Expectations hide in this day When hearts hide wishes dreamt about in telepathic conversations Maybe Valentine needed bars on his emotions And not his person II There are those who wear beautiful handcuffs applauded By society as crowns Hiding fountains of tears caused by deceptions unmentionable They may be paraded but with their hearts silently […]
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EXPECTATIONS
Give me a stone and I will see the glaring message “Heart of mine, trip all you can, I will be here to catch your falls” Give me ordinary sand and I will smile at the sweetness of thought That says “Even if we turn dust, this heart will you belong” Even the stinking end […]
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ONCE IN A LIFETIME
Overflowing Blood of hearts merged and urged by fate In there, everyday models Valentine’s deeds Harvesting laughter in serene happiness Many are in the embrace Eating from the plates of love with the fork of contentment It makes me turn Michael Bolton’s tune into a question Are you the one he sings of for me […]
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TIME TO COOL OFF
There is nothing wrong with a break After a tsunamic life shake After all, it takes time for scared fishes to travel through rivers Back to their sea after explosive shivers So you in the mirror, take time to cool off II Eyes close take time to open After a whirlwind As its dust takes […]
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TO THE GREAT DAGBON
There is no ingenious cultural counting That Sikaman will undertake Without your number up the charts Your beautiful fugus on your lovely leather foot-wears Your beautiful skins worn on your humble floors Speaking of bravery unseen to all eyes in meet Your fierce and baffling tongues Which leave foreigners in lost realms Oh your many […]
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THIS HOME WE WILL ALL GO
Heads buy thoughts from many sources As to how it is beneath, ha! Untrusting, fearing, praying Souls shiver in spirits which scare bodies But we know the trip is imperative No matter our standing II I know death is an animal unseen That whose teeth tire not in chewing That whose hunt never fails That […]
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THE ME OF YOU
Don’t you know me? Pluck the sun to see my face I am your future Waiting patiently for your present as it comes through your past II Don’t you know me? Buy a moon to look very well I am your final back Which would be seen by all No matter the faces you may […]
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DEVELOPMENT HOUNDS
(In honour of our fallen Tiger Eye journalist Ahmed) You there wake the one napping there Let him wake the one snoring there So we can stand here and wailingly shout Don’t ask what about Haven’t you heard about the loss of a touch in this muddy sea we live? We are shouting to the […]
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YOU’VE BEEN ATE A LION’S EATING
You’ve been ate a lion’s eating Your pot licked clean like an asanka of a famished seer Even the veins in your womb have been drained of blood Which shares your hope to other parts of your emaciated body Why won’t every child come sensely vacant? II You’ve been ate a lion’s eating No wonder […]
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I OWE YOU NOTHING
There is a laughter building up in the grounds of my stomach Laughter which needs thousand voices of lionesses To bring its intensity to ears Whose mouths are shamelessly asking Asking for a family building when they know I just arrived from a war after losing a castle A castle which was bombed after a […]
Educate your root to groom its tree For the tree will in turn groom its flowers And the flowers will bloom fruits in the grooming II A strong foundation is the trusted seat Of a good building So dig well with best pickaxes Clear well with best shovels Mix well the foundational mortar A good […]
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I AM A WITCH
I am a witch! Yes, a witch! That witch who flies on the broom of hard work Through canoes of the night Paddling with rumours of the bored On rivers of the covetous Hoping to reach the sea of success Without your sweats of bother So hide not in calling II I am a witch! […]
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MENZGOLD OR MENZZERO? (Crazy Stanzas)
There has been a huge rain of evidence Spelling FACT in bold Of the rot that pilolo as myth in this nation What does it take to buy the land? Stamps of high stools bought by currencies without solid roots! Pictures of first personalities whose camera is set By fundings whose stem dazzle to blind […]
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NOTHING MOTHERING ALL THINGS
I have been following your mythical silhouette to find its owner Living like a leaf carried by air in the sky of uncertainty Anger mixes frustration and disdain As something seems like anything All in the can of nothing But then again Nothing is the mother of all things Amoafowaa Sefa Cecilia © Jan. 10, […]
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WONDERTROPIS
We have crossed the seas of wonderment To the shores of no surprises Overlooking waves of bizarre shocks whose lost electricity Have turned bubbles, foaming tongues of the ever licking waters, flirting with sands And succeeding only to open and close onlooking mouths Without waking any sound from their belly beds II This is an […]
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REMINDERERS
There are sounds which are better not made There are scars better left under skirts of decorum Just a stick prick, and an infection occurs Old songs of sadness are best left unsung II Care is knowing the hurt path And leaving it to grow weeds of forgetfulness Love is seeing the painful clothing And […]
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WOMANOCOOLTASIES
There are many noisy drums humming definitions of women Abena Amoafowaa Jemremedua My ears have turned bigger than that of the biggest elephant Hugging the ground in listening As oceans of chaotic banter battle winds of infuriated ears. Some define a woman as a bottomless hole meant as a collection bowl by Odomankomah Nana Nyame […]
We have crossed a bridge of a year onto another Another which needs no bags loaded with problems Dragged into its realm Another whose slate can accommodate no old news Let alone entertain old sentimental views Shed it, we’re birthing ourselves anew II Our past can only be the fertilizer of our present The more […]
