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Amoafowaa Sefa Cecilia: Writer, Teacher & Speaker

A LADY WITH A PEN BY AMOAFOWAA SEFA CECILIA

Post author By amoafowaa
Post date July 14, 2014
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Kwansema sits in front of her father’s house, thinking about her life. Her brothers are all in school studying for their future while she sits idly waiting for the sun to go down to prepare the evening meal. It is strange how she feels wronged. She wants to be a president one day. She […]

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LET’S HOLD OUR HANDS

The tailor sows And the wearer refuses to see his nudity The writer writes And the reader refuses to read The seller sells And the buyer refuses to buy The doctor learns to heal And the patient decides to die The lawyer extends his hands The culprit chooses natural fate […]

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THE COOK WITH THE BLESSED HANDS

Post author By amoafowaa
Post date July 14, 2014
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It has no sympathy It would have waited a while For you to taste the soup you brewed with love before having you for supper There is also the gods’ apathy Contributing to your being taken Before your soup was done Half done, I cried tears of blood, seeing as other cooks tended […]

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MONSTROUS BEAUTY

When I look at your face, I wish to have God’s grace To re-create. Why He will place a gem In a scary bottle beats my mind. You shine, Everyone flees For fear of your brutal consumption Having no thoughts of you being their messiah of peace Oh you monstrous beauty! I will help you […]

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DIFFERENT VEGETABLES, SAME GOAL

Post author By amoafowaa
Post date July 14, 2014
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The taste of pepper differs From the taste of onion The taste of tomato differs From the taste of carrots The taste of cucumber differs From the taste of green beans But like soldiers with different abilities, They, under the commander of fire, hold hands to fight the enemy of hunger […]

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MUTILATORS

God gave me a full house To welcome a special visitor and pleasurably keep his gifts Which will prepare themselves to be my eyes When my sight fails, To be my legs When my mobility wanes, To be my mind When my thoughts fail, To be my hands When shivers overtake them. Why then do […]

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RELIGIOUS

NEITHER HERE NOR THERE

I am half baked bread Not edible nor a throw away I have been tutored to call the name of the resurrected When my woes open their mouths to consume me Or call for the parents of my grandparents Who have turned gods on another planet To come to my rescue The former being alien, […]

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WELCOMING SCARY IMAGERIES

Post author By amoafowaa
Post date July 13, 2014
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You came in like a cool breeze And left like an angry storm Who would have thought a wolf could hide in that safe wool? Maybe I must cut some skin Whenever I see a sheep Then I’ll gladly tend to the pain if the sheep is truly a sheep Step on once […]

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THAT SIMPLE

I need no promises of gifts When I have double a hand I need the hands who’ll work with me To gain what will forever bind I need no bed of roses Whose thorns will pierce my youthful pride I need many straws, you and I will weave To keep our mending knowledge […]

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LET’S MEET UNDER THE COCOA TREE

Post author By amoafowaa
Post date July 13, 2014
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Let’s dance under the moon light Where no one will put up a fight The moon will gladly give us light So our toes will be in plain sight Let’s admire our pretty natural selves With the fireflies who’ll watch themselves Me with my braided foamy hair You with your beautiful intense stare […]

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POOR POOR SOUL

Working angel be her guide Thoughts of that night hunts Threats of a repetition Hangs like a sword of Damocles On her young head She has no listener And is not old enough to have a knight in shiny armour What formed her cannot form another in her That the hands of cradle joined the […]

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A PATH FOR ME

I walk on this esplanade Loving the sea My eyes sees the sea But sees no sea Funny? Let it not be There is a path for you And a path for me You might be seeing yours But I don’t see mine Even with my bright eyes Your eyes might be deceiving you So […]

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BORN OF THE STREET

Abena thinks of a way to escape this mess called home. She looks on her right and on her left and sees her friends sleeping soundly. What is it they love about this place that makes them sleep without thoughts? This is the street. Girls die everyday without any one bothering to find out how. […]

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HOW DO I GO HOME?

How do I go home? With empty hands and a clean conscience Or A full hand and a tainted conscience? How do I go home? Pouting like a barking dog Or swimming like a satisfied swan? How do I go home? With smiles on the faces of senders Or tears? How do […]

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GIVE THANKS; CRAZY STANZAS

They bow, any time she speaks At a glance, many squeak and steal peeks They stand even when he wears a band At a glance, everyone extends a hand Then my eyes look at me, then at you And your eyes look at you then at me Fishes caught in the same boat? […]

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THE WOMB OF THE STREET

Suddenly the street develops a womb Unlike humans, it delivers a dozen multiplied a million At a go All needing food, all needing clothing, All needing care when money is rare Suddenly the street with no money makes it her hobby A hobby to produce without a care of their care Who is their father? […]

