Earth Pregnant, kind Polluting, fazing, caring Harmed, used, hurdled, captured Freeing, hurting, spoiling Abused, wronged World Amoafowaa Sefa Cecilia (c) 2015 (Today is World Earth Day, please take a moment to think of something you can do to better the earth)
Category: HEALTH
Prideful layers stand Shaking their heads And feeding fat on Ruka Yaro feed Knowing they’ll live to see old age If some terror sicknesses do not meander Into their domain So they feed like kwa kwa, kwa kwa kwa kwa II Broilers are in their own world Knowing they are feeding for the next occasion […]
Waists with wastes Waists so waste Waists with no brains Wait! II If you know You’re spewing waste There’s no need To spew the wastes Let alone give life to the wastes And turn around to give them pain III It’s your gain If it’s waste It should be your pain; The pain of your […]
When mouths talk for minds Many are things which go wrong But ignorance is considered human On a land which needs change II Oh! A land so blessed Harbouring many so cursed Without reasoning Killing instead of researching Neglecting instead of paying attention Saying nonsensicals instead of listening And I ask why? III This black […]
I’ve walked a good walk with a good faith. On the streets of Accra, I move about with a whole group of individuals from different walks of life. It was interesting with the drumming from the bandsmen who thrilled us and passers-by with versus music made from vocal folds?The sole of my old-fashioned shoe wanted […]
Autism Clumsy, mysterious Isolating, interesting playful Adorable, angelic, noisy, unique Untiring, destroying, cuddling Incorruptible, aggressive Neuro-disorder Amoafowaa Sefa Cecilia (c) 2015
All are noise Undue stress and ridicule Tempers, I would rather be alone Instead of worry Since my eyes can not get yours May I plead for solitary? Maybe later I will be refreshed and care for company But keep your hands close To catch me when I fall Amoafowaa Sefa Cecilia for Autism month.
(Today is World Autism Awareness Day. As part of the awareness, I present this piece) Different From thoughts to walks There is a difference In looks and work There is a difference But not in evil II Different No one can challenge the fact that There is a difference But you just can’t snake a […]
I wore no clothes But came to be worn by air Every visiting day asked me to shed And wear thoughts of the older And these thoughts keep getting colder Mamaa! I only need a smooth sail Why must I wear a whipping tail? Papaa! Like one you knew existed, Couldn’t you have kept me […]
When busy legs lie Being neglected by hearts which sigh Watching others move As minds think of all its loss Doom blankets future wishes II Will I ever rise? Will I ever leave like them? Will I ever laugh? Will I ever get my wish? Dilemic songs sing themselves III If God watches now Let […]
Caused by uncontrolled division of abnormal cells, cancer grows to take lives, irrespective of personalities and fame II Early detection Is needed for a fair fight Once outweighed; no hope So stop tobacco intake Eat well, cut down alcohol III Exercise is key Learn to enjoy monrning sun Do practice safe sex Green tea is […]
And the Dr. said to calm They would never do her harm But on whose ticket was she there? School fees of needers? Feeders of hunger? And the pressure tend to be up She didn’t want to be there Dr. flips; “You can’t tell me what to do” Her anger, the patient’s anger Araba knew […]
Harmattan effects; Burning fresh leaves, kindling ills Favouring orthodox? II Attacking the nose Scratching and biting the chest Murder in cold blood? III When your pinch shivers As your air wrinkles like cloth Of linen, your problem? IV You’ll say I accuse Unfairly, but you know how Right I am. My chest! V Leave my […]
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SAINTS OF GARLIC
Garlic A delicacy in sauce A good cleanser Infection battler Heart lover Calms blood pressure, Like a great soldier at war, In moderate doses Amoafowaa Sefa Cecilia (c) 2015
Wandering pure minds Homing angelic bodies I know you are there II It takes a great while For you to catch up with us But I know you’re there III You need great control Like Christ with Holy Spirit But I know you’re there IV You have many names From cast aways to Satans But […]
In the pillow of the corrupt are; Tears of orphans, Pain of unemployment Harshness of depression Sins of the unaffectionate Aggression of the youth Future babies of robberies Future hardened prostitutes Perpetrators of kidnappers Negligence Injustices Bribery Lateness Deaths Amidst others In that pile, I wonder they leap sleep To many mornings Knowing their punishments […]
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BAD TASTE-BUD
Call grandma from beyond Call daddy from above Call all the ancestors who reign To help fix my taste-buds II At first it tasted light soup And rejected it, I blamed the cook Then it tasted banku and okro It repelled it, and again the cook suffered Many a cook suffered blame Then I tried […]
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BEAUTY PREGNANT WITH PAIN
