I Bats and owls have gone to bed On huge trees with great great shade Cats and bowls may be in shed In an Ewe’s cravings grade II I am here like a soldiery bridge Having crossed from a darkened night I may be faced with a hardened ridge But I’ll make sure I get […]
I know you are a good enemy football player But trust me, your most skilful dribbling, Make them more than C. Ronaldo’s, Will be my healthy trainings Your trials at long shots Will always go to the corner Or like an overfed eagle’s shot, You will send them flying in the heavenly air Your headings […]
Dawn can’t begrudge the cock’s crow It is its companion It is its friend It maybe its enemy But it makes it a star As some wake to see it At the sound of a cock’s crow II Lawn cannot begrudge dawn It owes it part of its colour Like the bed of a princess […]
Oh He dressed sky beings with glow So they will be visible to eyes so low He dressed the man with strength So they could guard protection’s length He dressed the woman with beauty So she could charm in surety He even knows the shy sky Would need privacy for her nudity So dresses her […]
Like an angel He brightened my world Getting to thoughts of paranoia Where hoarders are concerned I saw not how But he did his magic Brought on his therapy And an uptight me Began to open up I thought it was magic But it was inspiration Sharpening braveness Making me an achiever Slowly, I found […]
Another morning visits Coming with its stomach Its need for clothing Its need for being walked or driven like a dog Its need for dialogue And its many conflicts in diversity II Abena, like the earth which must hosts it, I succumb to its whims Allowing myself to be played like its guitar For […]
Pop the hop Crop the top Sing with wings A pin and a spin Are like triumphs with time
The cocks have the docks For they hold the waking locks So “kwa kwa kwa kwa” those mocks May end in needing knocks II They have the stocks They’ve the keys to the flocks So elephants’ strength is ad infinitum But common sense makes them kings III So follow the kwa kwa kwa And soar […]
Be strong like Mount Afadjato Or fall like the Twin Towers Be swift like a tsunami Or be trapped like oxygen For maiming and trashing II Swimming in breath Is brimming in wealth So be the eagle And fly as such Amoafowaa Sefa Cecilia (c) 2015
Wasted humans are like human nails Those scratching gently Are replaced in days No one recognises their importance Teeth murder them at will Blades are their wicked cut throats While cutters are like their doom judges So scratch deeply in light as hard as you can Not on other skins But on minds So that […]
I have a sun And I’m breaking it with love To light your paths Whenever your day meets darkness For you are the breath of the world You are the life of liveliness You have the steps which bless You are you; Worthy even though no one tells you So keep it up there In […]
Like different worlds put together The head can battle the heart The stomach can battle abdomen Legs can battle thighs Ears can battle ears Nose can battle mouth Human is war Human is war assembled So when the heart says no to waking up, Let the head, like the king, rule Even on a food […]
As seconds speed into minutes And minutes gallop into hours As hours run into days As days walk into months As months cross over to years Stagnant fears Tend to stink Sympathetic tears Are given a wink A giver today May be a crucifier with time’s transitions So get under the showers of hard work […]
It is not a dream You are in the troubled stream Smeared in the shame body cream You feel like one in a team None of those are as they seem So come out and SCREAM! II It is day And you have no say Death has given you its pay And you feel you […]
Search and research The birds who perch; Their wings lurch To twat all searches Of guns, stones and sticks II Search and research Ants always hunt Even in faces of being stepped on Crossing streams Even in the face of drowning III Search and research Bees see many a places Before honeys are cooked And […]
Dreams are the fastest runners Runners without souls Runners not like Ussain Bolt Runners with wings unseen II Dreams are taunting bothers Bothers who demand hard work Bothers who mess with minds Bothers like psychotic creators III If you dream And you scream Thinking the dream Will walk to your head’s screen Then you are […]
I Like an old flower Watered by rain Blooms, for hope *** I, Like a charcoal so forgotten Lights, By the care of a benevolent *** I, Like a slave in dreams Ruled Because of care of a king *** I, Like a child so wronged Smiles Because of love of a being And so […]
