Yἐde nam ἐna eyi nam Nanso yἐ nsuomu nam nyinaa na akwabenane ayi ἐἐwe yi Yἐ bἐ yἐ dἐn na yatumi akↄ yi nam? Sika kↄkↄↄ yi nyinaa hyἐ ἐnam yi anum ἐna akwabenane a wↄn abἐ agasigasii ἐwe nam a yἐdirekoyi nam no Yἐ bἐ yἐ dἐn na yakↄso? ↄman yi awerἐwerἐ sika de […]
When I feel down And my soul wanders I try to still myself By clearing my head And lying aloof; Thinking not and looking not. But today, I ask myself who or what worry is Is it a god or a mermaid? Man or a woman? A witch or a wizard? No answer. […]
I have seen it all Going through life in tattered undies Being kissed and smooched in pure rain As I smiled to its touches Tickling trunks of air blowing As I closed my eyes to its whistles And I still remained strong and smiled Because I am a superwoman I have lived through it […]
When the question of the culprit is raised Many cry anonymity Others cry foul Why? Bad deeds have no owners But good deeds have many owners Why? Because everyone sees himself as a glorified being Wanting no criticism Wanting no challenge Why? We probably have tuners of pride in our beings Telling us that we […]
Jump to the left Jump to the right Jump up and down By the count of ten Now bend to the left Bend to the right Bend down and up By the count of ten Now run to the left Run to the right Run up and down By the count of ten […]
Like a snail, I hide in this shell Like a tortoise, I do in this hard shell dwell Hoping it would at least shield me from many storms Which have the intention to destroy So I take my home along, wherever I go But I still dock when there seems to be some movement I […]
As I limp on one leg into the VIP bus, I bump into a colleague who was travelling to Kumasi. Though I was the last passenger, I was given the number one seat and this colleague had the number two seat. As I sat awkwardly beside him, I took my phone and began to browse. […]
Stretch Stretch and yell it out Enter the shower Look at everything without clothes Think of how they were made In your wildest of dreams try to make them No, no, no You can’t make them Because they are no inventions of yours Yours is to keep it To keep it and keep it well […]
Dum-sↄ adane dum-dum Ama dum-sↄ-dum-sↄ adane dum-dum-dum-dum Na anka yenim sἐ dum-sↄ Bἐtumi ayἐ sↄ sↄ sↄ sↄ sↄ Nanso ahwiri akↄ duru dum dum dum dum Esum tummm na akabesii abibiman Esum gyampantrudu na ἐde ne ntakra abutu yἐ so Eyἐ me sἐ ἐrenkyἐ ἐbἐyἐ sum akosi Na y’asi yἐn dadaa mu Sἐ yἐte […]
The Lord stands in the window of the sky And looks sadly on you: The liar, The gossip, Bearer of false witness, The coveter, The cheat, The miser, The fornicator, The adulterer, The thief, The murderer, The hypocrite, Te hater, The drug pedlar The chronic alcoholic. Whatever it is that you’re doing You do know […]
I want this He wants this She wants this They all want this And its homes are one Everyone has only this place To showcase superiority So none goes None comes We all stand stuck In our quest to show wealth. Amoafowaa Sefa Cecilia (c) 2014
Words feeling soothed Ears identifying sweetness Brains springing alive Brains sending signals Body shedding goosebumps That is how I need to feel It may sound childish It may seem odd It may sound stupid But mine is mine And this is my test. Amoafowaa Sefa Cecilia (c) 2014
I know not I stay shut I roam round I see stirred Because I have no need to mix sand to the cooking pot of this creature. I smile slight I look light I play plain I clean clean Because I have no need to mix sand to the cooking pot of this creature. […]
Travelling left Travelling right Travelling front Travelling and travelling, Hoping to move to places, See places, Love places, Leaving marks of greatness At every junction Until the sun sets on an old shadow And this vehicle blends with the earth. Amoafowaa Sefa Cecilia (c) 2014.