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CHANGE IN NEED
I am shedding my clothes of sadness Here I am Standing stark naked Awaiting your layers of seconds to fix scars of yesteryears Your minutes to fix heartbreaks of your predecessors Your hours to act as underwears of success Your days to fix all premature greys Your months to put on me clothes of dignity […]
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PRIDE TO DEATH’S FALL
The fingers of days have connived with that of months Joined in by hours and minutes, seconds and nano-seconds Crowned by years to selectively Choose the best part of this heart To dig foundations of pain Building storeys of unforgettable loss through grave deprivation But I tell you today You will search from my hair […]
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A CHRISTMASLESS CHRISTMAS
The Eve was a scarecrow of leaves Pushing hurtful carols through monstrous throats of uncertainties Blood on white background, garnishing taunting bodies Whose teeth in laughter are marks of cannibalism Battling hurts on unfair stages Oh Tearstained Holy Night! A birth garnished by sadness! Foods of fear sit on plates of impending years Burning wines […]
Gates of life are on shes Fact! Hammers for carving those gates are on hes Another fact! But birth births death And hides in sicknesses Accidents Suicides Cruelty Old age Always conniving with time To blow forgetfulness On its mischievous handiwork How cunning! Amoafowaa Sefa Cecilia © Dec. 26, 2018
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UN-SYNCING MOODS
When life’s fog, blocks future light And a hopeless log, locks all might Special days become accursed II Celebratory mourning Confusing laughter Hurtful toasting I’m here, rubbish being thrown Into a heap of a year by a cruel dying other What is there to see? II Surely, white dresses repel this heart wearing black Oh […]
You’ve been on my mind everyday But today, I feel you sitting on the regal stool in here Aduse-Pokua, how is your “Hanoa”? II I remember it like yesterday You saying only a jump was left for you to reach Hanoa I remember them like yesterday Our chats and laughter, fallouts and tears I see […]
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THE OFTEN UNNOTICED BLESSING
A great friend is like a clean river In days of drought A good friend is like the most delicious meal In days of hunger A good friend is like rain When you, like the earth, scatter in dust, They fall to piece you together II A good friend is like thunder Giving shortest light […]
You won You won the draft you forced us to play Putting your novice mother under your orders “Tell me what is in your heart” I am sorry – “For going hungry to buy my drugs?” I am sorry – “For roaming so much to look for my cure?” I am – “You’re sorry for […]
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I WAS WRONG
I was wrong I was wrong to try to tear this mud house Into a palace of comfort For a future I knew nothing of II I was wrong I was wrong to move you to the best place I thought possible Knowing not I was pushing you into a dangerous dungeon III I was […]
Sleep, I need to dump insomnia So please visit my chamber You’re that husband who deserted me years ago And made me a guard of unfortunacy II Sleep, I weep for your keep Please possess this tired body I am sure an angel wishes it And pain of eyes scream it III Sleep Sorrow follows […]
“I love Kay Kay loves me We are one big family We’re one great family With a great big heart and a kiss from me to you…” I won’t beg you to love me now II I am singing this song to keep your wake I am keeping this wake on your sound sleep Baby […]
My eyelids are sounding nightmare bells So I am afraid to go to the school of sleep Do you see the sea of tears built by the pain of your gone? Do you feel the statue of agony built in my mad soul? Do you hear the crazy footsteps of my ache? Do you know […]
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YOU’RE IN EVERYTHING
It seems my eyes are set on your fantasy stage I see your face on every page I can’t detach from all the rage Words don’t help, not even of those of a sage I am in an anger cage II You’re on my bed Watching my eyes which are so red You are in […]
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FORGIVENESS
Odomankomah Nyankopong Totorobonsu is the ultimate judge of our lives We have no stools in lives of others To sit like judges and condemn souls The mock ones in life are just for protection; justice and fairness We are not qualified to throw stones In mistakes of others Because fallibility is a natural cloth on […]
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STORY OF OUR LIVES
People write stories They write stories in my story They write stories in your stories They give pages in their stories to your stories So we each have stories upon stories within our stories And we have stories in stories of others stories An interconnectivity of stories II We own the ink to any story […]
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HIDDEN MEANINGS UNDER CHURCH SKIRTS
There are so many meanings hidden Hidden in songs ridden Ridden on vocal cords from the bottom of burning intestines Intestines locked away by flesh of stomachs II Rising like sunrise and stabling like burns A heart fluttered to die and resurrected to live like a ghost Scar of pain gathering guts to form sounds […]
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VAJAYJAY ILLUMI-NOTHING
Vagabond Alluring, Gamer In Nothing, Ashtray! Who served you onto the African woman in this modern world? Who made you a begging bowl on the street of love? Who made you a trap to catch skillful players on this park of coupling? Do you have a connection to brain cells? II I am tired Seeing […]
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YOUR WORKS: OUR LIVES
From the suited to the naked Stools to foot mats From the loving to the hurting The active to the sluggish No mouth can sit idly for days Without showing the absence of your handiwork Why? Because if we are vehicles You’re our oil If we are skies You’re our silver linens If we are […]
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THROUGH THIS STORM
I know That this land on which you stand Shakes you into no understanding As to how these clouds got onto your sky I know your space and how you pace Even when you stand in just one place II I know Right now, nostalgic feelings Fetch memories, happy memories On screens of uncertainties Begging […]
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WHAT IS AMOAKOA TO DO?
