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LOVE

SWEPT OFF HER FEET

“Oh saintly mermaid!  One with a heavenly touch! You are the breath I need to have! II Oh beautiful princess Of a higher kingdom Look down in love On this pitiful patient of love” III Ordinary Abea Thought she had landed Looked down and danced For the one who beckoned in humility IV The dance […]

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LOVE

VALENTINE ANTICIPANTS

“He would buy me some shoes Which would themselves give boos We will never slip in twos Because we work well as twos” II These are words from  novices You all need some services Your minds do have some crevices So come for the services III Even those bonded by bands Showing always on their […]

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LOVE

HE AND SHE (BEFORE THEIR VALENTINE)

HE She is the sun The sun I yearn for a tan So all can see I’m a man A man who can face any gun SHE He is the moon The moon which makes me swoon The moon I need for a cocoon Because the moon makes night noon HE Can I bribe the […]

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HEALTH LOVE

WHEN HER LIGHT WENT OFF

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 […]

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HEARTBREAKS LOVE

AFTER THE GONG HIT (SONG)

I’ll put you in a song Where you really belong From when you came along To the time you run along CHORUS For you were the rain Which promised me gain But drove me insane In a long short lane II You said you were among Those who many do long Because your sweet sweet […]

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DEATH LOVE

MISSING YOU NOW

When craving pangy bells did rang She lovingly caressed to ease the stress Fuming and threatening that which gnawed With laws which seemed outlawed To make me see that one is flawed When he, she or it, gets to my bad side Increasing love was never cherished Until the mouth of the grave opened And […]

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HEARTBREAKS LOVE

HYMENACS

I wanted to see I had my own dreams of what it’ll be; Having massages and drinking tea Receiving much love without a fee Being the she never cheated by a he Feeling surreal loving all and me But it was never what I dreamt it’ll be II I began to see That everything was […]

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LOVE

FIRST ANNIVERSARY THANKSGIVING

I, am glad for the faces which looked, clicked read, commented and or liked 2 I, Can’t express the love, I feel, for the many, who boost this confidence, with legs, so tiny 3 So I say; thanks for the love thanks for the read thanks for the many many likes thanks for the words […]

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LOVE SOCIAL

WHEN PASSIONS FLEE (ADULT POETRY)

Untouched apples Flaunt, mount, taunt, and haunt  Until eyes force streams in mouths And mouths gulp for bodies to drown In the wants of un-haves II When the apples fall In hot pots of thoughts it caught Teeth bite with vigour and stride Diminishing of wants Come with every bite III Then the wars starts […]

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HEARTBREAKS LOVE

WHEN IT GETS THE HEART

She, watches and walks away Having nothing to say Bowing her head in shame Dreading love’s name II She, refuses to wipe her tears Because they are flowing to show her fears She hears many mouths say fie She wants to die III Because love’s ride Made her hide And her trust tuned to tides […]

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HEARTBREAKS LOVE

LIKE I NEVER EVER LOVED

Feelings run with talking shoes Tainting my veins in all hues Month after month, paying no dues Popping and yelling with no cues Like I never ever loved II Their aphrodisiac is cold, Run amok without being told Their running strides so damn bold They have such bad taunting hold Like I never ever loved […]

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HEARTBREAKS LOVE

A SPELL IN A SHELL (SONG)

CHORUS It was like a fairy spell Captured by a sounding bell Arrested to a loving cell Where I yearned to forever dwell 1 Who created this shell Turning into hell When little heat yell? I swear I hear the bell Which sounded like a spell And made my heart swell For all to see […]

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KIDS LOVE

LITTLE ANGELS (CINQUAIN)

Children Like clear waters They love from pure great hearts And give surrealistic gold vibes Angels Amoafowaa Sefa Cecilia (c) 2015

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LIFE LOVE ROMANTIC POETRY

YOU WERE THUNDER (DIAMANTE)

Thunder Loud, proud Striking, terrifying, hurting Radiant, expectant, fearful, destructive Enchanting, torturing, scaring Talkative, lost Lightening Amoafowaa Sefa Cecilia (c) 2015

