Besties with their bugbears Boiling moments with their blessings Even baobabs shake their little hairs with thin air I won’t fall strong, no matter the hurdle I’ll be strong It is a world where we’re all saints with sins None gives birth, to a complete being as Satan True love is within, who can mess […]
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Anger lies within Everything God’s breath is in It can be the sun It can also be the rain And can also be the wind II Who stands this fury? The fury of the sun burns That of the rain floods And the fury of wind kills To think they pleasure in calm III All […]
Sourcer’s sources Serve our forces Cut our loses And change our bosses II Wanderer’s wonder make pain surrender Cut hurt intruder And put war asunder III This is a prayer We don’t have a lawyer We loathe every destroyer So be our lawyer IV Cravings Yearnings Needings Fears Satisfy them; our massive pleadings Amoafowaa Sefa […]
I’m an infection
An infection of happy erections
Erections which give many affection
Affection without commotion
Try not the porcupine Fins are for fishes Try not the porcupine It lives on land Try not the porcupine It comes from many Try not the porcupine None can beat its kingdom in determination Try not the porcupine It has automatic body swords Try not the porcupine Poisoned needles can’t compare For it has […]
I’s without eyes Heads which never heads Nose which never knows Birds without beds Legs which beg Sheds without shirts Mouths which can’t build mounds Armpits without pits  Thighs beneath the highs Fingers without figures Toes in the lows Mics built in stomachs Buttocks without tick tocks Everything has a semblance With no semblance Once […]
Time! Travel backwards To the day of creation And take me there II Time! Make me no alien In that crucial moment Please help me blend III Time! I need to see Like a child watching TV With my eyes the order of creation IV Time! I need to fathom How initialists lived Without religion […]
If life goes for eggs And blessing goes for fowls And trouble goes for hawks And earth go for death, I would voice my peace Egg throughout Boiling to be a fowl Without encountering many hawks Fly when need be Being careful not to fall For the earth’s mouth never closes And its stomach never […]
In this driver’s seat, I see the forward and lose The backward, sadly. II If only eyes see Far to the end, I’d feel free But no, they do not III Who made this lone path? Who made this wild mystic path? They say God, fact-less IV I see the wild thorns Feel the taunting […]
Tears Of the sky Can be blessings For the earth when it’s dry II Tears Of the sky Can be a curse For the earth when it’s wet III Know There’s change in all So plot but don’t plot to fall Amoafowaa Sefa Cecilia (c) 2014
He Smiled bright Sending flights Of blood To crush Within II He Called me From angles And I rushed Thinking not To his feet III He Used me As his rag And threw me out Only to pick me up After I was washed clean IV Now I have seen With my own eyes The […]
I am a tadpole A tadpole made to be a frog My safe place is a cave in some safe river But I thread where sharks and cat fishes hunt Just to feed My pole can’t swim far But what can I do? I came from somewhere I know I came from somewhere Yet it […]
I give you my own flesh They do take it quickly But still they think need They go for His bones He gets so broken And broken Broken Blood flows From Him Into Their Flaming hot cups Amoafowaa Sefa Cecilia (c) 2014
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TALKERS AND WALKERS
Shoes have mouths Selection can prevent doubts One in hiding needs no talker One in limelight needs the talker One in chasing needs the quiet Brains can give grains In famine Watch And Learn Amoafowaa Sefa Cecilia (c) 2014
Mirror mirror on the wall Who is the fairest of all? Is it the goat, lion, sheep Or the vulture? You can boldly mention me; The peacock, if I fit the position MIRROR: Only VULTURE comes close to the fairest of all PEACOCK: What? The corpse eater? MIRROR: Yes PEACOCK: Why? MIRROR: Because he takes […]
Even stones are blasted By the creation of mind’s art Man, who art thou To put out light In another’s candle? II In a journey Which all are meat For the insatiable earth And hungry scavengers, Who is who To squash the flower Of another which yearns like yours? III We’re in this race We […]
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NO ACCUSING FINGERS HERE
If a thief Steals from a thief And the owner sits in their midst Looking for his ware There’ll be no accusation Let alone counter accusations Even a thief has conscience Amoafowaa Sefa Cecilia (c) 2014
Travellers merged To produce this house And when they parted They left her unprotected. II Though unoccupied, God brought forth strong trees To be her guards And gave them more leaves To break all winds III Why won’t this house jubilate? There can be an earthquake Time may blow it down But in this living […]
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I AM HERE (MY SONG)
