There was a war That seemed to loom I waited and sought your face You said nothing and took your pace But I knew I didn’t need to lift a finger Because you would decide And yes, you deliver II I love the fact That you are my God and father I love the […]
The sky must be female Goes through all cycles It can pick a thunder seed And let the world hear of its delivery II It can get pregnant With clouds, the sky, And make sure the earth is soaked like a cotton cloth Sometimes hoarding triplets by adding thunder and lightning III It picks seed […]
Until you decide, I will wait like a fallen priestess Praying and hoping for You to get me out of this dilemma And help me choose my path On this crossroad II Until you decide I will keep my toffee wrapped Keeping you in suspense Whipping up your curiosity On what you could have had […]
What if I told you I met you even before Your head thought of a loving union? II You were like an angel High up in the sky Looking down at me As I looked up adorably III You had many around And were confused for a moment But a second look at me And […]
Birds fetch water, Lift their mouths to show their maker, Before the water descends the ladder of their throats That is gratefulness Be like birds for each breath Amoafowaa Sefa Cecilia (c) 2015
We are like wick Dressed in wax We are like stick Which fire needs to fax II We are like gas Bottled in use We are like a working bus Bombed-set in fuse III We think time’s heels wane We are that insane Time builds strength with age While we exit the stage Amoafowaa Sefa […]
Who has seen a drunk Craving for a drink Amidst pots of liquor With no owners And still sees none Even in his sanity? II I am now like the drunk One who lives in words And has dined with most Seeking some great words Just to express mood Of an surreal feeling By one […]
Fill the belly of every second Please make them full So they can see the strength end Of their minutes And ultimately have them pulled II Light the fire of every minute Training in work to have them wake And like the ant cherishing the minute They will smoke out your hour III Whip up […]
Slaps were his claps Traps his silly craps Painful taps were his maps Straps of his pains my soundless raps So I always wore caps Until you came to break his hurtful rhyme I know you are my love’s prime He was my made up crime Amoafowaa Sefa Cecilia (c) 2015
I need I need I need me a one With no hawk’s eye for talent II I need I need I need me that one Who will look into my soul III I need I need I need me a one Who can erase all my sadness IV I need I need I need to […]
Now I can sing my song Because the sky has finished washing its face And sun’s coming footprints Have been licked by time II Now I can sing my song Because the sun sits comfortably On its throne Facing and brightening its lively audience III Now, I can sing my song Decorum has gone to […]
In Tamale, They cry like humans Never leaving traces Of they being ons all fours II Their children can imitate babies With their shrills which give chills Leaving no trace That they are on all fours III The Billies have their bass Croaking like a high commander on heat No traces at all That they […]
Going in grand style? Smiling to make me wild? Please be patient And listen to what you’ll be missing II If you are my sky You successor will be my heaven Yes, my everlasting heaven Making him your boss Can you carry that cross? III If I give you pleasure I would certainly take him […]
Life pulls pain from one And turns it laughter for another Abena, I can’t comprehend its genesis Let alone find its revelations II Dawn cries And plants and most living things flourish I can’t take out sky weepings Because rain gives more life than take Strange, this side of life III Animals cry being murdered […]
When the storms roar And the rains set in You will hear the vultures say “After the rains, we’ll build our huts” II When the rains do wane And the sky smiles You’ll hear the vultures say “We need no structure To tame our wings The best is flying without opening gates” III We are […]
If you are mine The seas of lust Can swallow you Like pythons swallow beings But will vomit you at my doorstep When the time is right II If you are mine Alcohol and dope Can hide your brains And make me a stranger In your high site But will return it and make you […]
Throwers of filth In the belly of drains Builders of mansions On the breathes of rains Oh rears whose chamber pots are mouths of seas Fie! Fie! Fie! You live lives of lies When your index fingers find others as offenders Of drowning and ills You need to know your pills II Carers of mandates […]
She is my carer One who drummed my coupling One who forced a joining But like a stubborn child who learns She begs that I stay me Getting a one hoarder of life With a sense of responsibility Weeping her mistakes As to how she came to couple *** Which is which? What is what? […]
Mouths in shouts Releasing arrow words in sharps Aiming at my being Know that I am as swift as an eagle And armoured like God’s soldier So I keep going higher II Tongues like serpents Hissing my biography Wanting a slaughter Of my name and fame to have me tamed Don’t bother My name is […]
The chameleon’s colour Was given for something A blend for self protection A blend to portray harmony All works have their stations Now poetry needs to take a seat To allow a novel to safely be born I plead to be excused Hoping to come back soon At the end of the month I hope […]