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DEATH HEARTBREAKS LOVE

HURTFUL REMINISCENCE (TRIPLE ETHEREE)

I am here watching you standing so near with your beating heart racing and reaching far chasing and hitting hard at dead rock for its symbolism and leaving me stranded as I watch knowing not when rain will fall on this mud *** As much as it hurts, pins, cuts and might kill as much […]

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LOVE PEACE RELIGIOUS

GOD’S SPECTACLE

Through God’s spectacle There is no human receptacle He needs no oracle To tell Him what happens in His tabernacle He gave us combined chronicle To work with but we are comical Doing opposites and needing a miracle Humans are like pigs and it’s terrible Look, we know our state is curable All we need […]

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LIFE LOVE RELIGIOUS

WHEN GOD LIVED WITH US

Once upon a time, God was with us He pampered and caressed Until humans became one They joined the sinly train And got a disappointing pestle They pounded God with hatred They pounded Him with stealing They put Him in the mortar of sin And pounded him like crazy Until He made the sky He […]

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LOVE SOCIAL

LUSTING DANGERS (ADULT POETRY)

A cabin boy Was made a cabin toy When his mistress saw him coy And thought he had a thieving ploy II She swore she’d him destroy And will huge soldiers readily employ And make his pain and tears her joy If his muteness did she annoy III He weakly echoed “Oh pretty mistress! I’m […]

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HEARTBREAKS LOVE

WHEN THE NIGHT BURNS

Night’s towel drips of tears Her laughter has suddenly turned to fears Her moon left without a trace So she uses darkness to cover her face Her stomach churns As her heart yearns Her breathes fight To see daylight But her legs are rooted In darkness until sun comes and have her booted And leaves […]

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LOVE

I BLAME ALL MOUTHS (ADULT POETRY)

Blames replace flames Flames which passions claimed Claimed in order to tame Tamed to quench and resurrect flames I blame mouths! Imagine the ride from lips to tongues And from tongues to longs So strong it digs deep down Until a farm or empty holes are created II For every sweet start Mouths star in […]

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LOVE

BLUE BALLS (ADULT POETRY)

Between mortars and pestles Which cause the loudest whistles? One will say both But I will say the pestles II Pestles work the hardest Hitting from the farthest They also spoil the fastest As mortars face more pestles III You can pound Yes, just try to hound Yes, just do your best To get your […]

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LOVE WOMEN EMANCIPATION

I’M A TEMPLE

I live in a skirt A skirt zipped tightly to seal To seal as a present for the deserved I’m not renting out Definitely no to-lets II I know in rat holes Many moles can be placed To trap the hole lords But this zipped hole is not a rat hole Serving as a play […]

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LOVE SOCIAL

A BEAR AND A LIONESS

I Am me Because of her. *** In mud-pit of fallibility, She washes clean her love For me and steps up to bath me clean. *** Her blood boils when my clothes soil Her tears fall, when sadness walks my face Her mood calls, when danger stalks my path Her stomach churns, when sickness visits […]

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LOVE

LIKE A TINGALINGALING (ADULT POETRY)

Swing and sing As your bells in me ring Like a thumb on a noisy string I want my sound to resonate In all the realms of harmony Like a humming bird In a safety shed So let your bells in me ring Like a thumb on a noisy string Shaking me like a tingalingaling […]

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LOVE SOCIAL

ON PRIVATE CLOUDS (ADULT POETRY)

(Please this poem is rated 18. Persons below this age must not enter its doors. Thank you) Under the full glare Of eyes connected to tongues with flair Let our eyes speak Arranging a date on cloud’s peak Where even shadows can’t be found II I will scent my little farm With pleasantness which can […]

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LOVE

TREASURY TRIP TO TREASURE

Not wood Nor ordinary food To be tossed in travel For the throat to open, marvel, Push and shrivel II It is extraordinary Can never be ordinary Touch the tip To start the trip You can try adding a little whip III From the sitting Do the fitting Every touch must spark Every step must […]