Who wants to be a snail? Who wants to be a tortoise? The former and latter are one In two things Both have God built houses Both are slow The former is easily broken The latter built in unbrokeness The creator is not unfair He gives you pace And leaves you fragile He slows your […]
Nightmares end in wake So does hard times Pain can develop demonic wings And chase in dreams like a strong vehicle But consciousness is its master So pinch yourself You are not being stirred like its banku You are not being pounded like its fufu Your power can make you its stirrer and pounder So […]
What are fires without heat? Light without shine? Drums without beats? Houses with no gates? II What are voices without sounds? Cars without mobility? Eagles without wings? Rains with no water? III I believe proceeds are the all Without them, then we fall So when the occasion does call We must be prepared to give […]
Yams are edible when subdued by hot fire but poisonous when taken raw You know what you have to do In order to make it a corner stone So go fetch firewood like a farmer Set the fire and set it to work Then cook your yam To feed all And you Making a difference […]
Thanks to all you beautiful and handsome souls, I have been nominated in the Best Blogger Category 2015. The voting is out and Blogging Ghana sent me this message yesterday: “Dear Nominees, Congratulations once again on being shortlisted in the best blogger category for the blog and social media Awards 2015. We hope you are all working at […]
Done drowning due to defeat? Dirt dressing in down deceit? Deafened drowsiness Damaged daft dagger Debts on dancing demons Daredevils dressing in daisies Dote on danger and distress Don’t drown to dust your dreams Dump dormancy, dare and dream Amoafowaa Sefa Cecilia (c) 2015
As night hurries in packing darkness To bolt seeing as day tosses to turn in minutes What thoughts are wearing heels Disturbing your head chambers? II As day prepares to take off its blanket And sun’s door is being opened by the moon What fears are taking over the strength of your legs Forcing you […]
Fly far Forgetting follies Fly forever Forfeiting feigns Fly fiercely Forsaking fakers Fly, flee Framing fouls Freaking fixers Frying fits Fixing feebles Amoafowaa Sefa Cecilia (c) 2015
Quintessential queens’ quill Quarantines qualms And quieten quaffers quagmired II A quaint quintessential queen Makes unqualifiers quake Even the qualified is thrown into a quandary III Quintessential queens get queasy When quarrels’ quest quenches questions They quickly quell as though they have quiff IV Quintessential queens Quick and quirk Even quotes in the Quaran Can’t […]
Eyes in windows of the world’s shadow See all; the call, fall and the talls Like omnipotent gods in fathers Good thoughts close mouths in the shadow II When dawn’s rain fall like a sharp arrow And supposed suns make all cloud calls Good eyes cry like angry pained mothers Chaosers step with happy toe III […]
When fate goes to sleep Fear wakes and tends to seep Showing his muscles And giving all hassles Then failure gets dazzled II When fear walks on eye And will acts too shy Uselessness takes a grand seat As ambition falls at his feet Giving mouths words of a defeat III Dress fear in hope […]
As morning stretches On dawn’s mat In thought’s cover cloth, Fears wear high heels Looking for who to attack. Just who is willing to be that pawn? II What pain on earth has never, ever tasted life Or is never, ever going to taste lives That you sacrifice happiness for fear? Those heels, will never […]
If a squirrel Stays in its hole Fearing trouble, Fire finds it And it is smoked out Into a hot saucepan II If a bird Stays on one tree Like a person tied to a bed Fearing a bullet A gun finds it And it ends up a kebab III Let legs take you places […]
Tears, like cloud in sky When rained, clears the sky so right Paving way for sun II Pain, like snow on earth When cleared, cleans the earth so well Showing neat beauty III Let it rain till dawn And help the sun rise with ease To heal all pain Amoafowaa Sefa Cecilia (c) 2015
A talk will help with the walk A lock can’t help to block *** Prep does help in bold step No bumper comes from slumber *** Cats are lions when they yearn to reach Zion As bats are eagles when they battle daylight *** Wise words have smooth road In the ears of one who […]
Who needs to hold the tail And suffer a fail When even after the uprooting of the “f” What remains is ail? And after all the suffering to get the “a” off, What still remains attract another “l” To show “ill”? None! II But a fail throws a ladder For a climb to the top […]
