When the moon dances in the flirting sky With the stars giggling and cheering their mother on And the wind making love with the leaves In the clear view of all shapes of eyes without a care And the fireflies light in love and happiness I shrink into a little ball, hiding in the dark […]
“Agya ahunuabobirim Okokroko Odumgya Kasapreko Akasa” The waters are still. “Agya ahunuabobirim Okokroko Odumgya Kasapreko Akasa” The farms are quiet. “Agya ahunuabobirim Okokroko Odumgya Kasapreko Akasa” The land is shaking! “Agya ahunuabobirim Okokroko Odumgya Kasapreko Akasa” Mouths are shivering in hiding. “Agya ahunuabobirim Okokroko Odumgya Kasapreko Akasa” Thoughts are wavering with […]
Languishing in thoughts Of failures of satisfying ardent passions under a moonless sky, Ama Okom sits under the talking tree of doubts and anger Little did Kwaku Aponkye know of the words Boiling in her crying bosom He stirred her doubt and suffered the burns Of her hot carefully boiled and arranged words He thinks […]
Red petals Yellow petals One needs no metal Just these will be instrumental Smooth words Beautiful words Those are no puzzled surds Just pour these into ears and bodies will satisfy heads The fist may break The land may shake But words spoken can have no brakes Hence no control once it from […]
Standing like a peacock On a pulpit of deceit Forcefully opening mouths of pockets To afford a golden bed and disrespecting them, No matter what you’ve become, the teacher made you! Sitting and being fanned like an angry lesser god ready to explode On a stage of many eyes Spewing commands upon commands, Belittling […]
Even vultures know Yes, vultures sympathise with their village corpses Like their own families, they eat but leave a little to be seen. On other lands, new meat, different taste If care is not taken, even bones cannot be seen. I was told but I thought not And just like a child viewing a beautiful […]
I met my first love at the age of eighteen She was as fresh as a blooming flower She exuded the scent of womanhood And her charm, like a magnetic wave, threw me close But she had few words for me “I don’t roll with babies, begone!” I cried and cried Time cleansed this […]
Close trees cross paths Lovingly, Harshly, Both needs make love. Close trees share a space In little, In abundance, Both needs make love. Close trees share a risk Lightly, And in severity, Both needs make love. So in the worst whirlwind Hold my hand In the craziest storm Hug me tight […]
Seeking for the huge When we can do with the little Like the greedy creatures we are A huge room with a huge bed May be comfy but we still sleep on a little portion of the bed at a time Like the greedy creatures we are An expensive cup with water May […]
The teacher calls that teacher “A teacher” Because the teacher cannot teach what that teacher teaches The preacher calls that preacher “A preacher” Because the preacher cannot preach what that preacher preaches The singer calls that singer “A singer” Because the singer cannot sing what that singer sings The wise man calls […]
Green Light green With no blemish Clean slate Green Pure green With little holes Soiled slates Yellow Sickly yellow With white edges And an unusable slate Brown, Earth brown Dried to break Breaking to enter its root, no slate. Such is your stay On this hardened earth Now read it again. […]
Verbal assault Wearing clothes Coming directly at you From the mouthy house Of unsuspecting heads? Arrest them with your thoughts. Feisty fist Wearing iron gloves Coming directly at you From the lovely arms Of unsuspecting shoulders? Arrest them with your thoughts. Like an empty monkey Some empty heads Think of your head Making […]
I’m looking at you Looking at me I’m not sure I like what I see But then again, I’m not sure you like what you see either Many may say I’m you And you are a reflection of me But wrong, I can never be you You can never be me You’re just a picture […]
Tick, tock Tick, tock Time travels like a programmed machine Whose only command is to go forward It does not look side ways, Does not look backward, Does not wait for even a second on anyone, We go at its pace. Time feels no sympathy, Hears no pleas, Cares not a hoot about bribery We […]
When fathers die Other fathers live Such words pouring like honey onto dry bread On hearts shattered with uncertainties, Minds lost in fear, Eyes crying rivers of tears, Mouths wailing shamelessly and pouring words of desolation, Rested hearts and consoled affected parts Reassuring security, Protection and love Little did they know Delivering Words Is a […]
Strange! Booming sound Loud cries Pungent smell Failing visions Broken legs sapped hands Runny noses Cloudless sky Sunless sky Hollow dark sky Painful hearts, Where are all these from? Don’t look at me Don’t look at him Don’t look at her Don’t look at them Look at you Let me look at me Let […]
