In countless words told I could easily break in a thoughtless hold For many cagy stitchy words The machines kept busier with their mouths than hungry birds To paint the picture of my frailty Interfering with my mental agility Your back must please in a pleasurable bed It doesn’t have to be […]
She preferred eyes seeing the glitters Than its internal shivers Though the tears from the wall flowed And its outside glowed Some minds slowed Wanting to know what all the glitters entailed But she perfectly gave the watcher a warning detailed To keep eyes from prying And her from shying In the midst of […]
In her bid to get medicine to combat age Ako travelled far to meet a sage The sage asked why she needed to combat age To be immortal was her answer to the sage The sage tells her about age’s rage And threats of putting Ako in a cage The sage had for her […]
He sought to break What he could not shake in its fury He sought to beat What he could not fight at its strongest He slacked when time slept In its weakest moment He forgot to fix the cracks on his happiness, To ruin the battle of his sorrow, To beat the taunting teeth of […]
“Procrastinating is a thief of time and prevention is better than cure” are famous sayings known to every tom, dick and harry in this world but the Ghanaian state. I remember my days at the university; a cracked concrete ceiling on a walkway was neglected until it killed a student. It was then that it […]
They needed the inedible sardine But not the working fish They sat and watched It struggling When It was of their flesh And never thought of helping When It finally bobbed up bellywise in a breathless wave They hired an expensive can To transport it to the keeper freezer To keep it fresh for […]
Love, I have been quiet, noisy Foolish, and even suicidal Just to get your attention But it seems it makes you all the more furious Let the chicken dance like an antelope To the hawks, it will still be seen as meat I see the monstrous hands you kneel to The ears which […]
Askimo sits on the wall dejected, what in God’s name just happened? Did Selina just sleep with him and sack him out of her house? He of all people? God’s gift to women like him? Considering the many women who will die to have him in their beds forever, he thinks back. All the women […]
Twisted, The life in the craving which never existed I resisted, That part that the world for me insisted But calm resisted, The calling within that never rested And now I’m tempted To grab the enticing wrong I so resisted Am I twisted? In this moment I’m having me doubted? […]
I am at a loss. Is this the part where I say I am flabbergasted? If a security man sleeps on the job and something is stolen for years without the knowledge of the owners and the security man, can there be a time when the thief is apprehended when seen with the stolen item? Wouldn’t it mean the security man and the owners did not do their jobs? With this shame, will they still have mouths to talk let alone demand for justice?
For years, AIDS and malaria have ruled. They ruled in shaking the very existence of mankind. But their reign has been elevated to the background by Almighty Ebola. Its swiftness in eating away the human in days has hearts shivering in West Africa and the world at large. Humans may be crying but bats and […]
Use those eyes To look within That you Who is like a dog’s coprophagia nature Have the nasty habit Of relishing your stool and the nasty ones of others When none watches So be no chirper of another’s trait Yours when unveiled to eyes May send legs running like elephants […]
Aboakyere transliterates “animal catching”. The animal in question happens to be a deer. It was first a human sacrifice, and then the gods listened to the cries of the people and made it a leopard which was worse in the loss of human lives, so they settled on a deer. It is believed that this […]
Finger in hair Tears the pack and releases a decade air Fingers on shoulder Touches every pore and becomes a beautiful moulder A mouth on a mouth Resuscitates olden breath which is aiming for death’s south Imagine what a touch could patch In taking me back in time Make me a toddler tonight With every […]
In this crazy multitude I aim to lend this story I’m living some verisimilitude ‘Life is how you make it’ is a now a boring platitude In the noise, I cringe at the seeming solitude Sometimes, I sit in gratitude Even though like the blind tomorrow’s happenings I know not in exactitude My heart breeds […]
