The centipede coils When the stick pokes The stick wanting to see its length The centipede wanting that in wraps He pokes, It coils, He pokes, She coils The sun watches in anguish Seeing fun flee from their encounter Time laughs at their clumsiness The sun closes its eyes And leaves them to the scare […]
Toys created by toys Sent by toys And loved by toys A toy was created and Breathed into The toy had a tag of a boy And became a man Now the toy thinks not of himself a toy And has created many toys with commands and sits back As his metals freeze He sends […]
In this dark road With many horrible noises like that of a toad With moving shadows And strange whistles from the lost meadows I stand here with only a comrade Under no shade With only a torch light And some guns in case of a fight I can be swallowed by a python No […]
I was once a pretty dolly I loved my little telly I acted really silly I loved the name Billy I had a friend called Cecily Who introduced me to Emily We were cute dolls really Although we weren’t funny We looked for things pretty And talked were all never dullies We climb […]
I take a stance And look from a distance Chickens like famished children Wailing in anger Hens like desperate mothers Crying in anguish Cocks like men with bruised egos Sitting with capped jaws As the Hawk sits comfortably on his throne He, the hawk comes down And takes what he needs to fill […]
I cried I did not like that And you did that anyway I smile and say it’s okay And you let it go? How convenient! Knowing when to push your luck And when to keep your pocket full I know one must say what she wants But it is no fault of […]
She works in the kitchen But her ears are in the bedroom Alert and protective of her infant cradle One eye is on the road Awaiting the arrival of her beloved As the other works with her hands To put great taste on the table But her welcoming goes sour. Her beloved comes with […]
A family glue, A manager, Approachable, A white lair Bold and cowardly, Confident, Daunting but determined Eleemosynary, Fragile, Fun, Go getter Good, Hard-working, Honest, Informed, Loving, Passionate, Pretentious, Proud, Resourceful, Serious, Straightforward. Strong, Submissive, Thoughtful,
If you so much as make an effort to touch me
I’ll record every detail of the shivers that your bubbles
Of electricity travelling with every touch see
Every hormone that will show its horribles
He left me in the cradle of the womb And ended in the stable of the tomb I felt the tears of the broken carrier Who tried her hardest to be no barrier Yet sat famished as I crouched hungrily within The cooking was short and superbly hot For the one who’d a storiing, […]
Akua is a tiger overtaken by a cat
In a hurtful moment she sat
The cat took her heart
And left her bloated and fat
With a paper pushed through her akosuakuma
I cannot find
I am confined
I’m not refined
All my needs declined
Then looks in one eye
And says, “This is to the beautiful you”
Come from the North Come from the South Come to the East Come from the West To the bar of the Word Brewer I have many different brews: A brew of happiness to curb your sadness, A brew of strength to curb your weakness, A brew of hope to curb your hopelessness, A brew of […]
The flower seed In the soil feed’ On water and sun Through the heat Before shooting It shoots With no pretty boots Just like ordinary weeds To prepare its thorns For the protection of its beauty So like the flower Sweet heart, go through life’s shower, Go through life’s heat Then stand in […]
In what seems to be an uncanny odium My life causes such a painful pandemonium Give me many potent doses of huge opium’ To block the noise as I stand in this podium; A podium of shame, a nightmarish podium Fixed n the ground for a better view To encourrage short heels of shoes to […]
Nana, It’s one of those days A day the sun shines But not in my world The storm rages on my head The rain slaps in offence Without any wrong on my part Nana, All the shelters have developed legs And left me Voices in my head spell doom They threaten to stage a […]
We sat in the hall of cupid Did things people call stupid We sailed on the wings of gods at sea And did many things see And you say you are leaving? We sat on the chariots of flowery words And made friends out of singing birds We held hands and trekked lands We […]