My mother was left in a tiny web In an occupied shell Its corner had no space for two So as I came she had to go That is how I was left in a little corner of an empty shell There were no lessons on talking, No lessons on singing, No lessons on […]
The air is blowing Branches are swinging Happy birds are singing Happy birds are singing Singing on the swinging The face is glowing Happy thoughts are flowing Smiley mouths are singing Smiley mouths are singing Singing on the glowing Now you are smiling Your nice face is shining The pretty sun is shining […]
Staying cooped up? You’re not a store crap Cut the doleful mien and wake up! Revolutionize and fly with wings. Living a gossip? You are like the cow oblivious of being taken to the abattoir Cut the repulsive trait secure that foul gate and carefully ruminate Living for fun? Life is a journey […]
The scent of lust The acrid scent of backbiting The bad odour of hatred The awful scent of theft The foul scent of murder I want to be the lotus flower to disinfect it all The atrocious scent of ethnicity The pungent scent of oppression of women The unpleasant scent of racism The poor […]
It is a small village in Damongo, only a stone throw from the Mole National park. This is a village of Islamic wonders, though it is a very, very, humble village. But don’t be disappointed, this is the place a devout Moslem settled. He was called Ibrahim; an Arab, and lived by his spear. Wherever […]
At the museum; a cub of an elephant which was preserved after its mother was killed by poachers in 1982. I cannot believe this has been here on earth longer than I have. The frozen remains With no locomotion A wonder. I watch… This is the balloon or global fish. The guide told us that […]
Hit the atumpan Hit the agyegyewa Hit the apentenmma Hit the dawuro Hit the nnawuto Hit the dondo, let the bells and rattles sing As we dance adowa. We will dance and give thanks to Otweadeampong Nyankopong Then move on to speak in languages only a royal like you will understand Both hands of mine […]
Looking at her worn out face with a tyre around her neck, Many standing and watching, a mob holding petrol and matches With all hope lost as she sadly looks on, My questions jump from my mind. Before I had time to ask, They were dangling in the air. What has this poor girl […]
They say you are the living God Whose name must start with a capital letter Because you sit in the heavens above And preside over this global earth. They say you created everything The earth, the plants, animals, water etc… And you have so much mercy, your children lack none I will ask then, Why […]
Large humorous haunter school fees drums With its feisty nails on my skull. Extravagantly dressed rent bills stand Threatening to pierce ejection sword in my heart Light bill maniachically taunts with thoughts of darkness Water bill with its compiled many zeroes sit still, peeping in my vision Making me watch a video of no drinking, […]
Once there was a little goat Who went along a vast shore It couldn’t resist the huge boat Which seemed to take people on a tour It climbed aboard the boat at the dock And smiled to itself at his polished tour It loved the fact that there was no one to give it […]
I wish I could stand on the stairs of the future And stare down at my cloned self in nature To see if there is any doom or happiness awaiting I wish I could be an acolyte of the goddess of love In a far off land of forever happy ever after To see […]
My wick is burning down my candle On the realms of a little conflagration Must I abase myself with the knowledge of extinction? Am I to sit watchful in this ticking competition in an exciting cabaret For fear of my wick being pulled out by a cabal of lovers within my cycle? Am I to […]
This is the entrance: And the signboard: We drove through until we saw this sign: It was a sunny day. The warthogs came to welcome us. We were briefed on the dos and don’t of the place; No littering, no feeding of animals, no touching of animals. We were also educated on how the place […]
When I wake up from my bed Guess who I see in the sky Roaming up and down are birds Up and down in the sky I need you to take I need you to wake For fitness sake Let’s bath in the lake. Amoafowaa Sefa Cecilia (c) 2014
I am that being that is cursed To live life that many have rehearsed I’m there to be taken In trouble to be forsaken Carrying all the problems like a cow on its way to the abattoir. I’m that being that is cursed Never ever must my voice be heard I must act like […]