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LOVE

BODY AND SOUL

Let’s leave like leaves Blown by beautiful breezes Into our internal selves Without whimpering thoughts, Caring not of cruel sticks Nor rot agents at our landing II Holding hearts heal hellish Thoughts toiled to thrash And separate to enmity So grace mine, let me grace yours Together let’s sail and dance To the whispers of […]

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LOVE SOCIAL

INJECTION OF REJECTION

I caught his fever And begun to shiver All I needed was his river To calm my shivers and fever II I called a driver And became a believer That once he me delivers And I fell into his river, I’d truly be delivered III I went with this fever Into the hall of this […]

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LOVE

SWIM IN MY STREAM

I never knew I hoarded a stream which bubbled Until I saw the fish Which made it vivid And now I yearn for it to swim II Come and swim You little wriggly fish Make my stream dance into a dream I may pleasurably happily scream Or painfully turn to laugh and beam But all […]

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LOVE RELIGIOUS SOCIAL

PA HEE PA HO PA HEE PA HEI

Paaa, paaaa, paaa, paa, paaa A child is born One who deserves a horn II Paaa, paaaa, paaa, paa, paaa Grab your coat And board a boat III Paaa, paaaa, paaa, paa, paaa Who cares to hate Please grab a plate IV Paaa, paaaa, paaa, paa, paaa I hear the love Which streams from above […]

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LOVE PEACE

A TIME OF GIVING

Days have dragged us to Christmastide hoping for love Urging mouths to smile II Harmattan pampers African soil, winter frowns Loud on foreign lands III It is a challenge For blood to boil in live terms So let goodness flow IV Don’t murder birds to  Chew alone, try thinking free And bless the others V […]

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LOVE RELIGIOUS

MENTAL VIDEO OF CHRIST’S BIRTH (La’Tuin)

My mind shows me a vivid video Of the birthday many await It started from Mary’s wondrous love, Ended with her shivering body II After this came her knighted Romeo One who viewed, hurt, and touched his pate The Holy Ghost healed from up above His heart merged hers in a body III Despite heavens […]

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LOVE

GRANDMA’S STORY OF THE REVOLUTION OF LOVE

Long ago, When we sat by the fireside, And watched our shadowed selves On the mirrored ground By the side of the full moon, Grandma told me to look up And watch keenly the full moon Knowing not what she meant, I looked and told her I saw only a stain of clouds She smiled […]

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LIFE LOVE

THAT BRIGHT BRIDE

I saw it It was so fit A flower to be given to the bride Before she took the hand of her father I wanted it But there were these mirrored walls Which failed to let me be Then I saw her father take it He had six eyes on his face Such a weird […]

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LOVE

A, B, C OF LONESOMENESS

  Am me But need your Care, love and strength. Days keep unwrapping Evenings and nights thronging Failures of not belonging, Given my shine, I weep Hugging myself for Intense comfort Just open up Keep it real Lean into Me and Nail me On you Purely Amoafowaa Sefa Cecilia © 2014

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HEARTBREAKS LOVE

THE DUMPSTER OF MY THOUGHTS

He came back squeaking like a hungry goat After stepping on my toes and sniffing asses He asked for forgiveness thinking I was naïve I told him candidly looking straight into his eyes That he belonged to the dumpster of my thoughts Because I threw him out as rubbish after I hurt II If I […]

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LIFE LOVE RELIGIOUS

THE ANGELIC UNION

Amidst the chaos And the raucous God saw it good To lighten the hood So he formed an angelic human union II The chosen of chastity Was filled with charity And light lightened dark light With no man putting up a fight Of the outcome of the angelic union III There was no speciality Even […]

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LOVE PEACE

GURUS OF ENCOURAGEMENT

There is a home far from my head Where many people go to be heard Where many sorrows are always aired And many preys go to be cursefully blessed II With all its vices and uncanny danger I find sanity always rocking there in a manger Sanity which makes me a great manager Taking me […]

