Sweet maize Never seize to amaze It feeds all In different forms Do you want it cooked, Roasted, Grounded Or raw? Maybe you want it solid Liquid or paste like? Maize can cut it all But it has its dark side Its fermentation can cause drunkenness Drunkenness which can breed trouble Yes, perfection is a […]
I When souls stray Minds lead walks As the bodies go astray II When bodies go astray They do many talks But they make no headway III Why will they make headway? When their head their soul stalks And their legs can’t lead the way? IV […]
I Sky! Sky! Sky oh sky! Why are you up so so high? When land is so hard And you gently look so soft? May I ask for a smooth change? II When we trip and fall The hard stern land break our backs Without sympathy. On our backs, we do see you Regretting you […]
Beauty Is like flowers They are pretty in prime They must take good pictures to last So they can look keenly and smile when old When they do sit in arms folding They live in sole regret So do some good For you Amoafowaa Sefa Cecilia (c) 2014
I Bright sun shines Caring not that light whines Light, as in bright electricity II For electricity is no competition It will always live in the shadows of the sun Burning eyes in some contact with them III Light lives in frustration Till its death Amoafowaa Sefa Cecilia (c) 2014
Talks tend to trail To taint Disappointing days Derail Let’s look, listen, learn And leap Stop singing silly songs Sealing sorrows Our optimism Overrule When we work well We’ll win Amoafowaa Sefa Cecilia (c) 2014
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! […]
I Know this, in times past Kwaku Ananse, Ghana Taught children the right II His taunts, jeers, cunning Mostly nearly made him a Frankenstein Monster III Yet he lived on in Fresh new episodes brewing Trickeries and mischiefs IV Children loved him? Yes. Children loathed and feared his taunts Yet waited for more V Yes, […]
I Wise words, said in politeness, impact In songs and rhyme, they attract Sure, hearts will contract Dirt don’t act Ooops! II Men in companionship interact In hope to bores counteract Nice! Friction is fact In great pacts Whoops! III Handle it all and make them exact Words uttered […]
When the sun suddenly quivers And the sky frightens with shivers When thunder sounds an intrusion All sky beings in hopelessness shake Calling for vain help as they break Bowing to fear in confusion We, like brooms, must come together Nudging faith a pleading further We might laugh loud after we wake Amoafowaa Sefa Cecilia […]
I I have really learnt Silence always reigns supreme In madness of chaos II I have really learnt That anger deserts cruelly Joining accusers III I have really learnt Shame gets name in deserted Seats of rude anger IV I have really learnt I am really embracing Silence’s beauty Amoafowaa Sefa Cecilia (c) 2014
I Scents in high heels Rudely preceding your bearer Pulling him on strings Laughing through my toffee And spewing nonsensicals to maim my heart II Scents with noise In a loud voice Carrying daggers of separation Do you have buttocks for a seat? Do you have ears for a talk? II Please have a care […]
I We seek to laugh We laugh to cry II We yearn to love We love to hate III We eat to grow We grow to die IV Why must we then try? A puzzle within a puzzle Amoafowaa Sefa Cecilia (c) 2014
Dream And in that dream Transform into a bird From the safety of your bed Stretch your wings And fly free having flings With the breeze which lives so high In the serene sky See it all Feel it all And if you happen to fall Heed the call of determination And rise through the […]
I A naughty fly left Its humble beautiful home To look for riches II It hovered around The food of a helpless child And ate to its fill III It saw excreta And decided to eat some It realised it stinks IV It searched more for cash And realised it has no safe To keep […]
I Arm in arm Let’s move like we swam In the rivers of beautiful but challenging Cupid Ignoring many comments like “They are stupid, Leave them be, Later they’ll see, That feeling is foolishness” II Arm in arm Let’s move like swans And step into old age’s jacuzzi Swimming as we smile and look back […]
I I walked into his senses Through his lens And broke all his fences II I walked into his fences Through his many lens And  damaged all his tenses III I walked into his senses My perfume taking him to heaven And tossing him painfully to hell IV I walked into his senses Through his […]
Through it all If you ask me why I walk I’ll tell you I’m in no mood for loss Look at me Years and years of study And nothing to show for it They say, I should generate work What if I’m not wired that way? Did they start this campaign long ago? I never […]
I A loan for your blood Genius! Unbuyable yet sold Money beats blood II Food for your sanity Amazing! Abstract yet sold Hunger beats thoughts III Love for your peace Preposterous! Precious yet sold Loneliness beats peace IV We know not what we want We sit and think We think and regret We regret too […]
I When the world went wild And minds mused in grave madness Peace fell in slumber Causing power to be chased in haste Spilling blood helping earth eat II Sure, earth gladly ate Eating arms, legs, and drinking Blood to quench its thirst Most of us were seeds in seeds So we missed the chaos […]
Newbies grow As seeds grow Into plants Then into trees Life Just needs rain Sunlight And air A little darkness To act as a cover cloth And it flourishes I shall flourish I shall go that far I shall reach the sky And like a liberated bird See all that there is Water me Give […]
Abracadabra! Abracadabra! Abracadabra! If only these chants could give life I would have called your ghost memory Which stays in my head And give our initial meeting A static life So you’ll be that sweet being under my feet Even if there are hot coals under your seat What good is this us When you […]
Contours run into contours Contours clash Then watch in fury And hurry to judge each other Then they calm Resolve their differences And embrace into their safest realms Forming a stronger contour I am one contour You are another We look in disdain Because we have same aim I’m looking So you look Let’s get […]
I used to dwell on my eyes Until they shouted and scarred my mind Then I used my ears and dwelt on voices They scarred my head and taunted my mind I went ahead to use my eyes Reading words to fill my heart But they too, turned into monsters, Piercing my chest, chasing my […]
I If the songs you sing And the bells you ring And your back’s wings Are true, there’ll be no tears II If the promises are real And you work with zeal And your intents never kill There’ll be no tears III If your body’s posture Go flawlessly with your breath And your eyes Tell […]
