Like packaged sardines they sit face to face With ears screaming its disgust The “Tabora, Alhaji, Lomnava” hallelujahs of the conductor cum driver The airless arena breeds grumbling mouths and frowned faces He sits quietly like a fish out of water Dreading the very thought of other’s skinny seas touching his standing hairs A sharp […]
We fear the reign of darkness So we close our eyes to its regime But nature has written itself So much so that many eyes must keep watch over King Darkness When it is on its throne But we grumble and shiver. Groping in darkness? A candle glows best in the dark Light yourself up […]
The great hunter goes to the forest Where the many live game rest At the brink of dawn As always, this time, the game is on But no, the only game sleeping comfortably today Is the “santrofie anoma” He searches and searches and searches But nothing is seen, nothing is heard except the “santrofie” bird […]
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In the scorching sun In the raging storm In the pouring rain Some sit in tattered apparels Others seek attention with friendliness Holding unto the sweet, The angered, The kind, The unkind, Just for some sustenance Not only for themselves, but for grown mouths While strong working limbs sit in shades Waiting for their wages […]
She waits patiently during the day Until the sun goes all around, then says Her peace by taking possession And shedding all boring repressions That’s her, the charming darkness. She ties her tongue with her teeth And stills the veins in her feet Just to be very obedient Because she knows this is transient […]
Tagging along the rustic path I see an ending full of gloom It is more like a tricky math That requires minds to fully zoom I see the maker crooking the path Which tells of a danger loom I wish I had many a strong lath To support the path to make more room […]
We are digging our trenches We are unconsciously digging our trenches With every breathe even if we sit on benches We are digging our own trenches Even as we see a beautiful bird on a great tree perching We are digging our trenches No matter our badness No matter our goodness We are digging our […]
Menyἐ osuo abruboↄ Nanso madi nna kakra wↄ asaase yi so Agyinamoa ba, mani ti yἐ no, Na afei na nhwin kuhaa a mmaa de siesie wↄn ho aba abibiman mu Wↄn a wↄn nhuu bi da kaa sἐ, ἐyἐ Maame Wↄta tiriho nhwi na amanfo retↄn Asↄfo mpanyinfo kasa tia wↄn a wↄhyἐ Nnipa […]
The walker asked his feeder “Why do you not produce much? The feeder said emphatically, “You give me much stress, You throw everything I give you back at me You throw them back in unlikable packages. The feeder now asks “Don’t you know what proper packaging is? I give water and you give urine, I […]
Give joy a chance Give your legs a dance Jump and clap your hands Like worry exist not Like worry exist not step out of your zone Never ever mourn If you ever feel alone Jump and clap your hands Like worry exist not Like worry exist not Let the troubles rain Be […]
The pot went to fetch water It reached the river But never made it home “efie ahena na abↄ yi Hwana na ↄbἐhwἐ efie yi so? Adidie nnyἐ adedἐdἐw Nsupa wↄ he a yἐde bἐ pia?” Everyone saw how she served The pot was a pot of pot Now it is shattered and unmendable […]
Give me a calabash of “nsafufuo” And let me pour my story like “abufushiw nsuo” Thank you I come from far I have come from a far, far land Where the lions are the hyenas Where the cats are the mice Where the hunters are the dogs Where all owners are servants Yes, I come […]
He needs felicitations On this day of meditation When his years walks majestically In gainful wisdom and has reached another count Why? He makes pouty mouths bend in pleasant smiles He has so much inspiration to last a lifetime He cares not so much about his needs as that of others He breeds happiness And […]
Feeling down? Here is a bouquet of flowers for you Flowers with beautiful sunny yellow colours Flowers with lovely red colours Flowers of greenery showing fertility, showing abundance Flowers of congratulations in their white gowns Flowers of quietude in its dark apparel Flowers of colours yet unseen depicting good things yet to be So smile […]
There is a song on every lips Mine is a song of peace A song of love A song of tolerance A song of freedom A song of merriment A song of positive celebrations A song of good living A song of happiness A song of flying colours A song which gives wings to the […]
The dust is sprinkled onto the monkey land By pigs tutored to climb by the monkeys Now it stands on a tall strong tree Sprinkling dust to blind his teachers The monkeys grovel Wanting to see with their eyes They try and try But none thinks to look up When they perfectly know the dust […]
Endless sky Endless sky Have you any children sired? If you have Let us see If you have Bring them close Then we can know How vast you be Amoafowaa Sefa Cecilia (c) 2014.