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LIFE LOVE

KISSES IN COLD BREEZES

Kisses in grave heat Tends to all high passions beat No good comfort here II Kisses in cold breeze Blend with passions and honour; Blessings if you like III Why fall to timing When best songs do the rhyming? Good times rightly bless IV I need to be there Under wings of timely time To […]

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LOVE MOTIVATION

IF WE WERE THE STRONGER WATERS (CASCADE)

I knew some stronger waters Which were forced not in drums But still sailed holding hands II They travelled far in spreading Smiling and joking with each other I knew some stronger waters III Whereas stagnant waters sat cool They lived their lives so well, but they were waters Which were forced not into drums […]

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HEARTBREAKS LOVE SOCIAL

WHEN LUSTFUL THOUGHTS GET BOLD

When the weather gets cold Lonely bubbles get bold And show on skins Like standing fins On fishes II Then they call on past thoughts  Thoughts the body bought With time and buried And needs ferried  By regret III Like waves, tears fight back Goosebumps get stacked I need an antidote I get on a […]

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LIFE LOVE

ARROWS OF TRUST

As love is a shadow With a sharp emotional arrow So is trust; a road so narrow With a fragile bone marrow II Let us use the traffic light If red is a no go sight Yellow, a warning sight And green, a winning sight Let’s say stars are the light I have these to […]

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LOVE

BLINK

Blooming pinks Need their blues Strong, strong blues Need their pinks They are different In stature and in thoughts But a  good blend Is the validity of all Water is water And oil is oil Missed with water Heat and others must interfere Before the blend is complete Blue and pink Blend well And be […]

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LOVE

OVERFLOWING HURTS (SONG)

When I think of you My heart splits in two And my dark skin turns blue (Refrain) Exaggerating? I probably am But this stuffiness, This hollowness, This pain rains tears Tears which form no mud Tears which only cut like scissors II When I hear the mocks My poor heart gets shocks Thinking of the […]

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LIFE LOVE

IN GRANDMA’S TIME

No flowers, Grandma says she received a whistle Then roasted cocoyams And huge smiles Which forced the eyes of her heart To meet her beloved’s II No clubs, They met under the huge ‘odum’ tree, When the sky shone Its face brightened by the hands of cleaning lime, And danced to the throaty sounds he […]

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LOVE SOCIAL

WARMITOLOGIST

In this high tempered cold Heat is unreachable Same as you II If only I could have Your warm towelled embrace, Cold would flee III You’re my balm in pain You’re my heat in cold You were my lyrics in song IV In a monotonous flashback Your words serenade me Your chimney warms me V […]

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LOVE

IN THE REALM OF LOVE

          Leaning on the trusted gives relief On its highest heels is the automatic perfection spectacles Vine of emotions, Cupid works with potions Easy breezy, Cupid’s early wings are unbreakable   II Is it me or all? Initially needing time to walk like snails and Shouting at time to quickly pass […]

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LOVE SOCIAL

SENSUOUS SCENT

Scents so strong Streaming on sensuous sense Seek sacharineous solace in style In my sense. II Sweetened sweats sow seeds Of swords which scream sabotage Seething with insanity in the centre of my world And sure, you sweep my seeings with Serpent’s tongue only to serve me Sins of sorrow III So I’m that sorry […]

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LOVE RACISM SOCIAL

UNDER THE SKIRT OF SUPERIORITY

Fears run rampantDown the streetsWhen words are lost andSolace springs from thin air,Molecular mornings igniteDivisions uniting the sky,Conjoining the lost,Churning distant souls refinedInto something quite like you and I   II Something can be nothing Walking through thin air without a face Taunting with blurred thoughts without a trace Molecular afternoons ignite Threatening to spark […]

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LIFE LOVE PEACE RACISM SOCIAL

STRENGTH OF VEINS (HAIKU)

Veins hold each other Tight, opening their arms to Let blood flow for good II To make a being work Veins forget their differences And tirelessly work III A single break down And all demonstrate for a Hurried attention IV A block at a point  All stop, a rising notice To save their own piece […]