What is Amoakoa to do? There is a tuber of cassava growing in her mound A tuber which hid itself Like a thief hiding under a vehicle In the depth of her mound Failing to stand in the way of flow To be pictured into a capture Swerving Amoakoa and beating her to winning II […]
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MARRY A MAN
Marry a man Marry a man and not a boy Marry a man as fair as the sun in judgement A man who looks at you like a myth, a beautiful myth Which is like wealth he can never lose Marry a man who feels no pangs of failure in your successes And has no […]
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BODIES and SHADOWS
You think and see how strange it is It is no mirror It is no body It is just a cast of you mostly longer than your form, sometimes sizeable, other times shorter Sad they can’t be touched Horrible they can’t be hugged Annoying they flee your advances to mould Yet they are your shadows […]
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WATERLESS SEA (Crazy Stanzas)
I need a very tall ladder To climb into minds holding the reigns of our national horses I need a very good lift To the core wiring of these great minds sift! II Which fishes, drink the waters of their own sea Sell them for cheap to greedy drought Kill the clouds of their sky […]
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A BIRD IN FLIGHT
In every bird in flight Is a fear of fall The mark of the unknown Dents histories of the flown It could be a stone from a catapult A hit from a stick Bullet from a gun Lightening from the sky Or even a scare from a thunder Need I mention a sudden breakage of […]
There is a reason those shoulders were built broad There is a reason those chests are made flat There is a reason strength flows freely in those veins There is a reason many lives live in the balls of your guns Men! Bosoms where many a love begins II No matter how imperative the fetching […]
Through the mud and through the gutters Through the fears and through the tears Through the doubts and through the hounds Through the taunts and through all beatings You have been here Here with me shadownically Quietly pushing Masterfully weaving Powerfully watering me into fruition Ahunuabobirim, aseda nka wo din! II Thank you, for nurturing […]
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AN ANGEL CALLED STELLA
Many pots go to the stream and return Pots and water intact Why did you have to go all the way to the stream Fetch, labour to carry Walk nine moons to reach Pour the water in its rightful barrel Only to take a short stroll to shatter into unpieceable pieces? Many might comfort themselves […]
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DEAR CYBER BULLY
Dear cyber bully, Why do you hide your face Behind some chaotic wires? Are you a grasshopper hiding in the grass of an elephant? II Dear cyber bully, Why do you hide your fist Behind some poor poor keypads? Are you an armless coward in the family of an African king? III Dear cyber bully, […]
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THE SHE THAT I AM
I fit into stars I fit into moons I fit into suns oh high and low I fit into waters I fit into fires I fit into earthquakes oh mild or deadly I am the she that I am II I can Transform from an ant into a lioness Metamorphose from a nodding lizard into […]
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UNDER THE SAME SUN
Under the same sun Beliefs vary in many a man Whereas some in nature shun Others build myths like webs in the sky Where none tries to look as it’s so high There are those ghosts caged without a bye Bruskotoed on oh day and night! Still there are some believing all a fight A […]
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NYANE TAKYI
Nyane, nyane Takyi And pluck him from the dreams of illusions Which has painted a heavenly innocence For his troubled reality II Nyane, wake Takyi The mythical evidence that muatia in Ghana did bless actually worked out there In metamorphosis into disgrace Sad it still had a metal hand for slapping III Nyane o, wake […]
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THE GOD IN A WOMAN (Crazy Stanzas)
We Don’t need to fight In broad day and night About who fits the spotlight Of the human might 1b We Don’t need to kill In a battle of wits and will To bring living to a standstill Just so a faction can after chill 1c We Are on this common ground So why do […]
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