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MY SKY

Post author By amoafowaa
Post date July 13, 2014
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One day my sky will open And there’ll be no burden I’ll hear sweet sounds From angelic mouths And all my pains will run One day my sky will open And eat up all my mountains It’ll quench my thirst And dry my sea To give me way to travel One day my […]

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I LIVE ON A TREE

I live on a tree Which sits on the earth Come to think of it, who doesn’t? Then you must be some human Food you eat, Some clothes you wear, The air you breathe, All come from the tree And its plant kingdom So boldly call me an animal Without thinking of what you are […]

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THE DRUNK’S PERSPECTIVE

Young girli you no fear? You touch lion’s tale without a care Shebi you want your house to be broken through You fear consequence but you want to play Young girli hold on tight This night your nyash go cry foul “If I close your eyes where can you touch?” He can touch it […]

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POETRY IN SONG

It’s a cold, cold night And I am so so sad I think of all the pain And what my pride has gained And sings this melody of love, regret and yearning ooooh CHORUS: If I have another chance: I will move the world to fetch the sky and bring the stars […]

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IN THE SHOES OF THE MULATTO AN EXCERPT

Post author By amoafowaa
Post date July 12, 2014
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I am a half-baked potato I belong here, I belong there I belong not here, I belong not there When I do some awesome feat All sides will claim it is their trait Amoafowaa Sefa Cecilia © 2014.

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UGLY WRINKLY WORDS

Age must be a curse Especially when it comes with an empty purse No one thinks to take a guess If at a point it was worth something, this mess Even shit once had a price Many might have fought for them with audience and money dice But saying this will not suffice A […]

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BE ALL OF IT

I don’t need only a fan To always kill my heat I also need the mirror To see my flaws I don’t need only a shoulder To always be my shield I also need some arms To push and cheer me on I don’t need only a shield To always block my battle […]

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THE VILLAGE CHAMPION BY AMOAFOWAA SEFA CECILIA

Post author By amoafowaa
Post date July 12, 2014
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Mamavi climbs the tree on one of the chain of mountains that encircle their small village and sees the Hohoe River. How beautiful it lies with its serene obedient waves playing on its surface. The Lawoe Mountain sits close to it as the waves gently stroke its roots. There is nothing as beautiful as […]

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CLOTHING OF SHAME

There is yam on the roasting board Acting now as the celebrity of shame Many eyes shine in mouth attraction As it employs huge ears to fit its seams What is the importance when it is the seams of shame? I wish she knows she isn’t the first There was a time when the […]

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WORDS FROM THE HEART

Unequal toe nails complete the feet So some go on the clouds On the backs of their partners Who act as paraglides to prove themselves? And some receive the gifts of stars On the handless bodies of their lovers Who exchange their hands to prove their worth? Oh! Some watch with tears […]

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BITTEN BY THORNS OF CUPID

I have been bitten by the thorns of cupid Its teeth chewing deep into the bones of my heart, Its claws digging deep into my knee bones Rendering me immobile I have been bitten by the thorns of cupid Like a fool, I saw only its beautiful roses Like a fool,I decided to decorate […]

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ANOTHER THANKS

THANKS TO ALL VISITORS, SILENT READERS, SILENT CRITICS OF THIS BLOG. I DO APPRECIATE YOUR TIME, YOUR LOVE FOR POETRY, YOUR LOVE FOR READING, YOUR LOVE FOR THE ARTS. MANY BLESSINGS.

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THORNS OF LIFE

There is only a time for all Humans, animals, the world, yes, all In this rounded baited bit We have our serious parts to fit You cry you’re slow When the tortoise is low You lament of your beauty When the hippopotamus does its duty You complain of short life When […]

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MOTHER? HOW CONVENIENT!

Diaper is not for grown buttocks You should have been there when I knew not how to wear socks But felt the whips of cold creeping through my feet You should have been there when my baby teeth made noiseless beat And yearned for the natural milk only you could give, When I took those […]

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DONKOMI, THUMB POWERS

They hold it They hold it in their thumbs They hold it in pieces A great law by whomever So we will not be cheated But a handful of people come together And pat the backs of few, Grease the palms of some, Stroke the egos of some, And buy the thought of others with […]

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NIGHTS WITH FRIGHTS

When darkness folds its arms around the earth And many living things rest fearing no death Goosebumps from beneath this skin cry Wishing you are nigh When the owls take charge And the bats seek charge These eyes which must close tight Wander and know that your presence will do right So which […]

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CORPSES FOR SALE!