The time has come, to have your say It’s a beautiful, beautiful day! Know all your pain, is experience’s pay It’s a beautiful, beautiful day! It’s not that bad, it’s just a flay It’s a beautiful, beautiful day! Don’t cry no tears, don’t hide away It’s a beautiful, beautiful day! You […]
How much time do we have? At which age do we part? Could be years, could be a year, Could be days, could be a day, What ever the problem, let it go with the wind. A life so sweet A breeze so beautifully felt A face like yours, must be looked and be […]
How will it taste like? What will it be like? Could my heart be a pump? Must be a sweet apple. I shiver when I see I run without a fee Could my heart be a pump? It must be a sweet apple. There are those goosebumps It is me who get the […]
It is difficult getting someone to trust in you It is difficult having someone cheer you on It is difficult getting the support of your very own So I’m kind of overwhelmed that you’re here for me With every post you view my heart skips a beat With every post you view I feel […]
If you knew the future of all living humans Their happiness and sadness Their hurts and pains Their failures and successes From day to day Until they join the ghost union What will you do? If you knew exactly when the world will end The disasters and turmoil Frantic efforts of ‘inhabitors’ and ‘reliers’ […]
Once I had a sweet in-law Who was as sweet as sugar He filled the boring gap Of my very messy partner He made me laugh When he made me sad I never saw a problem Until he travels for a tour Little problems then Became huge ones No matter how stuck I […]
Yἐ woowo too sie so Enti wanyini ntἐm Ediἐn nti na ἐwↄ sἐ asaase awodeἐ kutuwo? Wo were afiri sἐ w’ataredeἐ ahoↄden faribae ne fam anaa? Ahokyerἐkyerἐ bebrebe yi, ἐdἐn na wo pἐ akyerἐ? W’ako abrokyere aba Enti wo krom yἐ wo tan Akonwa a wo bἐ tra so koraa, agye ahwanhwandeἐ adikan Kasa […]
Like humans taming cubs of the wild We have been caged by our minds so mild we sit in the blessings of our wealth and beg When salt and cocoa Bauxite, diamond and gold are but a few of our wealth Whose fault is it that we have eyes but cannot see? Whose fault is […]
My father did not just breed He begat completely besotted with us Knowing we are his seeds And are parts of his being and must be treated thus My father knows no mistrust Our words are his bond Our only whips of words stemming from his being just Holding our hands through storms to […]
The government is bad The government is bad That’s enough said and enough heard If you’ll close your mouth and open your thoughts You’ll get to know the root of all Could it be the fault of you and I? Who fill our pockets And cast our votes? To choose the one to drain […]
Human beings with many needs I leave my town to family feeds And goes far far to alien lands Where the weather is cold with different sands And people look at me like a funny television in developed lands And all I have to my stomach feed Are some alien leaves and weird looking seeds […]
Criticism is just like lime For those whose mouths are just like slime So if you’re depressed because of mood Just check yourself, it’ll do much good. Amoafowaa Sefa Cecilia (c) 2014.
Criticism is just like lime For those whose mouths are just like slime So if you’re depressed because of mood Just check yourself, it’ll do much good. Amoafowaa Sefa Cecilia (c) 2014.
I see in you diamonds of light I see them shining so so bright I will keep you like you deserve If only you’ll come to me Or even look at me for once Each day I sit, I look and wait Dying many times as he kills your soul He has a diamond […]
I want to stand on the heels of the stars And kiss the moon increasing my light I want to dance with the whirling of the wind And kill the beats of birds that prey I want to marry fireflies in the night And have them glow even when there is light I want to […]
Come to Ghana And hold our banner Freedom and justice we preach Hospitality we teach Your mood will change from red to green, From green to yellow with a black star of hope being your facial screen Come to Ghana Let’s share our banner From the many sites in the beautiful Accra city We’ll […]
You hide in darkness With sharp eyes you fail to use And blame the world And curse your stars When many arms have rooms for you You try rebellion And close your ears When many are singing songs of joy You have the heart but fail to yield Cussing the world when someone’s is […]
Strawberry, ginger, pepper and rice Are all things mouths do crave Though some are sweet and some are hot, They all have unique roles to play Do your thing and have them say Their taste may differ but some for you will pay And will go through all the thicks and thins To have […]
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