Your fears and tears Make you shiver But even a refuge river Can’t save you now Guess who holds the whip? That lass That lass Whose mountain you climbed With deceits and lies. The lass you axed down in triumph, You should have uprooted her roots In your jubilations You, my dear Should’ve […]
They give Than receive Every time Their touches Are heavenly Always Their eyes Are honest Any time Their smiles Pure blessings Thankfully These angels Innocent babies Blessings Amoafowaa Sefa Cecilia (c) 2014
You walked right in We were all keen To have you even in our teen You walked right here Your worship started there Your absence, even adults cannot bear Now you show your true colours Aiding and abetting grand and petty lairs Your influence of tracking friggingly glares Amoafowaa Sefa Cecilia © 2014 […]
At your thought Words disappeared I did them sought But none appeared At your touch I lose sight You don’t do much But my veins fight At your voice I stand erect Can’t say a choice And not a defect These feelings, This thought, These thrillings has me caught. Amoafowaa Sefa […]
Franklin sits up, makes to watch television, can’t concentrate, puts it off and looks intently at the sleeping irritating goddess lying by his side. What at all is he going to do? He could stay with this girl and forget about fun and excitement but can certainly not promise he’ll have no regrets. He […]
Mako, gyeene, Nkyini,ntↄrewa Koobi,mↄmↄni, Kako ne apesie ἐnwu gu so a Na asἐi koraa Brↄdeἐ, kↄkↄↄ kakra Mako, gyeene ne enkyini, Ayowa su wↄ tapoli nsἐm, Na enwu fↄ wↄn nkabomu mu a Na nsuo a emu adwo tena nkyἐn hyἐ bↄ a ἐneἐ na w’awiewie me koraa Banku gugu ne hu Na […]
It was a moment, A moment that turned us opponents We were oblivious of its peace components I, without doubt am a proponent Of peace and you, the proponent Of justice, but what we’re doing is development Postponement Never seeing the glaring amendment, We only manage to foment Chaos and torments Bothered audience are giving their […]
Nausea, Cramps, Tempers, Tears, Frustration, Hunger, Medications, Immobility, She loved through all Even through the fall Tears For your sicknesses, Insomnia, For your well-being, Struggles For your feeding, Kneeling For your faults, More tears For your weaknesses That intense love Was in only one Of all humans, only one Your success, shouldn’t erase […]
Unfortunate, The situation that birthed Our friendship Sweet, The ups, the downs And the fascinations With eyes raised You still amazed And dazzled with smiles In torrential moments You were the rock Holding my hands and forcing me up A sunshine you are A lovely breeze in the heat A thought, […]
Waakye tasted sweet In ‘ahaban’ Palm wine tasted fresh In calabashes Water battled thirst Fresh from the streams Food healed best Straight from the farms We say ‘open eyes’ And we get all the harm We only get the second-handed- ‘Ofoooos’ in everything We send many But they end up choking, Choking our businesses And […]
Running after her Never catching up In this unpredictable odyssey When I got closer Her smile stayed same But she wilted as I bloomed Smiling sweat, which now fades, sat on my skin Like the sun at its peak Tired sweat cried on her skin Like the rain whipped by storms She […]
I am a lonely chicken Looking for my hen Left alone with this cock I’ll die of a spin I’m a lonely chicken Missing the hunting of my hen I’ve searched for hours, seen others being fed And can’t find a thing Many crow that she flew away Others chirp she’s caught and […]
Thrown into unfamiliar waters Without an armband? Take a swim The hand that threw Wanted to make you a fool But turn that swim into a dream Trapped in the den of a lion? With no tools? Every nail is a tool in danger’s arm Dig to the ground and turn around Before it […]
Once I had a pretty cow Who was tall and liked to show It acted old Could not be told Until it reached it’s teen-hood It walked looking at heaven Always counting to seven When he met the old It will then be bold And walk with its shoulders singing One day it […]
A weedy path to your heaven Makes me want to stay in hell An acrid scent in your treasure Makes me cough and choke So I’ll rather choose hell It’s amazing how bad a gardener you are When your master gave you so beautiful a garden Even this farm hand, cannot help harvest Because […]
Darkness’ step approaches Noise of loneliness coaches The stars open their eyes They scan my soul through my eyes The moon drags her queenly feet The worry of cold takes a seat Hey! You in my dreams Please hold my hands, Step out, take this cream And stop this soul’s screams […]