Carrying the heaviest house Knowing it can’t compete a sick mouse The tortoise still moves in search Of its daily manna II Knowing a step-on is its horrid accident And the steppers would never give it a lament The ant still moves in search Of its daily manna III Even the lions know their Zions […]
When you throw a ball On any floor It bounces It bounces II When you pick it up and throw again It bounces here It bounces there Bouncing and bouncing and bouncing III We are like balls Of grumpy life So prepare to bounce When a throw calls for it Free your mind to bounce […]
Pensive plans pets pious people Pushing poor powers to prey in their pates Pissing pride to puff and play A pent up pecker picks in power play II Pure persons pave power paths And pray to pistol preys at play Pouring petrification in pensive plans To pacify pains and pin position of pacemaker III Puffy […]
In mayonta The strong winds will calm And the heated sun will calm As the rains seize Only to drizzle at dawn The tsunamis will turn good breezes To embrace and caress me In mayonta II In mayonta I will stand like the moon I am In the dark followed by the stars above And […]
Yearn and sit On carved horse’s seat And the “n” would flee And show you “year” And the “y” would flee And be replace by “t” For the lonely “r” to call an “s” They will then travel to your eye’s land Pinch and fall like angry rains As they take you back to be […]
Fireflies are hiding their fires Knowing well that dark always hires Living amidst the normal as desired A fly here, a fly there in evenness II Be a firefly Know when to glow Be like a river, know when to flow Even if it’s difficult you just try Or try being a butterfly Amoafowaa Sefa […]
Here are my arms Under the strictest of sincerity Giving you the freedom to enter Serving you with hope II Here are my eyes Under the spell of your love Growing intense for your attention Serving you with company III Here are my ears Until your mouth like radio […]
It is paint given in plain pots Another shot being added to the past shots You can make it a whisky shot Or make it a fanta shot, I now reckon My grandma told me so And put it in these see through words *** “Dear Tawiah, My only eye in this huge but small […]
I am looking up So I know The clouds hang on your sky And rains tears on your head I see from far I don’t see how your heart churns But trust me, your sun is fast approaching So don’t give up II During these times, I know failure stands tall Mocking you to give […]
Palm-wines dance and shine In fine calabashes as wine Accentuating foods so fine Calling on souls to come and dine In a happy chatty line II The sky is filled with cloud Cloud turning, diving and proud Vultures hate the sky’s crowd And promise to build to shame the cloud Knowing it is the […]
Circling the circle Of the circled Is still a circle II Squaring the square Of the squared Is still a square III The rain will fall The sun will shine The wind will blow The earth may shake The birds will fly Into the sky Upon my hi’s So play I will And never stand […]
Pile problems properly Petting petty paupers? Prime prompts privacy Personal pets prune II Miss many messages Messing most in mess Men move mountains Manifesting more miracles III Forms for fans: Fall from far Fiercely fight first and Fling-up firm IV Doing deeds of deaths? Dry destinies in doom Don’t do dampness Drawing in dew V Serve […]
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 […]
Through it all, tortoise Walks, shocking birds whose swift fly Beat their day travels II Through it all, the snail Crawls, thinking it is so blessed, more Than the static trees III Through it all, the rain Fall, knowing only lucky Ones will land in streams IV Wise words hit to stop Minds of all […]
This tree is shaking Not by my making The wind is blowing The earth is quaking II I am here and living I’m not complaining I keep on growing My stems are spreading III If I could get many sheltering I’ll leave fulfilling I do no whining I need no praising IV Many are roaming […]
Huge hurdles hurt in heat Humming victory on empty street Housing fear to blow defeat Help hears faint as hatred hiss II Hear who hysteria harmfully hit Hopeless haters who high works fit Hurling hots as word weapons, they sit Hindering the power of will III Help hates the haunted wretch Who doesn’t work and […]
Through the taste of tasteless teas Trippings on thrifty trusted trees To the terrible painful taunting tears Tacit teachings have grown my thoughts Throwing tantrums terrify thoughtful thoughts Teary eyes tend to blind Tests show the trusted In a mirrored gaze. Generate a light And throw it right Amoafowaa Sefa Cecilia (c) 2014
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