I walked for long I sang my song, And I feel among Now I feel so strong Beeecause:           (Chorus) I made it Through the fire, I made it  I made it Through the storm, I made it to be here To be here  I made it Through the hurdles, I made it […]
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DRUMS AND NEEDS (HAIKU)
I All huge noisy drums Filled to their satisfaction, Calm and zip their mouths. II Leave them just half full And their grumblings will be heard By a little push III Such a pretty drum Needed a pipe which could fill Not a half giver IV It’s such a pity That both giver and drum […]
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CHASING DREAMS
I I am chasing running stars Running to the world of Mars But my throat cries for the bars To quench its thirst and have rest II Heart in chest has its choices; Heed throat and other voices, Close its heart to the noises, And give stars a chase at best III There are voices […]
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KNOW TREASURES (SENRYU)
Toilet rolls on shelves Cannot be known as treasures In a million years Amoafowaa Sefa Cecilia (c) 2014
Feed the corpses, aren’t they hungry? Dressed in beautiful clothes and stiff? And you stand fanning with money? Feed the corpses, aren’t they hungry? No breath; you now have attention? You’ve shown you care for the breathless Feed the corpses, aren’t they hungry? Who throws away anything  rich? Amoafowaa […]
I Beings So close; Their small hurts Pierce like sharp swords The bleeding won’t stop And their mind-walking too Talk of their bad mood arrest I try, to sit, to stop, the spin I try, to walk, to stop, it’s tight hold But it never, ever, leave […]
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SOMETHING SHADY
I Something shady, I see the many Feeling like vultures Living on structures Flying distances to eat Foods none will boot with feet II Something shady I see the many Hovering here Hovering there Needing nickles To buy sandwiches with pickles III Something shady I see a lady Mingling Swinging Showing more I guess she […]
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APOPLEXISMS
I  Scared disappointments Stuttering through minds Seeping down like wine Book some appointments And stop the drippings   II Limping lonely loathings Threading in pure hearts Poisoning with every step and moaning Stay and be dissolved into happy pacts Instead of killing   III Heavy metal of revenge Stop melting into a sharp […]
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NOT NEGLIGIBLE (TANKA)
I Free flowing urine In storing tanks of seen beings Really give pleasure It’s little drops of urine Which burn and cause eyes to tear II One would think they are Insignificant, but no They are those who cause burning Sensations, they do. Burning sensations known for Its inter-external tears (This poem talks about the […]
I See dashing dresses On very wet mattresses Soaked from owner’s sweat II She leaves consciousness And becomes oblivious of Her treasure’s tear III We wear nakedness When we descend underground Why this greedy stress? IV No human, none, can Fill a bed let alone room To talk of a house V Realization! Dawn on […]
I Natural alarms are blowing Kokrokookoooooooooooo II They’re blowing in waking Kokrokookoooooooooooo III Who but God has set it? Kokrokookooooooooo IV Please wake up and heed it Kokrokookoooooooooooo V It’s yet another time for lessons Kokrokookoooooooooooooooo VI You know we’re like boarder students Kokrokookoooooooooooooooooooo VII A falling here, A rising here Then we come back […]
I Pure pipers pipe like pros Pouring parts to prompting plans Piecing parts to pack peace Preparing parts for painted pants II When the prompting parts pour Piping pipes become too poor And the prompters become a bore III When the peace part pours Piping pipes become too poor And peaceful peace become a bore […]
We are leaves Because I know the world is a gigantic tree No wonder it is free To live for long Watching as leaves come and go Without raising a hand to catch any’s fall And if any of us  fall on its branch, It does nothing to seize rotting. To think we beautify it […]
I Jealous threads Threading paths unbeknownst To a new visitor Needing some services? You need time Patience and endurance II A wrong cut of one May end the lives of three A wrong aggressive pull May sharpen a thread to cut Hurting the puller in great anger So you need time Patience, observation and endurance […]
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HUMAN TIME PREJUDICE
I Under the hold of loneliness Thoughts confess As time stops or moves backwards II Under the hold of bad health Pain in severity profess As time stops or moves backwards III Under the the warm hold of fulfilment Happiness profess As time moves quickly forward IV In truth, Time is fair It moves at […]
I When dogs bark at night And owls hoot in support And thunders shout in fright Worry infested thoughts explain “This is pure witchraft How can this be? Dogs are barking Owls are hooting Thunders are striking They’re surely out to get me” Interpretations about with mood II Let there be peace Let there be […]