I took a journey On a revelation sea Funny, how the waves Roll to blind me when none sees I think I sea But I see the see I think I’ve reached But I fall in Then I grope for my boat Just when I settle in, The waves come in furious And turn my […]
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 […]
The smile of summer The frown and tears of winter Coupled with others Strengthen the year Dynamism is what breaks free Be static, and all will be lost I know the sun Alternating times with darkness Keep the mystery alive Be this Be that And in all positivity You’ll have a great trip In life’s […]
I As fowls search for corn, Hawks search for chicks Eagles search for fowls Some snakes search for eggs Forgetting others’ search for snakes II As plants draw water, air and sunlight Sheep and goats search for plants Cows search for plants Even dogs search for some plants Forgetting others search for dogs III As […]
If the world was so fair Then all will not care About everyone being fair How can the world be fair? When we step on the earth And hate its forever living dust? How can the world be fair When we are moulded dust And hate the source of our lives? How can the world […]
I The cricket sings In the arms of darkness The same darkness Which makes beings sleep II The bat sees clear In the time of darkness The same darkness Which blinds beings III Might be good for you But not be good for me Might be a blessing for her But no blessing for him […]
Laws learn to lie Lie so low to live in loss Loss when left loose will lessen lives Lives needed to lead the led Laws limp when they see love Laws leap when they see the Lord Laws lie low when they see truth Laws, laws, laws, laws, laws Laws made by men who are […]
Sanity tells me It’ll be an illusion If anyone thinks of human reincarnation In any other form But weeds, plants or trees Because yeah, we go back to earth Because yeah, it dismantles us into soil Because yeah, fertiliser is our end product Because yeah, nothing is known after that But my heart tells me […]
I So the old man saw The umbilical cord of the great being severed, Saw his first wobbly step Heard his first ridiculous word Saw his first fall And saw him learn his first lesson And so? II There are path-makers There are path-finders Whoever thought Jesus Christ Will be more important than John the […]
A flower frowns from far and flops Telling tales of taints which cleared it from the tops Repeating restlessly with renewed rancour It tells of friends from the highest heights And of their hailing which held her high Only to push her past her speed to fall Tainting her beauty and making her call Only […]
When dew kisses erect leaf The sun pushes it into the leaf Its punishment; Never to be seen as itself ever But help the skin of the leaf to shine To attract its rivals Play in the lions den And only your bones Will have that opportunity to scream The fly which hovers around cobwebs […]
I Need to hide your precious Without an African being conscious Open a book and slot it in II Words are pains In which they see no gains Most complain they hurt their brains and break their sanes III Need to hide from an African Hide in a stuffy library Even the scents will repulse […]
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 […]
A dove with love Fears nothing from above This dove is like the banished Living love famished Flying alone sends chills through the bones Something nature condones When the air whispers The trees in pleasure stroke their whiskers And the dove feels worse Where is its half? Could this be a curse? Hope of a […]
It is dry It is dry here So the creator made it fair By planting shea The market reeks of dawadawa While children sit under heated sun Their sad faces attracting trade for their parents There is that taxi meandering here There is that taxi going there The motor cycles and bicycles battle pedestrains Tomatoes, […]
I stand on the head of the mountain Looking down at angry rocks Watching around as companion trees dance Looking down as angry trees fight the winds But I still aim for the sky What does this mean? Satisfaction taunts and never delivers? The more I hold, the more it pulls The more I get, […]
I Clip not my wings When I fly I sing Even if you can’t hear You’ll see me there II Break not my wings You know not what I can bring Just throw me high And help me fly III Ingrates abound But I blow grateful sounds Just give me a nudge And keep watch […]
I A lie needs a lie To help it go by Clean that hot lie And help it die down II A lie needs many lies To make it smile as it flies Uproot its deep roots To save it the many hoots III A lie ignites with lies To ruin many skies Quench the […]
I Frowning fits not the sky It makes the world so dry Please let there be a smiling sky So my time can go happily by II Darkness makes all things sly It makes all things go awry Let me take rest as it draws nigh So my wake  will be free of sigh III […]
I If only there were special lens Which see hearts’ writings which never ends And reads clearly; hurts, pains and yearns Each one will another properly fend II If only hearts have speech Which reaches hearts intended to reach All silent aches will be noticed with most cleared Saving deep wounds mostly dug till death […]
I We all know but refuse to acknowledge It hides, calm like a lioness about to hunt, Giving its prey silence to encourage It to draw near for a catch so easily blunt When its growth goes far beyond its storage Its dreadful fumes will […]
I think of now and before I know not what is in store I see not the work of law I see crimes brought to the fore And see children refuse their chore I aim to know its prompt core Living such life I abhor For real justice, I swore But my voice always mops […]
I Whereas hatred boldly stands Where chaos reigns It hides in the realms of love II Whereas sadness is king In the town of tears It is a thief in the city of happiness III Pain will always stalk peace And never want to be seen Until it conquers IV Such is life We must […]
I If there comes a messiah Or a future disciple of God Would we ever know or believe enough To acknowledge that life from the start? II No! I don’t think so Not in a billion years Those whose times produce them Will laugh and jeer Make mockery and sneer At the words of another […]
We In  the arms of armoured earth Protective of us Fight with race Fight with gender Fight with geography Fight with ethnicity And fight for what we can’t forever own II When we Crossing over into soil Take nothing but our beings Our skin being butchered by moth Our bones being powdered by age and […]
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