In a wooden building in the jungle Alone How can it get worse? “There could be storms Which will wipe the structure out of the surface of this earth” What else could happen? “There could be snakes which will bite and leave you in pain for a while Or there could be hungry lions, cheetahs […]
All tongues quiver All mouths blabber All hands clap All eyes betray When trouble shows its head All legs run All bodies fly All ears open wide All noses open And hairs stand straight when trouble shows its ugly head. Why can’t hands embrace? Why can’t eyes sympathize? Why can’t ears listen? Why […]
Yἐde nam ἐna eyi nam Nanso yἐ nsuomu nam nyinaa na akwabenane ayi ἐἐwe yi Yἐ bἐ yἐ dἐn na yatumi akↄ yi nam? Sika kↄkↄↄ yi nyinaa hyἐ ἐnam yi anum ἐna akwabenane a wↄn abἐ agasigasii ἐwe nam a yἐdirekoyi nam no Yἐ bἐ yἐ dἐn na yakↄso? ↄman yi awerἐwerἐ sika de […]
When I feel down And my soul wanders I try to still myself By clearing my head And lying aloof; Thinking not and looking not. But today, I ask myself who or what worry is Is it a god or a mermaid? Man or a woman? A witch or a wizard? No answer. […]
I have seen it all Going through life in tattered undies Being kissed and smooched in pure rain As I smiled to its touches Tickling trunks of air blowing As I closed my eyes to its whistles And I still remained strong and smiled Because I am a superwoman I have lived through it […]
When the question of the culprit is raised Many cry anonymity Others cry foul Why? Bad deeds have no owners But good deeds have many owners Why? Because everyone sees himself as a glorified being Wanting no criticism Wanting no challenge Why? We probably have tuners of pride in our beings Telling us that we […]
Jump to the left Jump to the right Jump up and down By the count of ten Now bend to the left Bend to the right Bend down and up By the count of ten Now run to the left Run to the right Run up and down By the count of ten […]
Like a snail, I hide in this shell Like a tortoise, I do in this hard shell dwell Hoping it would at least shield me from many storms Which have the intention to destroy So I take my home along, wherever I go But I still dock when there seems to be some movement I […]
Stretch Stretch and yell it out Enter the shower Look at everything without clothes Think of how they were made In your wildest of dreams try to make them No, no, no You can’t make them Because they are no inventions of yours Yours is to keep it To keep it and keep it well […]
Dum-sↄ adane dum-dum Ama dum-sↄ-dum-sↄ adane dum-dum-dum-dum Na anka yenim sἐ dum-sↄ Bἐtumi ayἐ sↄ sↄ sↄ sↄ sↄ Nanso ahwiri akↄ duru dum dum dum dum Esum tummm na akabesii abibiman Esum gyampantrudu na ἐde ne ntakra abutu yἐ so Eyἐ me sἐ ἐrenkyἐ ἐbἐyἐ sum akosi Na y’asi yἐn dadaa mu Sἐ yἐte […]
The Lord stands in the window of the sky And looks sadly on you: The liar, The gossip, Bearer of false witness, The coveter, The cheat, The miser, The fornicator, The adulterer, The thief, The murderer, The hypocrite, Te hater, The drug pedlar The chronic alcoholic. Whatever it is that you’re doing You do know […]
I want this He wants this She wants this They all want this And its homes are one Everyone has only this place To showcase superiority So none goes None comes We all stand stuck In our quest to show wealth. Amoafowaa Sefa Cecilia (c) 2014
Words feeling soothed Ears identifying sweetness Brains springing alive Brains sending signals Body shedding goosebumps That is how I need to feel It may sound childish It may seem odd It may sound stupid But mine is mine And this is my test. Amoafowaa Sefa Cecilia (c) 2014
I know not I stay shut I roam round I see stirred Because I have no need to mix sand to the cooking pot of this creature. I smile slight I look light I play plain I clean clean Because I have no need to mix sand to the cooking pot of this creature. […]
Travelling left Travelling right Travelling front Travelling and travelling, Hoping to move to places, See places, Love places, Leaving marks of greatness At every junction Until the sun sets on an old shadow And this vehicle blends with the earth. Amoafowaa Sefa Cecilia (c) 2014.