A song I’ve long’ So strong To sing So calm That balm In my palm With wings Ease songs Non-tease songs Peace songs Let’s sing To ring Dong ding For kings To love. Amoafowaa Sefa Cecilia (c) 2014
Contemplated, Thinking you would be doggy Hoping to skip the hole of agony You told of pain excruciating When you reached that hole of agony You don’t regret it, you said Crossing the hole was bitter But made your bones better Then I felt totally subdued But I am relaxed Your morning songs of […]
Incandescent lights, A kingly table, Shiny glasses, Singing flowers, Honorary chairs, Are but handicrafts That money manipulates You’re a wordster, So am I. Let’s paint our mood And with our minds as wings Fly into it. Let’s lay our beds With beautiful words. Let write our songs With permanent pens on stones. Let’s make […]
I am completely besotted All but you hear my endearments. Apart from breathing, my heart to you is allotted But when I see you all I remember are word fragments All pretty flowers are in full bloom All sway in songs of calls Aiming to own my dream groom I hope to conquer […]
Come to play Say okay Mum and dad are out today With their canes and shouting Please say yay Then we’ll have a fun fun time Come to play It’s a sunny day Jump about and hop around You can kneel and stretch out And shout loud No one’s here to stop us now […]
Your nose like the number three turned sideways Your mouth like the giant pig’s Your cheeks like the irritating chimpanzee’s Your teeth like the hungry dinosaur’s Your eyes like the surprised frog’s Your ears like the naughty goat’s Your legs like the alligator’s Your hands like the cow’s forearm Your back like a crocodile’s Your […]
Fumes from rickety cars Debris of scraps scattered Stains of diesel paints the ground An unbearable noise from a motor on the right An unbearable noise from cars in front, back and left While the stench from the public toilet nearby Sells nasty archaic foods in the air Diesel stained finger nails feel the heat […]
Yἐyiwo baabi a kↄ baabi Nsuo kyἐre tua mu a ἐbon Asante nananom brἐἐ wↄ Abibiman atififa fa mu no, Mpanyinsἐm kyirἐmu a, Wↄn sane abusuakuo abusuakuo, bἐduru asomdwoe asaase a wↄn Asefo te so yi so Yἐyiwo baabi a kↄ baabi Mpanyinfoↄ yi faa ἐkↄm, ↄhaw, nsukↄm, mmoadoma huhuuhu anum Kosi sἐ wↄ beduru […]
A talk for the girl in me, A smile for this A laugh at that A hand that will let me be A walk for the girl in me A walk like this A hop like that A jump that will make me see A love for the girl in me A face […]
A little pleasure Causes a seizure Or a treasure; Individual differences A little mistake Can make or unmake So please do take Your thoughts with you to pleasure-land For passion Without vision Is like swimming without water. Amoafowaa Sefa Cecilia (c) 2014 (Picture from www.russianpaintings.net)
Children, these laptops you sit behind, telling lies and duping the innocent has its repercussions. There is always the threat of a dog eat dog situation. Now put off those things and listen to my story. When I went to the secondary school, my mother was a chop bar operator and my dad was […]
LIFE Fairly good Good food Many to brood And many moods PASSION More than good Many marrying words Continually making me an audience To their lovemaking in my head Bringing laughter, bringing pain Bringing excitement and keeping surprises FAMILY My cause of happiness Many opened hands Nice countenance Cannot read minds But fulfilled […]
A leg in the cold, A leg in the warm, My arms battle to fold. I hear threats of harm As I plod on a strange land. My head is under the money charm Rendering my heart sold I yearn for a familiar arm To ease this cold But feelings of homely needs do my […]
I’ll say my confession Hoping for an absolution And a subsequent redemption or salvation. I could perform an ablution If that can stop my obsession Or I could subject myself to gyration As an anointed wheel me in his direction I am in a sinful generation Correction is nothing but disruption I’ve gone from fabrication […]
To my consternation She harshly caused an abrasion On her skin and poured a libation For what she deems beautiful, an abomination! She tactfully told her maker That He was too careless a baker For watching her blacken in the burner Making her decisions sterner If a cook causes a blunder, Can the […]
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