
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MARITAL SHOTGUN
Aku Alolo is to be pitiedAs much as she thought her friends envied…her earlier in her awareBecause now she is being played like ɔwareTo a point where she has stopped going to asɔre IIShe thought Kwaku Aponkye a gifted kingNow she is questioning whether he is a human beingShe thought Kwaku Aponkye greatNow she is […]
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WAKE AND WORK
Listen and learnLack locks lives like losers under labourLeaving them as luggages of lifeAs you act as lost landlords…and lie under long ludicrous lawsWith luxury of lip-service IIStop the stories in order to seeThat some Sikaman souls are scared,…scarred, soiled by sorrowsAnd are suffering under stressful situations Due to your shortcomings and sick systems IIIFlip […]
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OH YOUNG YOU
Oh young you!Your posture and thoughts aren’t crazyYour state and hurts aren’t crazyYour self pity and confidence is a malady…a malady of the young IIFor if you could send an eye into your futureYou’d see its beautiful structureAnd the line of men who would be courting for a chanceAnd the line of love which will […]
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DEAR EARTH
Dear EarthThank you for embracing…and cuddling…and feeding…and healing…and entertaining…and challenging meThere are many horrors you experienceOur erosion which causes your fertility demotionIs a shameYet we hold our flaws like flags…hoisting it to do further damage…everydayYour trees feed usBut we slaughter them like fowls without replacing themYour sky covereth usBut we smoke it dry and face […]
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THE TREE OF MY HAPPINESS
My happiness is like a treeWith many branchesThere is a huge branch which holds the H in my happinessAnd represents the love of my life…the life I’ve been givenThere is another huge branch which stands for the A in my happinessAnd is my art which is the channel catering to my emotionsThere is one P […]
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AMANIƐ A ETRU MMA
Amaniɛ a etru baƐne amanyɔfoɔ akatua a ɛforo ban…si adan de bɔ wɔn ho banƐne adwumayɛfoɔ akatua a erewiawia nso entumi nnuru aduane pono soN’asombɔ ne animdefoɔ a wɔn pɛ sɛ wɔn pia…adwumayɛfoɔ kakrawa no kɔhyɛ ohia yɛfunu mu Amaniɛ a etru baƐne amanyɔfoɔ a wɔn awidare wɔ kɛtɛasehyɛ ne prɔyɛ mu…san tru takashi de […]
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SOME SIKAMAN LOCAL CELEBRITIES
Some SIKAMAN local celebrities are like fowlsWho transform into peacocksOnly to insult and shame themselves with their processesSoiling screens with their self-degrading aura IISome Sikaman local celebrities are like dogsWho bark and bark and bark at eachother …just for attentionSpitting and vomiting secrets…to court the horrors of the populaceWhen they bite, …bad blood rain like […]
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THIS HUMAN UNTOUCH
In times past, love dice could turn in many a castFor hugs to quench high emotionsFor kisses to create great devotionFor handshakes to solidify relationships of acquaintances and their interactionsAll that have turned to dustForcing a forgetfulness under Corona’s rust III miss the touches and the smilesI miss the hugs and the handshakesI miss the […]
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IN YOUR DIRTY WATER
I have been washed through challengesAnd been rinsed through blessingsWhich now set me on this stage you seeSo dip me not in your dirty water III’ve gone through enough stainsAnd have taken the pains to battle the stainsI’ve seen enough oil and have felt the heat of the sun…in order to their colours banSo dip […]
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NEVER TO BE A MILLIONAIRE?