TTH To think time never stops! II TTH A peaceful house harbouring suffering! III TTH Comings are not goings, the unknown taunts! IV TTH Accompaniers wait quietly and anxiously! V TTH Why does your lights shine so deceivingly bright in the night? VI TTH A habitat of beauty housing abhorables! VII TTH Show a little […]
Acquired mostly through pleasure Inducing roots of pain without measure Deadly blood sucking discomforts implant themselves Sternly with no plans of leaving one’s trail II Killer of freedom from medication Instructor of chills and headaches Leech through fever, muscle aches and more Learner of injection of pain and shame […]
When it stretched and stretched There were complains upon complains Why one unattractive plant Could occupy important space Beats the imagination of all But time shut all mouths As it stored in its huge body Vitamins A, B and C With potassium Stifling fats, potassium and sodium And also hoarding 91% of water Such a […]
The sins of the fathers Are crosses on sons and daughters Crosses heavier than their shoulders can carry If so Why are eyes of fathers closed To their personal sins? The sky heats today The handiwork of past, present and future fathers It’s end result, sky blasting On innocent children The sins of the fathers! […]
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OUR HEALTH
I Sicknesses walk And authoritatively talk On palanquins of dirt Malnutrition Stress Carelessness Gluttony Poverty Loss Heartbreak Loneliness II Destroy those palanquins And they are non existent Your burden My burden Will be gone forever Let’s try it Amoafowaa Sefa Cecilia (c) 2014
I A choice To be the noise The voice Or live in the joys And rejoice adds to his many apparels II The smile, could be a veil The smile, could be a nice mask The smile, could be a nice cologne Hiding the scents of ache, Insanities, yearnings for goodness, trials and tribulations III […]
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COCONUT; A HEALING ME
I Caring is me Overprotecting, yes, sometimes Classy, I am Old and golden, yes, that’s me Not even my peelings are trash Under no circumstance do I fail to deliver Terrifying thirst hates my sight II I can breastfeed Produce oil, Work on hair like magic […]
Orphaned by ebola, it is hurtful to see families shunning the companies of the young ones. My heart bleeds for these young ones. I pray that many voices will come together as one to bring comfort to these children and bring hope to those who have conquered the sickness. This poem is for all those […]
I The poor cries wolf And sees no wealth in health The rich sleeps not And hopes for peace like the poor II Two eyes Walking legs Working hands Ungrateful mouth III Every blessing deserves a praise Who helps an ingrate Who sees not the little things And nags as the wounded dog with flies […]
Clear it there And make it rare This ebola scare Needs some care Make it fair Face it square It is a cheater who cannot with humans pair The pain it brings none can bear And even with its presence all fear to dare Because its teeth are ready to tear Aiming to make black […]
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EBOLA TO THE BOOLA
Let’s send ebola to the boola And bury it under the heap of rubbish Deep deep beneath the rocks So the rocks will rock them dead II Let’s take ebola to the boola Men are falling Women are falling Even children are falling as they laugh III Let’s take ebola to the boola […]
Lie on the sickness mat And see who uses his fanning hat When the sun sits at its angry best And many flies hope to push beings into the earth II Never be disappointed by what you see None will want to pay that fee Their safety is their thoughts’ keys Which locks consciences to […]
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SUFFERING FOR NOTHING (HAIKU)
I It roams in some parts Of Liberia, Sierra Leone, And Guinea, scary! II It has not spread wings To other fifty countries Yes we are that many III Shun not the largest Using ebola as bait For it hunts for all IV Instead of shunning Why don’t we find a stronger Force to fight […]
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INSATIABLE (HAIKU)
I It came visiting Looking fragile and harmless In quiet heelless shoes II None gave it a thought As it built its strong mansion But now we all see III Why do we all see? Because many disappear Whenever it eats IV Its meals were first dark Darkness tried fleeing but failed As light watched […]
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PLEADING FOR SOME TIME OFF
Thank you to all those who visit my blog, I am truly humbled and you don’t know how happy you make me when I see traces of your visit in my stats. Blessings to all of you. Due to some forces beyond my control, I need some time to sort myself out for a while. […]
I That spine Is not a swine Treat it fine And it’ll do you fine II Sitting and bending Lying, twisting and not exercising Being in one sitting Feeling it hurting without caring III Just know one thing It does no flings Once it is hurt beyond repairs Its breakage is your breakage, yes, you have […]
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DON’T MESS WITH FOCUS
