Present winds cuddling sands Current stars in time’s vehicle Into past destinations Amoafowaa Sefa Cecilia © November 9, 2017
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LEST WE FORGET
There is a volcano of needs Needs which fill not the belly of satisfaction Instead dig bottomless needs Which gobble time needed to look Look to love Love to smile Smile to laugh Laugh to live Live to write memories on our beloveds’ minds Spank our senses Lest we forget our paths Amoafowaa Sefa Cecilia […]
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PAUSE TO THINK
We Carry burdens like abused porters Forgetting the immobile end Which for few moments trends Only to turn garnish on memories of the past II We Cloud our emotions to rain our eyes to drain Forgetting life’s refrain is transiency Gathering rubbish which may outlast our taunting gibberish III We Sit with thoughts that over […]
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CHANGE THE SCRIPT
The gate of another day opens With varied happenings written in the future slate of fate Like a marathon, we run with enthusiasm Hoping our baton would reach our target But if we hurt ourselves Or have our breaths arrested by tiredness You who writes it all Change the script to fit our emotions! II […]
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DANCING ON STARS
I bless that day When a whirlwind swept me from serenity into doom Only to be rescued by your light Like a Samaritan Knight from hell’s pot II I bless the day When words meekly walked with shaking legs Out from the private street of your tongue To plead for a table in my heart’s […]
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IN THE HEART OF TRUTH
In the heart of truth lies an ocean of despair Flanked by trees of fear For the rejection of abnormal normalcy In a sea of friendship II In the heart of truth stands a tent of loneliness Where each greedy finger points like a gun With intentions that can form spiritual bullets To kill the […]
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UNCANNY ASSOCIATIONS (CRAZY STANZAS)
Legs take crowns to ordered places To taste the grounds of its worship Hearts engine dreams To feel the pulse of success in the end Tongues channel foods to intestines To sip a taste from every bite All the above with pinches of truth Our elders did us in with some wise sayings You lick […]
I am from a land whose hair is gold Chin is salt Stomach is petroleum And feet are rocks I am from the heart of the strong II I am from a land boxed by colonialism But with a strength which broke free And stands in the wrestling ring with corruption A country whose women […]
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RAIN YOUR FAVOURS
The sky lies emotionless Far from pates of the helpless Who like dead wood, are visibly drowning in seas of sadness I know your heart bleeds for all your seeds Lord of the earth! Rain your favours! II The earth sits hard in a sky battle Uprooting supporting trees Breaking bones of all fallen Whose […]
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IF I KNEW I WOULD BURY MY SEED
If I knew I would bury my seed And feel the rot which my happiness bought And rock the cot which cries of cold I wouldn’t have bothered in its plantation II If I knew the ways of death And of its throat Which swallowed more than pythons In a realm where my eyes can’t […]
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THINGS FALL APART
Worship is in a sea of destruction Being torn apart by most of their sailors’ deceptions Shot by sins which once sat In front of their potent rifles Their congregants scattering For fear of lions of confusions And bugs of distrust II It seems those days are cutting their rope ties From the chariot of […]
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ANIMAL TAILS IN HUMAN TROUSERS
(This poem was written in memory of all those who have lost their lives due to defilement, all those who are battling complications, battling stigmatization, battling injustices due to defilement, and rape. You have done nothing wrong, you are just unfortunate souls caught in the traps of the wicked. The wicked who one way or […]
As I wait patiently for you Counting the marks on this pleasureless ceiling While lonely canes whip in these dark nights Anytime sleep goes on its rebellious demonstrations Are you thinking of me? II As I walk these days Carrying thoughts of you in dilemmahood As to your existence or nonexistence Chased by flies of […]
There are flies born on a sugar plantation And like blessed tongues live entirely on the sweet There are eagles born to hens And like accursed birds, live taking instructions from their meals Luck is the stamp of fate II When the wind blows rain water into the sea It does it good Can same […]
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TIMELINESS
Weeds in prized plants Mouths of hoes and cutlasses Hunger for your weeded selves Amoafowaa Sefa Cecilia © October 25, 2017.