Teaching is a gift used to sift talentsAnd also to lift hearts in swift flightsTeaching is like the craft of sculptingFutures await teachers’ created vessels…to accept their growth through your impact…on their childhoodsBut here I stand on the middle of this teaching ladderBeing told to never dream of becoming a millionaireIf it is the only […]
I wear singlets of fearAdded beneath are dreads of failure and dishonourWith undies of disappointmentsAll beneath clothes of strengthWith a tinge of self esteem as my sweaterAnd walk about as the pillar which has it all togetherAnd so many a being shiver IIBut the moment your eyes…like a search lightSet on meI felt nakedFor you […]
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THE RUINS OF MY BUILD
Spider webs bar many bodiesProtective of the house and marking unseen spider bodiesDust covereth the terazo floor…and the heavy wooden doorAnt moulds snake from the floor to the topA daunting feeling warns heart to a stopOnce a home, I am looking at its shadowOnce embracing, I am seeing the unfriendly krado III break it and […]
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FITS OF FIT
“Where will waakye waitAs I eat grass and chew metal…to fit up this frame which is tugyiming?”This is the question on many a mouth II“The beast of banku bakes bodiesTo swell like breadThe force in fufu fills frames…making them blow up like balloonsWe know but what can we do?So we eat and try but cry […]
Ewiase te sɛ nteaseɛ nkyiayɛEmu tena yɛ yaEnti na etire hia adwene…honam hia ahwɛyie banbɔƐna akoma hia ntoboaseɛ boɔ…de adi nyinkyɛ B.Ewiase yɛ hu o Ɛyɛ hu te sɛ sasrabonsam a onni ahumɔbrɔ se…nankapɛsɛ w’akonya akrɔkrɔ mmɔwerɛEnti na pɛtɛ nam yɛ amanfoɔ tan san nso yɛ Sikaman nyinaa akyiwadeɛ…nanso prako nam yɛ ebinom dɛ noNa […]
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THE VANITY OF POWER
Once upon a timeIn a jungle filled with crimeAgya Ananse decided to play a prank on othersBy promising and eventually seriously pledging to fly in feathers…in the coming year IIHe said so with no fearAnd taunted others who had no moneySaying he was boss because money was sweeter than honeyAnd had many birds killed for […]
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WHEN YOU PUT YOURSELF OUT THERE
When you put yourself out thereYou turn into a field football with no ownerMany a leg will share you in a manner unfairAnd play you till your air blasts into a thin cornerSo beware IIFor there are some who want to score you for their goalsThere are some who will want to hold you near […]
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YOU MIRROR OF OUR STUPOR
They think me madBecause I stand here like an intrigued audience, watching youThey think it sadBecause I stand here like an awed tourist, smelling youMany are they who pass you by like a thing unworthyForcing questions to ask themselves in head as to who made you unworthy IIYou represent all that we areOur sorrowsOur tearsOur […]
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WHEN A WOMAN CLIMBS HIGH
When a woman climbs highShe sees the shape of creationAnd uproots its destructive lieWhich can cause hurts and pains and drains in her nation IIWhen a woman climbs highShe sees the troubles in the future of manAnd stops many a man cryBy putting on temptation an absolute ban IIIWhen a woman climbs highShe gets to […]
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Prof. Kofi Anyidoho – An Ode
In you I see a harvest…a harvest of our dreamsFor you’re the earthchild with the ancestral logicYou’re the owner of wise songsMagnanimous in trading them to those who seekYou’re the palm branch with great wineWhich turns hopeless patriotical thirst…into a hopeful oneEven through the frying of wicked squatters…whose stomachs are all they seekAll a nation […]
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THIS SELFISH POWER
My grandmother taught me that power lightsTo make all brightAnd said a leader is like the moon at nightShining to help eyes see things rightDid she hide from me the power that bites? III see power which suffocates growthSeizes development and promotes hearts to loatheI see power which supports shocksHurting the weak by throwing hot […]
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THE WES GOODMANS ON DISPLAY
We know some of you play see sawShovering and shivering and twerking and jerking…to your vile display’s coreYou’re on your own joking IIYou create stages to act dzatarically toughWhen under dark clouds you’re meows who love it roughAs some go through your back doors…to play you on their floorsOh some bite you hard to gift […]
I sat on the edge of the fenceAs many held placards in defenseOf their beloveds made to turn soilThrough some negligence, still I recoil IITheir voices act like noisesNoises I felt were part of their many choicesBut could have been kept…to save those pores which wept…under the sun’s angry toilAnd so I got comfortable on […]
Me nnwin te sɛ sirkye ahoma anaa atentenhuo…a emu yɛ duruKakraa bi yɛ bebree…nso aman foforɔfoɔ nhunuNeɛ me twi mu a ɛbɛgu m’akyi noTe sɛ nea ɛɛyɛ ayɛ obi tikwaƐyɛfɛ yɛ duru…ɛyɛ aduro yɛ banbɔ B.Ahuhuro nyɛ adeɛ a ɛnene bɔNso awɔ mu no…ɛyɛ etire ataadeɛMe bɔ a…ɛtisɛ nea m’ama no mframa kwanMe gyae gu […]
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THE HALLELUJAH OF HYPOCRISY
Kwaku Manu saw the struggling plant…in its dying can’tRealized it could grow into fruitionIf it got all the needed care and nutritionSo he watered itMade sure it was fitProtected it from pestsAnd fenced it from animals IINo head was in sight when he workedNo hand extended a shade as he workedBut the moment the plant […]
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TO YOUR WILL