The picture you paint Forces me to mentally repaint I deem it quaint But it makes me enjoy the scenery you paint And thank my stars for having you and I acquaint I have no complaint There’s no way my name by you will have a bad taint I can never faint Neither must I […]
In this life, there are things which are pleasurable when done right. One of those things is sex. There are instances when people engage in sex and say it is thrilling and is worth it. But I think when you are at ease and know what you’re doing is right, then sex becomes sweeter and […]
We all swam to this shore Those who cherish their ears Wish to hear to no avail Those who cherish their eyes Wish to see to no avail Those who cherish their mouths Wish to speak to no avail Those who cherish their noses Wish to smell to no avail Those […]
In this limitful existence There are many in resistance Of losing Power in abundance Yet sit in a trance As Power walks through their entrance And floats in the air Power, oh Power! Why do you make them shudder? Like he-goats they suffer and sniffer To get into the back of their lovers They are […]
Exhausts venomously deplete I cannot stand many’s tune as they fashionably compete Unseen fumes from coolers happily maim While inventions to revive crops have a common aim Of hurting the rivers of my eyes And changing its colours with their respective dyes Bones of machines lie on my flesh and heavily pinch The little hair […]
Whispers of the walls Connive with whispers of the ground They in turn seek the attention of the mouth of the surrounding And scream in whispers “Be in the dark, blend with his shadow Shadows like yours cannot be seen It must always act like the backing vocalist behind the screen” What do I do […]
It is registration of voter ID cards in Ghana and politicians scuffle to make sure everything is in order, whatever that means I do not care. What I want to know is are measures in place for the National Commission for Civic Education to teach the young ones and those who vote […]
INVINCIBLE Tears of the rain Blend with its nature The heat of the fire Regarded as its natural attribute The tired legs of the wind Never will be seen To see, their clothes must fit An impossibility! We must look beyond the normal To fit perfectly and make use of our […]
Under the veil Sits filth which is being washed to no avail Under the veil Hides a naughty machine which is always on a sail Under the veil Cries a toothless path shouting for a mail Under the veil Lies the deception, which when caught cannot be bailed Under the veil […]
Dear Steve I am no Eve And have no deals with a snake I am me I don’t seek to be anyone else I just aim to be me I aim to be the me Who needn’t crawl at the feet of men In broad daylight as insults walk On my face like its natural […]
Know! I don’t no Even if you false me I won’t do it I will tell them your words are force I want to cell things But not battery sells I will bye them from town So I will not say buybuy to my lover I saw Ofosua’s sun lying in the son Trying to […]
The pornography scandal that hit Tamale recently awakened a dead topic within me. When I first set foot here, I looked at the dressing of the females and they earned my respect instantly. Their veils, their clothes, even without veils their clothes were and are still like decent wedding gowns. I looked at myself and […]
She climbed a tree with no caution The tree was the home of bees All she had to do to exasperate them was sit Her bruised and lifeless body was seen beneath She climbed a tree with no caution Its branches were not strong for her weight She sat, it snapped. Her broken bones […]
Thoughts of the Fante gallants
Subdued by harmless guns
As they plead
“M’agya etu, mepawokyew
Menkum me ai! Mere ke sonkyi maaba”
To a mouthless gun kills my spirit over and over again
Here and there We go High or low We flow Winged in wizardry They claim our show But we are the planters They chew The singers Who help their hearts soothe And the beautifiers Who fill their view Our homes now keep them warm Our foods they lick in pleasure But have no pity […]
In your stead we stand For your sake we band To your satisfaction we hand Our struggles with the land For your healing we boil For your effectiveness we toil We make love to the soil To make sure your mobility does not coil So why are we shedding tears At the hands […]
In the midst of nothing Hides a bountiful future Unseen by eyes Amoafowaa Sefa Cecilia (c) 2014
In the monstrous apiary She kept all enclosed like a diary A sage needs no rage Rage needs a cage So goes the adage She suffocated with fake delight While her heart lacked light Like a dungeon of a caged lion She dragged her barrel from Zion Her heart shedding bloody tears As her body […]