Dreadful dreams Stir horror’s nest Real they seem Unreal they seem The pot of thoughts Is stirred by fear The heat of reality Boils and cooks Thoughts wander far from legs Danger dens are far from seen Now dreadful dreams do nothing Dreadful thoughts kill the soul Amoafowaa Sefa Cecilia (c) 2014 (MY THOUGHTS: Thoughts […]
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SWERVING EBOLA ( EBOLA PREVENTION)
I When you see the fever And you see the shiver And you see some blood Coupled with some blisters Or even one of these, let emotions fly II The victim can be your mother Your child or your lover They’ve actually done nothing But monsters may live in them Monsters who seek your head […]
I God must really be bored And must be carrying a sword A sword whose pain we can’t afford The feared haunting ebola sword! II God must really be bored Having many weapons to hoard He brought AIDS in His own accord And now brings an ebola sword III God must really be bored Why […]
Quinton quickly quaffs his quaff Hitting his head in hurried hurt Mother mummers Father frowns Sisters sit in sadness II Why would he worry their world Drinking drunk to destruction? Like a leech who lives to last in his last Quinton quickly quaffs his quaff III Bleeding and bursting beneath the burn Quinton quickly quaffs […]
I How I love my soobolo Sitting chilled sweetly This fresh drink from Africa Cools the heart nicely II Leaves generous with colour When it meets waters Sugar and ginger powder ‘Wisa’, its perfecters! Amoafowaa Sefa Cecilia (c) 2014
Oh ye bats Hold on to thy bats Hitting the air To trouble stir Please bats Put down your bats Your meat is sweet But now hides deceit We have no thought Of you being caught Your delicacy is in the […]
(Today is a day set aside to educate people on the need to treat mental patients with love and care, so I understand, this is my bit of contribution.) Electrical circuits touch in rooms Electrifying in high pain Until pain gives way to thoughts unburdened In […]
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EBOLA (HAIKU)
Thanks to ebola The poor and the rich alike Kneel at the altar Praying for great calm As the tree of sickness shakes And panic’s taunt scares Peaceful in panic Holding hands in hopeful calm Perfects of pictures Amoafowaa Sefa Cecilia (c) 2014
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FAITH IN LIVING
Shivers travel fast in my streams Quivers hold fast my joints One leg forced into a hole of fright The other stands here shivering with hope Perhaps there will be a leap in miracle Or there’ll be an end to a suffering Amoafowaa Sefa Cecilia (c) 2014 Thanks to those who read my posts. If […]
I was born beautiful With an added original for a purpose Man thought they were not enough There was the mouth Ears, nose and you know what But my ears got an earthly Why must you tamper with My original earth path of the mighties? Cries of the land for me were ignored Cries […]
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WELL-DONE KEJETIA
In the past years, Stench rose with more than enough fists To welcome all first timers As people hid behind ugly filth Trying their hardest to sell their wares “Sister, please buy some for me Beautiful chains made for a queen like you, Brother come and buy tomatoes, The onions are really cheap and […]
The man with the broomy beard Sweeps the road and clears the gutters He defies all the insults and taunts To keep the Ghanaian royal centre clean Oko the dancer dances the streets Oko the wicked murders some rubbish Oko the ambitious wants a palace out the street Oko the cruel imposes neatness […]
The cradle cries From the cold of loneliness As the infant cringes in the darkness Of the past What could’ve now been a blessing Ended up being a past catastrophe Which you pushed with the help Of rakes of harsh drugs Now you call on God After abandoning the gourd Of the gods […]
Carnivores hearts bleed As ebola their targets freed The kingdom of the wild Might be singing hallelujah For their liberation from African mouths Our curse, their blessing That’s the life the creator created Fair to a group now Fair to that group tomorrow. Amoafowaa Sefa Cecilia (c) 2014
Laughter resonates From the abyss of the acquired The acquired watch their masters Slumber with no awareness Mocked pageant of self ownership fills the air At this point, they’re unowned And can belong to any daring hands But the snores are so confident That they have eyes on watch When they’re also of the flesh […]
The winds which blows Knows no greens It takes the yellow And angrily pluck the greens You my dears are being plucked unfairly But you are gallants Who will be hailed The fevers burn So does my heart Your blood boil and flow through facial holes Eyes which watch cry in pain We’d love […]
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EBOLA FEVER
Ebola, Gloves on my hands for ebola A mask on my face for ebola Skin curving in for ebola But I still shiver Lord don’t hover Rain with your meds to sack ebola Thrash it to extinction; ebola Help your beloved from this ebola We are helpless Helpless, hopeless, Prevention failing We call, […]
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