With a heart like a lambAnd a head like an eagleI totally submit to loving neighbours as myselfSo I know not why I’m a candidate for a slaughter houseBeing chased by day and hounded at restBut I will always submit to your will III find myself in a pursuing jungleWith me as a potential gameI […]
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VULNERABILITIES
Just as fire fears rainEvery soul has that one thing they dreadJust as the earth threatens but still sustains rainEvery spirit has a window of fear…which when properly navigatedCan lead to stages of cheersSo be as vulnerable as you wantBut give up no treasure in its seizure IIFor you can feel the burns of intimidationBut […]
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NYAFU NYAFU
Ezenna who dey live in Aba…love her ebaWhile others dey gymThat be when she finger her simCon dey talk plus person wey no fit give am tiiiAs her bellɛ turn piii IIBot when she sees fine person wey growNa so her maut like bullet go goCrying sotay dey ask God wetin she do…wey she no […]
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IF LOVE WERE A HUMAN BEING
I love youI so love youBecause of the way you love me III love youI so love youBecause you show the meaning of love…in such bright waysYou envelope me when I feel dirtyCutting through superstitions long held…by men who claim greatness…for their inadequacies IIII love youI so love youBecause for a heavenly face like yours…to […]
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KNOW YOUR FRIENDS
Some friends send messages of care in daylightBut tend to bend their actions into a biteWhich lends its root to your failure or death IIPotatoes are like tomatoes…but grow not well togetherPeppers are as edible as beans…but grow not well togetherSalt is sweet but can act like poison to kill plantsEvery plant has its affable […]
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NOTHING AT ALL
I used to abuse thoughts of our separationI used to confuse my heart with your thoughts I used to dwell on your looksUntil time brought us here IIHereWhere you look like time’s used gigoloYour hair so lostYour height so bendedYour face, like a wrinkle groundYour gait, so strainedYour life, so patheticAnd I look at the […]
Amanyɔfoɔ nnyɛ anyame…na y’asom wɔnWɔn yɛ asomfo a kokrommoti ayiyi wɔn sɛ wɔn nsom ɔman no …wo ne me kokromotiEnti ɛnnane akoa mfa asrɛ mpia wɔn ahommasoɔ…ɛmma ɛnnane ɛbɔbrantan …ensi w’atennie kwan IIAmanyɔfoɔ nnyɛ adefo kronkronƐkwanyieNsubɔNkanea ntwatomuAsukuu sieNnyarewa nsosɔano…ne nea ɛkekaho nyinaaYɛ wo ne me nkakrawa a wɔn asam firi yɛn mfifire mu Wɔn bɔ […]
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THE LENSES MUST SHIFT
Dark has turned into lightLight now hide in holes dug by darknessMaking path makers crooks…deceiving their followersTheir followers who are you and my kins IIThose we celebrate must be those worthy of praiseThose who have lived and worked to our flag raiseThose we celebrate are those who are unblemishedAnd have lived their lives so candidly…that […]
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WALKING CORPSES
The pleasantness of a body smellDoes not require it to loudly yellTo many a migraine sellInto the veins of many head cells IIModeration is keyWhen you decide to set yourself apartBe no walking corpseIn publicActing pole of repugnant republic of nosesJust because you want to kill your natural body smell IIIThe world belongs not to […]
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SEEDS OF COMPOSURE
When your cup of conscience fills upAnd your cross of caution flares upWhen your class of choices fall underAnd your chores of crises flip ugly Your deeds will uproot your seeds of composure…and it’ll not be pretty IIYou sure can hide the horrors in the darkYou sure can hoard the hideous in the darkYou sure […]
The root of a poisonous treeNeeds uprooting before it dies outThis is the thing we need to seeBefore racism dies out IIAs long as mouths do shoutWhen a problem breaks outAs long as hate crops upAs a flaw pops upAs long as mouths shut not upIn digging into past stuffAs long as ridicules spring up…to […]
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DRAG QUEENS AND KINGS
Learning is like a wheelWhich goes round and round and round and round…and stops…resetsAnd goes round and round and round and roundIn an order unending IIThat is why hearts can change to change a headThat’s why heads can change to change mindsThat’s why minds can change to change proclamationsThat’s why present proclamations must define…and not […]
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WHEN I LOVE MYSELF
There are days I feel like throwing this body awayThere are days I feel like beating it like a distasteful donkeyThere are times I feel like burning it…and throwing the ashes somewhere even air can’t reachThere are times I want nothing to do with itBut when I love it…it takes me on a whole new […]
Do you come from Mars…or you’ve a passTo grow my massOr brittle my sass?With your throaty bassYou dig my crassTo push your gasI seek your hasAs I play my…naughty naughty naughty jazzAs I play my silly, silly,silly jazzWhich goes like – …pa na na na naPa pa pa…pa na na na na!HaPa na na na […]
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ANIBRƐ ANWENSƐM
Otɔtorɔbonsu eeei! Krɔno mframa a etruba ɛrɛbɔAma kɛtɛasehyɛ ne prɔyɛ adane wɔn kyekyere ntamaƐrebubu yɛn banbɔ nnua…ɛde rebɔ nkyirimma duaKununom adi abrɛ …ama wɔn afrɛ yerenom erebɛ bubu yɛn aprɛKrubinsin amanmuo! Ɛkabinsin adwosuo! Ɛborɔ dunsin ano nsuo…adane agyanombinsin ntasuo! Ama wo man Ghana adane Amabinsin a ɔreti nisuoAni anhunu sɛ ɛka adane ɔkyɛm ɛrekyekyere yɛn […]
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