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ODOMANKOMAH
My breaths are best in your flow My heartbeats are best in your machinations My steps are best in your architecture My will is best in your seal Oh Odomankomah! My redeemer! II You are the river of blood in my veins You are the air of life in my daily keep You are my […]
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CONSCIENCE TALKS
Stories in high heels Walking on tiled consciences A loud night club in serenes Amoafowaa Sefa Cecilia ©October 19, 2017
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THE CHASE OF THE PAST
There are many with flies from the past Singing in their ears In a chorus of success Blocking out lyrics of routes Driving off trains of talents If only they can find smoke to ward off their flies II There are many being chased by bees of the past Stinging dry their peace of mind […]
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THIS FEAST OF THE STRONG
On this dining table Sits gluttonous greed Whose hunger, all the food, in quench, unable Connivance knows but stooges for crumbs Forgetting the coming with roaring bellies Whose eyes may never see the feast Forgetting the frail Whose bodies can go nowhere near the monstrous Greed Forgetting the children whose growth Depend on the nutrients […]
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IN MY GENDERFULNESS
There is this air around mine That many of yours claim is fine But to get through most streets there is a whine Of how many legs in us must dine II Our mouths are like toffees in thy eyes Our cheeks look like handkerchiefs in thy sight Our breaths sound like tickling airbags in […]
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CALL THEM
As hands in drowning wave Do, mouths whose garnished promises flee, call To the destitute save Lest we all fall II As needs outweigh our feeds Do all, in patriotic shed blood, call To drive the spirit which on our minds feeds So our confidence will stand tall III As green spirits are being, from […]
Any comfortable visitor Who fails to thank the landlord Is worse than the worst of sneaking snakes “Otwereduampong! Ananafo mu Nana! Kokromoti a yensan wo ho mbɔ pɔ” I serve my thanksgiving in the plate of my being II You built these bones as builders use stones You laid these veins as plumbers lay […]
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FORGET ME NOT
Sitting on the chair-like forget-me-not You promised to keep our love hot To the hearing of the inquisitive air And all nature that is fair I remember the clouds turn up In their darkest colour And sent their rains to record the promise Many months saw not the veil of a year But here I […]
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THE NATION OF LOVE
Citizens are protected Protected by the laws of the land Laws which beat and lock and kill to fill voids How is it that the nation of love has no laws? II When disappointment hovers around its appointments Chaos hides behind its partitions of glitters Pain waits in chambers of the capital of its royalties […]
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NO BRA DAY
Mobile breasts Marching on breast cancer day Pickaxes of manly tubers ***************************** Locomotive breasts On horses of varied chests Beautifully nectared flowers on the go ********************************* Heads in weird rhythms Sip from advocacy cups Not sticks of naughty passions Amoafowaa Sefa Cecilia ©October 13, 2017
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PERSPECTIVES
The stance of an eye And its distance Determines the visions thereof Like plants in the different pores of the earth We stand in view of a portion So how can our mouths be in judgement seats Audienced by other eyes and ears In marking right from wrong? II God may appear in different beings […]
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A MAP FOR PASSIONS (ADULT POETRY)
Stars have their spots When the curtains of daylight fall There, they shine brightest There, they sync well in their work of lighting This body, is like your sky of darkness Take a tour and know the star spots II Your fingers are like combs for a reason Planted hair needs its massaging fertility To […]
How do I find my way? In this jungle of life Where fangs chase on this careless mother earth As claws chase in the indifferent sky? II How do I find my way? When hurtful thorns are ever ready to butcher my skin And have them on their necks as conquerors? Hisses with poisonous spittle […]
The butterfly which sits on the tip of an uneatable leaf In hope of a wind taking it to the flower with a nectar cup Without lifting its healthy wings in direction Is bound to blame its God For the sluggish crime of itself II The mosquito which sits on a pore for long, Like […]
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A KITTEN IN THE LION’S SEAT
If historic eyes had seen this future Where a kitten mounts a lion’s seat They sure would have cemented their feet And stopped the clock Before seeing their shadows fall II How can a kitten paw fit into a lion’s? How can a kitten rule over fierce tigers? Golden fishes? Huge elephants? Fearsome crocodiles? Mischievous […]
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TOOTHLESS DOGISM
Our breaths have been marked Marked for the roars of freshness And the silence thereafter like that of toothless dogs II Our sad songs continue on world stages But why do sympathies sit uninterested Sipping their “serves you right” wines Even as our hurtful passions sync with their instruments? III Could it be the need […]
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THE GIRL COMING OUT OF THE SHADOW
The dark is a cool place to hide But a cruel place to be Every leg can boot, step on her Every spittle can fall on, bathe her Every phlegm can plaster, plaster her Every urine can shower, shower her Every fecal matter can smear, smear her like disgusting pomade And no sweat can be […]
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IN A FOOL’S HARDY