He says she is a woman of substance He says she is God fearing He says she is beautiful He says she is honest He said everything looks good And he hopes for all to static remain She says he is God fearing She says he is honest She says he is all she […]
One day, I will grow from the star that I am Into the sun which will shine the entire world bright I will be the causer of daylight And like one who loves her job, smile proudly in my undertakings Then I grow from the sun into the moon And will brighten the path of […]
“I know I cannot eat this food I know leaving it would do me no good But I leave it to sit Then I watch it rot Then I smell it stink Then I cause myself harm Inhaling the ailment it brings” What thoughts can cause this mess? Like a lost old fool The old […]
The sad cannot cry The weepy cannot weep The sleeper cannot sleep The talker cannot talk The tickled cannot laugh In the land of the feisty ghost They’ve all heard of it How humans were slaughtered without sharp objects, How lions were silenced and made stuck How children saw many heads on one head […]
The sun is shining sad The storm is raging mad The moon’s shine is bad But I don’t care a tad The sheep are running to the lion’s den The goats are running to the tigress’ den The pigs are running to the foxes’ gathering The horses are galloping to the wilds’ gathering […]
When you lie in your bed to sleep Do not weep No matter how deep pains seep For there is that space you keep That many are dying to have and keep You matter You might not know but your existence is keeping someone from self slaughter Sleep well Sleep like a baby Sleep thinking […]
They will follow by mouth When death blows you to the south Far, far from their north They will wail They will wail and mouth setting the sail And be phantoms which will be lost during the sail Such is the human promises Which will always flow in monetary premises Without batting eyes […]
It’s a beautiful day Just stand in the mirror and say I have a beautiful soul so God will make a way No matter the hurdle that blocks my way And step out in confidence to face your day You’ll be amazed, your day will be greater than okay. Amoafowaa Sefa Cecilia (c) […]
Play the talking drum Fire the muskets to the hundreth sum Get up from your sitting bum And stand still by the golden path Calculate that perfect math Of claps as her saintly spirit glows and steps Into the glory airy bath Into the archive of the great accomplished’s mansion Now follow with your […]
Let’s get out of this uncomfortable stream Just let’s yell and scream As fowls scream when fleeing danger Let’s get out of this dangerous manger Into a neat peaceful manger Of the colourless oasis This filthy muddy poisoned gutter water will not do We have paid so much and so deserve much more We have […]
I know why the caged bird sings To showcase her beautiful voice I know why the caged bird sings To cause its trappers some noise I know why the caged bird sings To feel the attention of a wishly handsome choice I know why the caged bird sings To tell the ‘cagers’ […]
I heard a huge noise in the land Like the fall of a huge tree Guess what I saw parting the path; the sand. The sand which apparently had the huge fall seems not to be free It has taken a meal that is uneatable, I know The vultures stand shivering in fear closing their […]
I am the lion who sits on the throne I am the lion who can have or lose it all and end up without even a bone That is why I have the monkeys Who must do all the dirty works that will give me riches’ key I am the lion who sits on […]
All white Snow white Without a blemish And an Impeccable ceremony That brings smiles to all mouths I am smiling and loving every bit of it Balloons of beauty light Fabrics of colour bright A moment I will forever cherish Surrealistic feeling as sweet as honey Dripping as all aim for it with their […]
I am the noisy mosquito I may want nothing that given the chance you would veto My irritating presence is not what you must be bothered about There are many other quiet ones that can make your lips pout Don’t get me wrong, many can’t stand those, even the stout The quiet ones that you […]
See it with your brain As I touch your feet with my bare hands Feel it with your brain As I move up your leg with my imaginary hand Revel in the moment and relax your brain As I reach your upper hips still with my hands Try standing these with your […]
In this day and age When civilization has made all duplicates on this stage And cross breeding is no new adage Who cares about the deep inked page? When all colours have some colour gauge? In this modern era When many pray for the ears of Selah Who wants to chew only the house […]
If you are a mason and dreams of marrying a judge Without bettering yourself first And all you do is to spend your fortune on her making her your honour badge When she becomes the judge and decides not to your side budge Don’t sigh and never say why? Caveat emptor! If yours […]
Once there was a farmer Who saw no danger in karma He dug and hit with hammer The gold for all to murmur Owners started to murmur Oh, there were some members in Burma They came, caught and took the hammer And he begun to stammer “Errrm, errm, errm, mama! Please spare my […]