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SERVING TIME (HAIKU)
I Beautiful feathers Dazzling the world in beauty Die like the uglies II They can fly like planes Dive in the sky like fishes: Still die like uglies II They can bless the sky With melodies so soothing: They die like uglies III The order won’t change They will die like the uglies No matter […]
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MY PRIVATE PLACE
The dust from the feet of the sun Has hardly settled in the sky of man Yet cricket voices are loud like newly borns Sounding and sounding like loud horns II Fireflies are showing their hidden lights Once again showing shrubs, they can shine so bright Owls and bats rejoice and sing songs of joy […]
I When you always chase the Ivys You sail through unscathed Lovey-taunty Sackey-laughy Well, that was because Poison Ivy Was preparing II You bathed in their streams Faking heavens in their dreams Powdering on their tears Shaking their grounds to intensify their fears Well, that was because Poison Ivy Was preparing III Funny how you […]
I Sighs Side Is sin’s head II Tear’s Side Is revenges’s heart III Hate’s Side Is murder’s sword Shinning to be taken Pledging to submit And hiding its abandonment to eyes IV Care’s Use Works magic I’ve been there Trust that care works magic with hate Amoafowaa Sefa Cecilia (c) 2014
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TRANSITIONAL DILEMMA
At this junction of dilemma I know pain lurks I know happiness is craning its neck Behind the thorns of challenges And the stream of tears Awaits to be crossed Coupled with the fear of roars of animals I know scary birds will hoot in their tattered comfort nests But I’ll take the journey of […]
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THE PRESENT
I At present Life is the present And not sustenance II At present, money in the pocket Is like a plug in a socket But even without light, humans lived III We smell our desire’ And have not what they require To help us acquire IV But still, life is a present Because we’re able […]
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STATIC TAUNTER
I Mirror, mirror on the wall, Are you hearing my call? You seem to be mimicking me Like you always do II I smile And you show me my smile I frown And you show me my frown I cry And you show me my tears I keep quiet And you show that to me […]
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CHASTITY OF LIFE
Life! Life! Life! What pride could you boast of If you were a woman? How many men would you have dated? Would you have cared about something called virginity? Would you have prided In bathing with tears of men? Would you have claimed the highest beauty? I guess you could Why won’t you? All eyes […]
I Sounds bouncing from realms of chaos Magnified by mouth of the cruel Shake ground II Heads powerful to shut them out Sit panicking in clothes of fear Just look III As the jerkings become intense They fold themselves into cocoon Of blame IV Poor weaklings […]
I If I’m given another life, I’ll never choose to be human Falling in and out of love is tempting But there is too much sadness and cruelty II If I’m given another life I will never choose to be fish For there are so many predators in the sea And few safety caves III […]
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REPETITIVE SOULS
I Crawling for walking Walking for jumping Jumping for walking Walking for crawling II Undecipherable sounds for words Loud words for whispers Whispers for silence III Beauty for rots Strength for weakness Life Is Repetitive souls in different bodies Circulating in and out Of the earth and beings respectively In a globe that spins Amoafowaa […]
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 […]
It is one Before two Not two Before one A jump may do Huge jumps may be disastrous So from one to three, Perhaps One to ten A fall which can be devastating Learn Amoafowaa Sefa Cecilia (c) 2014
I Air rose from the sea Stretched on the shore And proceeded to town II It visited the trees Greeted the shrubs And fanned beings III Even animals were fanned All were satisfied And hailed air IV It was branded important Then its job became a cliché Complacency set in on earth V They neglected […]
I A bundle of sticks A bundle of brooms, both dried Battled each other II They were to compete Both showing togetherness By never breaking III Sticks laughed very hard At their small competitors Brooms looked but said naught IV Muscles were called in They picked the bundle of brooms They couldn’t break them V […]
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ABSENCE IS FONDNESS (HAIKU)
I Thunders crying loud Lightening so bright, brief and proud Give some thoughts to cloud II Cloud is the river Taking the journey down earth You stay there always III It is not easy Migrating difficulties No wonder they cry IV Going to settle As tears is no easy feat So go easy on cloud […]
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