He says she is a woman of substance He says she is God fearing He says she is beautiful He says she is honest He said everything looks good And he hopes for all to static remain She says he is God fearing She says he is honest She says he is all she […]
One day, I will grow from the star that I am Into the sun which will shine the entire world bright I will be the causer of daylight And like one who loves her job, smile proudly in my undertakings Then I grow from the sun into the moon And will brighten the path of […]
“I know I cannot eat this food I know leaving it would do me no good But I leave it to sit Then I watch it rot Then I smell it stink Then I cause myself harm Inhaling the ailment it brings” What thoughts can cause this mess? Like a lost old fool The old […]
The sad cannot cry The weepy cannot weep The sleeper cannot sleep The talker cannot talk The tickled cannot laugh In the land of the feisty ghost They’ve all heard of it How humans were slaughtered without sharp objects, How lions were silenced and made stuck How children saw many heads on one head […]
The sun is shining sad The storm is raging mad The moon’s shine is bad But I don’t care a tad The sheep are running to the lion’s den The goats are running to the tigress’ den The pigs are running to the foxes’ gathering The horses are galloping to the wilds’ gathering […]
When you lie in your bed to sleep Do not weep No matter how deep pains seep For there is that space you keep That many are dying to have and keep You matter You might not know but your existence is keeping someone from self slaughter Sleep well Sleep like a baby Sleep thinking […]
They will follow by mouth When death blows you to the south Far, far from their north They will wail They will wail and mouth setting the sail And be phantoms which will be lost during the sail Such is the human promises Which will always flow in monetary premises Without batting eyes […]
It’s a beautiful day Just stand in the mirror and say I have a beautiful soul so God will make a way No matter the hurdle that blocks my way And step out in confidence to face your day You’ll be amazed, your day will be greater than okay. Amoafowaa Sefa Cecilia (c) […]
Play the talking drum Fire the muskets to the hundreth sum Get up from your sitting bum And stand still by the golden path Calculate that perfect math Of claps as her saintly spirit glows and steps Into the glory airy bath Into the archive of the great accomplished’s mansion Now follow with your […]
Let’s get out of this uncomfortable stream Just let’s yell and scream As fowls scream when fleeing danger Let’s get out of this dangerous manger Into a neat peaceful manger Of the colourless oasis This filthy muddy poisoned gutter water will not do We have paid so much and so deserve much more We have […]
I know why the caged bird sings To showcase her beautiful voice I know why the caged bird sings To cause its trappers some noise I know why the caged bird sings To feel the attention of a wishly handsome choice I know why the caged bird sings To tell the ‘cagers’ […]
I heard a huge noise in the land Like the fall of a huge tree Guess what I saw parting the path; the sand. The sand which apparently had the huge fall seems not to be free It has taken a meal that is uneatable, I know The vultures stand shivering in fear closing their […]
I am the lion who sits on the throne I am the lion who can have or lose it all and end up without even a bone That is why I have the monkeys Who must do all the dirty works that will give me riches’ key I am the lion who sits on […]
All white Snow white Without a blemish And an Impeccable ceremony That brings smiles to all mouths I am smiling and loving every bit of it Balloons of beauty light Fabrics of colour bright A moment I will forever cherish Surrealistic feeling as sweet as honey Dripping as all aim for it with their […]
I am the noisy mosquito I may want nothing that given the chance you would veto My irritating presence is not what you must be bothered about There are many other quiet ones that can make your lips pout Don’t get me wrong, many can’t stand those, even the stout The quiet ones that you […]
See it with your brain As I touch your feet with my bare hands Feel it with your brain As I move up your leg with my imaginary hand Revel in the moment and relax your brain As I reach your upper hips still with my hands Try standing these with your […]
In this day and age When civilization has made all duplicates on this stage And cross breeding is no new adage Who cares about the deep inked page? When all colours have some colour gauge? In this modern era When many pray for the ears of Selah Who wants to chew only the house […]
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