Once Kwaku Ananse met a Baboon One who was fetching water with a basket from a river At the feet of a mountain Into a drum at the pate of the mountain Out of pity for an artificial brain tiring a living body He stopped to help He called on the Baboon to use his […]
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A TEACHER
Every teacher is a potter One who digs the clay of the mind And gives it moisture Amidst pounding and kneading To get the right texture Setting it on the wheel in direction To mould the right item through heat in finality II Every teacher is a farmer One, who prepares the land of all […]
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THE POTS CALLED BREASTS
I have known rivers that have run out Their sleeping places weeping on blame of thirst But you in your small spots On varied chests, feed the world From vacant suckers to the teeth full II Not only do you subdue man Into knowing his forever child-like nature You give women the pride of shape […]
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IN YOUR GARDEN
In your scented garden You left many flowers Maybe for your precious lavenders Maybe to heal foul scents Maybe to sooth the thirst of precious birds in their prime Maybe to multiply and beautify the land But the harvesters of scents have been harvesting the nectar Before they blossom to bless the temples of noses […]
What does it mean to be my friend? Is it the whispering rumouring Like naughty airs being tossed by blocking walls? Or the sharing of secrets Which are kept in our brainy books of memories? Or even the taste of our handkerchiefs At the sips of our overflowing eyes In the heat of sadness? What […]
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THE MASK OF CLASS
This class mask Is it not a daunting task? This heat of a task Does it have a dawn and a dusk? Even chameleons tire of stealing reflections So why model your deflections? II I see a whore in clothes of virgins An unscrupulous you modelling pious clothes Why is a pedophile rocking a priestly […]
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A MOTHER’S SPECTACLES
A mother’s spectacles Is like a fairy oracle Her love, making her a congregant in her children’s tabernacle In them is her miracles So in their diabolicals, she gets no logicals Even their unfunny jokes act comical On a stage most find horrible Oh her love is so adorable! II Who forgets the stretch of […]
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LIKE WATER
Kokrokooooo! Gather all ye unhappy hens From the coops of your watching owners Gather, ye who need chicks to follow their cocks Come all ye aggrieved Water has lessons to show II It tastes heavens and licks the earth It knows the hearts of mountains and The feet of the earth It convenes to carry […]
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WHICH IS THE RIGHT WAY
Which is the right way? The rough route with sharp stones The smooth route with the slippery oil? Or the cool road built with a painful patience? II Which is the right way? Rebellion to conquer slavery Battle to kill desires Or dialogue to smoothen seams? Which is the right way? Which is the right […]
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YOUR MAGNANIMITY
Lord God Your fallibility tool in the living Is a great disservice to you Yet magnanimity is one of your gracious parts You sure are the only thumb Without whom no rope can be tied The I am that none is Jehovah! II The crow of a cock in the day Might be complaints but […]
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COMMON SENSE
The beginning of bad thoughts Marked the end of harmless nakedness That I know II The beginning of birth Birthed the beginning of death That too I know III The beginning of want Dug the endlessness of need Well, took a while to harvest that on the tree of thought IV Greed is sometimes a […]
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RIVERS IN SEAS
When rivers stood in their dreams They forgot of days they acted as streams And tasted filth, felt the sharp teeth of stones And travelled miles in the lone They, now in pride, bloat As they on top of seas float Blocking streams and rivers Who in need of strength shiver in quivers Forgetting tsunamis […]
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AHWENE PA
Improper waist beads Shouting in least bumping Your thread tears in fears of tear Amoafowaa Sefa Cecilia © September 12, 2017
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GOD ON HIS THRONE
We are like trees Problems are like our earth Each can’t be If the earth refuses entry Roots are like our will Meandering through sand Around rocks On worms and running rats Hunting water and food II We know God is at post His all seeing eyes watching his little garden Knowing the roots making […]
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WORLD OF WAR (Crazy Stanzas)
I know not much I am no Methuselah as such But I do know whatever war touches Does with chaos marches II Like monsters of the night, hurtful words hold no soothing balm In their flight to the land of any mind Like terrorists on their site, bullets have no hearts, hands or eyes To […]
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SCARED OF LONELINESS
There are many roots beneath a single tree Yet it needs many others to break winds There are many brooms running and breaking free But their strength in numbers, all fear rescinds II Sometimes, even fecal worms, do space need Sometimes, even water, do drops be But a sea stands more chance of waving at […]
One day The mist of this pain will blur As the reality of this living clears Minds will think of me as a cloud Which fell in a moment to give the thirsty rain Not as a thirsty whose tears quenched the dryness in other throats Under the drought of helplessness II One day […]
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IN CELEBRATION OF EID
In celebration is the key Of seeing you and I as we And learning to in harmony be Like a mighty flock of bees II In solemn prayers is the need To all intimidatory sins, like bothering weeds, weed Making sure all mouths feed Giving respect to all living seeds III We are a living […]
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