So the big hotels suddenly have owners of power And the huge monies suddenly walk into the pockets of beings without reasons And men with little powers suddenly develop wings flapping them in the eyes of their host And others decide on catchy and a insulting phrases to tag their masters in reality And people […]
These little arms want to take you in And make this chest your pillow As this little mouth sings you a sweet lullaby Turning this little tongue into a thousand tunes Until peace engulfs you Anytime I see dark clouds on your face The storms are mad The clouds fail to come down The lightening […]
The cat heard the hushes And hid in the bushes With eyes behind the leafy moustaches He saw the many strong creatures’ rushes He followed one, then Followed the other, then Followed the other, then Continued in his quest of ‘curiosden’ Many eyes, he forgot, were situated on the back This he incorporated […]
The healer hears, and heals The speaker sighs and speaks sternly The listener loves to listen The crier creepily cries The problem preys potently Stand still Hold hard Feel firm Think through Work well Then the leaves will leave Then the littering will lessen Then the creepy cries will cease Like the mosquito […]
Nana, I met an angel I thought I would never meet that angel On this strange land But I did and the angel is kind Yes, he gave without asking for anything in return And looks into the future for more kindness Nana, I miss times with you And remembers when you said there’ll always […]
Heating in this sun baked oven But staying has its prospects Mma Asana Waakye won’t give legs to run Mma Nasiba bra soup has ingredients of addictive paralysis It’s taste of ‘dawadawa’ has the powers of letting everyone stay No matter how much this oven burns Yaaaaa, the creator had a great remedy Growing Shea […]
We are all cooking in this saucepan This saucepan which is in the hands of the unquenchable fire Our own saliva boiling us from within Yet you turn to ask me for cover What am I to do? What could I possibly offer? Do I look like a super human? Do I look like […]
In a dark, dark alley Where the soft winds whispered to scare And an owl occasionally hooted to frighten And shadows merged with the dark To connive and make the heart jump, I tiptoed like a lioness on the lookout. My being being self bathed by hot perspiration My breath selling me out on […]
I guess they are the monkey puzzle So they can afford to live with thirst I know they are the monkey puzzle What is this weak tree to do? I think they will live forever and they know it Have they never thought of the tree cutters? Have they never thought of huge animals? Have […]
Call me with a calm but assuring voice Call me over to that side I will have a choice But will definitely come to your side I will love the thought of leaving this noise And staying right by your side Thread follows the needle Pestle goes with mortar The dog goes with the hunter […]
Prease and prease Neber tink you can be my feer I am way higher than you are I have a dokuter in Fisiology And a masiter in Engrish Language You will neber be my size I can speak huhudious brofo “Lackronological aracraty of sosophisical improloggy” Meaning for lack of a brain the pipple pelish “Contor […]
She lives hidden in worldly filth Her face hides behind the brown caricaturic soil Her lips hide under the chameleon coloured filth Her scent hides deeply under the many sweet scents of nectar plucked rudely from youthful beauties Her nails are grossly hidden under nails of lions, cheetahs and leopards Her teeth dancing under golden […]
Looking at you Looking at me is funny Why? Why do you ask when you carry all those baggages? A baggage of deceit A baggage of digging gold A baggage of thousand tongues A baggage of hiding many mortars A baggage of being the centre of the world A baggage of carrying the most hated […]
“No way sideways No way forward Certainly can’t go backwards I must hang in the sky To be visible to the world” That has become the only codification for shining “No smooth way to hang in the sky No smooth way to stand in the sunlight that throws rays of satisfaction No smooth way […]
I am restless And breathless What will you have me do? What can I say to stay there just for a minute? Will I convince you if I sing in an unheard tongue? What if I write in a writeless alphabet? What if I prepare a preparedless meal? What if I walk on my hands […]
I have seen the sun set countless times I have seen all the quarrels between the sun, moon and stars I have seen all throw many needless tantrums There is no human tsunami-trait I have not seen There is no juicy abhorables I have not heard There are no wheels of change I have not […]
Bored in frustration? Dance to my tune Dance to my tune of watching the sky As it gives birth to the yellow shiny sun. Dance to my tune of breathing the fresh waking air As you listen to the new beats of the talking leaves As the variety of beautiful birdy songs accompany them And […]
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