Corpses for sale! Many buy with huge sums Putting them in the river of the earth waiting for its sail Corpses for sale! Many run dressed in expensive clothes Hoping to win the fame bale Corpses for sale! Cars parade with expensive paintings While mouths with their keys proudly brag, “this came yesterday […]

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AMBITION’S BAIT, GREED’S MEAL

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Post date July 11, 2014
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They took my pride Before my mother became a bride Something about the fair sex being used to settle some debts So I was veiled on my first cry, Veiled for one who has lived all his life in greed He saw me walking, Saw me talking, Saw me easing, On my dirty undies, […]

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FROM GRACE TO GRASS

Fitted in fitting suits With shiny shoes And smooth hands On his very own land, His covetousness leads him to the shores of whiteness His dreams have always been to surpass the surpasser But now like a donkey, his calloused hands holding alien machete, His tattered clothes shredded by unfriendly thorns, His bruised face scratched […]

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HIS FEVER

It is the way he looks, Must be the way he walks, It is the way he sings, Must be the way he talks On as second thought, it is everything. The sparkles in the eyes of his sweat, The bright calling in his glowing eyes, The assurance of security in the words of his […]

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VILLAGE BLISS, A STORY WITHIN A STORY BY AMOAFOWAA SEFA CECILIA

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Post date July 11, 2014
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I stubbornly hold onto my MP3 as the ear piece blast noise that I find pleasurable, not because of its smoothness, but because of the fact that it drowns the noise that is coming from my parents. I went to visit my friend in skimpy clothes, yes, came late, yes, that does not give them […]

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NEGLECT

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Post date July 11, 2014
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Tears! With my eyes, I scan through the contours of their stomachs And see hunger chewing their loins Filth! With my hands I feel their dry and scratched skins And battle many devouring pests Feelings! With my mind, I steal into their tattered selves And feel the whips of the dreary cold […]

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NOT A CHOICE

In hazy thoughts I lie All my holes crying with filth I feel for you who sees it all While hating on you who tests my faith The eyes flow tears The skin rains sweat The nose grinds phlegms The rear soils clothes and shame sits only in my thoughts Is this an […]

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IN THE COURT OF YOUR THOUGHTS

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Post date July 11, 2014
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In your court I remain a threat to your fort All my evidence will yield no dividends Because I have been interrogated and tried in the court of your thoughts Yes, tried in absentia What more is there to say? Send me the the darkest prison Away for the sight of the sun Away […]

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STEPPING IN UNFITTING SHOES

Post author By amoafowaa
Post date July 11, 2014
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Imagine horses or donkeys as humans and vice versa Holding the whips as we run with them and their goods Whipping the slowness off our veins when tiredness catches up Imagine dogs as humans and humans as dogs Teaching us the smell of edible games and giving the instructions Giving us a pat on […]

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PURE ADDICTION

I can stop drinking water from earth’s well But I can’t stop swimming in the river in your mouth I can stop touching the most beautiful palaces in this world But not the palace in the centre of your world I can stop riding the most beautiful horses But cannot stop riding your […]

REAL CHAINS

Caught in a microcosm of ideas What is lost is nothing but mine I drown in rivers of a thousand mouths And slip hearing echoes by a million rocks I fly in the skies of all birds And I’m de-feathered in the same sky by mean ones How do I get to land? Still thoughts […]

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AABA EI!

He looks famished In tattered clothes As he holds his dog chains Waiting to be sales blessed But, oh, poor lad, I hear “aaba ei!” And he takes to his heels The bread seller trips him In her quest to escape And the uniformed helped him not to rise By letting his baton painfully talk […]

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GO! YE ZEALOTS

Hearts must have their decisions Yours is to lay bare and not to force Religious zealots! Heads must have their decisions Yours is to lay bare and not to cajole Education zealots! People must decide Yours is to candidly lay bare your capabilities Political zealots! All zealots, bow in shame A time […]

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PUSH THROUGH

Sit And let them happily chirp Lie And let age laugh Cry And let time fly Regrets Are irreversible in graves. Amoafowaa Sefa Cecilia (c) 2014 S

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THE DAGGER OF WORDS

Now you have to listen! Tools, poison can harm and kill But cruel words supersede them As they act as painful anesthesia Numbing the body, daring death To attack in any form At that point, death fights a lost cause It can borrow the face of fire, Can borrow the face of drowning, Can […]

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WHEN BREASTS CRY

He went fishing Hoping for good sales For you to eat For me to eat The sea swallowed him As his mother was busy preparing his favourite “Kpoikpoi” She went farming Hoping for good yield For you to feed For me to feed The farms developed canines and ate her While her mother was […]

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A SATIRE OF PAIN

The baboon wears pig hair, Wears squirrel clothes, Wears penguin feathers, And keeps snake countenance But when it is offended at any count It screams aloud and says without shame: “It is because I am a baboon” The chameleon blends all colours With every change, Behaves like a statue When chaos wakes, Acts like […]

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GREAT FEATS WITH A COST

If I lose my eyes Just to have your eyes Then I’ll have no eyes To see the colour of your eyes Must it always be at a cost? If I give my ears To have your ears Then I’ll have no ears To listen to your sounds as my words travel into your […]

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