Drummers drum,
The drumming hands will never fail to drum
When they see a beautiful drum
Like a pro, yours will be next, its rhythm more than perfect
He is the head of the coots
Who watches over you and loots
Without distorting its roots
Captured, I watched A heart in oblivion as its charm Pulled me through burdens Into the abyss of love Captured, I yearned To be in an embrace Instead of the adulthood bestowed By my birth, yet, the bearer knew not Captured, I followed, With discipline though dazed And fell into mud pits of shame I […]
These questions I ask,
Please freeze your temper
And raise your hands to your guards
To freeze their ears
I am only talking to you and you alone
Originally posted on valeriu dg barbu:
Trilingual post: English, Italiano, Română the poem is a mountain, an ocean, a temple, a hospital, a tavern, a hotel, a road, a tree and never a wall my life so far is just a verse from a poem with too many grammatical typos and when it will be…
“What? To marry a Muslim man, I’d rather stay single or kill myself. It is not that I aim to label. I know the religion is fine. People who practice it without greed do great and live with mankind in harmony, but now, many are confusing religion with their barbaric cultures and use the literal meanings of quotations from the Bible or the Quran to push their selfish desires. It seems the Bible helped Christian women to be human by specifically saying one man to a woman, the idea of Muslims being asked to marry as many as four and love them equally, which is ridiculous because to me because no man can love four women equally, makes me fear getting into any of those traps. I also pity the women whose jealousies are cocked on their chest forever.
I am at a yellow position Watching your quick reds And your greens As they switch in fast paces against me Giving my thoughts no rest And my heart no peace I have been at this position Waiting for you to come to a decision And help me be at ease My chest cannot […]
It is raining
But I am not seeing
I know you’re seeing
But choose to let time do the telling
Like a real gentleman, you choose modesty to boasting
You ask me if I’m shy
For me to mention this, I’m shy
For me to see this, I cry
And for this to happen I ask why?
Stomach cut in
"I store all your belongings,
I look through with my crew and throw some out
To make sure everyone is all-right-"
"Then you must be the financial minister"
Buttocks cut in and continued
Have you ever watched a snapshot and wished to be in it? Have you ever watched time and wished to be its tail? Have you ever watched the birds and hoped for wings? Have you ever seen eyes you hope for as mirrors? Like a painting you hang on my every wall I turn […]
“Y’ani abre, y’ani abre kↄↄ Y’ani abre, y’ani abre kↄↄ” Chant demonstrators who in years past sang “Onoaa n’ἐko oo, Ↄnoaa n’ἐko oo Onoaa n’ἐko oo, Ↄnoaa n’ἐko oo Obiara nim sἐ ἐyἐ ↄnoaa n’ἐko oo Obiara nim sἐ ἐyἐ ↄnoaa n’ἐko oo” Qwaqwaqwaqwaqwaqwaqwa I laugh in all types of languages As I […]
I have many farms Which are tainted by metals I’ll work to make them fertile All I need is to use my work charms I’ll use my precious hands To pamper all my seeds They need to grow into feeds No matter their struggle with the lands And so it goes with time […]
Oration of chastity Parading of nudity Inculcation of sincerity Akweley passed the test of “Sonimouni” No rice or corn ingestion She was bathed in a river with admonition Of family ties and connection By the gathering of all hands to eat “Ho fufui” Her hands were trained on the culinary Her skills, […]
Stories are told Of a vicar who only preached About hell fire and its recipe He expounded on lies Fornication, Adultery, Divorce, Lack of submission, Quarrelling, Lack of respect, Cheating, And many others His bulky wife had a mouth as sharp as a double edged sword She was a lioness who wore angelic clothes in […]
How grand Pounds and Euro battled not rand Nothing was left to strand All stars stood in their respective stances Eyes feared to blink, for fear of a magic escaping Mouths couldn’t help to gape Knees felt weak with envy Hearts fluttered and imagined themselves us Tears were our evidence of attraction The clothes […]
This leaf is raddled Saddled by the reigns of ageing Ageing which happily flaunts its job To the fascination of time And takes ridiculing as its compliment This leaf is raddled Raddled though it is It has seen all shades of the sun; Mild, seductive, angry, angered, and frightening But none blinded it […]
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