I Trees on rocks I know you fear no sand pest And you are famous Because you are unique But don’t be complacent II Trees on rocks Don’t act immortal Remember there are strong winds Which can break you in twos If it can’t uproot you III Trees on rocks Complacency is burst bile in […]
If i were President Mahama Friends will be at the ends Of my throne Because too many thoughts Of closeness, flies truth airs to the unknown II If i were President Mahama i would have eyes and eyes i would have ears and ears In all breeding places of monies i would trust all but […]
MATERIAL COST QUANTITY TOTAL 70ft handwoven wire 55cedis 37 rolls 2035 cedis Metal poles 15 cedis 260pieces 3900cedis Transportation 100cedis 100 ” Cement […]
Originally posted on lauriekeim:
Take heed almost the toad must spawn To croak to mate before the dawn Reply she must until they’re drawn Take heed almost. Take heed almost the pay you get By hours spent in seething sweat Is far by less of profits yet Take heed almost. Take heed almost scumbag recruit…
Take them off Take them all off and leave me naked So naked as the day I was born And make sure all my troubles are gone II Take them all off, all off! The clothes of labelling The clothes of gender Take off the clothes of need And help me feed III I say […]
The foot mat of the heavens Shows its grandness The capable hands of the earth Shows God’s magnificence “Ahunuwo abobirim” This is your exaltation “Tonsuo bↄ awia” I do thee worship II Like the cock and its dawn praise I do your great name in gratification raise You are the greatest thought One without […]
In all that is fair No vein in male brain is fair II In all that is fair Quick wakes at sight always need a share III In all that is fair Their great thoughts can never temptations bare IV In all that is fair They are wires connected by desires so rare V In […]
Pregnant gutters Labour in downpours Caging and taking lives In barbarism And the living cries foul? II Who makes sweet love By pushing bottles, polythenes and tins Into its wombs? They too have ends III Wait! What’s with the buildings Usurping water heads By the aid of hands so feeble and at risk? Humans are […]
Get the physique Harness thoughts And know the antiques Never growing the land And help uproot it II We were led into the gates of independence By a forehead with a well lit touch Anyone could see its brains talking Where the elites lacked III Few schemers Came, aided by revengers Then the voice of […]
Only teens believe in the potency Of the forget me not flower as presents A good time traveller knows the plight of the bleeding flower Even sunflowers have doom charms Because they recoil in ugliness in no time Fraternise, by all means Do harmonise, as your hearts wish But know chaos has rights And that […]
Poor kitten with no hands to build Scared little thing in the winds Hungry little thing facing the storms What will you do if it rains? II The trees are protecting birds The caves are protecting lions Holes are protecting rats and snakes Oh, anthills protect even ants and others Where do you belong poor […]
Originally posted on Nana A Damoah:
Note: I will be updating this post as the reviews come in. The reviews are also published as standalone posts in more detail. ======== A perfect reader’s guide for a visitor in Ghana, the book is hilarious and a sebitical reflection of how Ghana, after 58 years, is still…
The voting is still on. Please do vote for me. Take a moment and go to http://www.blogcampghana.com and vote for me for the Best Blogger Award. Amoafowaa Sefa Cecilia is the name.
Funniest Scariest Maddest Deadliest Ebola, funniest and scariest joke Can give the maddest and deadliest stroke Amoafowaa Sefa Cecilia (c) 2015
Row love’s arrow and bow Into your foe Run his hate into the low By piercing the hate drum To run down the sham So love’s rum can take effect Amoafowaa Sefa Cecilia (c) 2015
Dented deep darkness Sleep on peeping eyes of light In lives professing worship II Sins’ fingers tickle As feelings send hot signals Of need, heads hit legs to run III Hot flirting with sin Closes doors of the heavens And places guards at its gates Amoafowaa Sefa Cecilia (c) 2015
God Fearful, merciful Calling, loving, helping Just, immortal, wondrous, jealous Punishing, luring, tempting Destroyer, thief Lord Amoafowaa Sefa Cecilia (c) 2015
Originally posted on Espiritu en Fuego/A Fiery Spirit:
http://ceenphotography.com/2015/03/29/cees-odd-ball-photo-challenge-2015-week-13/ Mushrooms and Toadstools in Rochdale Village, Jamaica, Queens, New York around 2010 or 2011. I lived there for 22 years and only saw these gigantic spores spaceships once! These photos were taken around 2010 or 2011 in Rochdale Village, Jamaica, Queens, NY
You are my model And the face on my magazine cover You are my light In the darkest on nights You are my warm bed And my storm shed Who but the creator pierced us together? You are an interesting needle So I’m in your hole Let’s just keep threading Until we sew a full […]
When the rooster calls For its family to roost Oh love, use your wild imaginations And know I am she who calls For you to retire into revival For the supermatics of active beautillucations Which await us for drainage of passion Through tired night’s sweat pores II So heed with ease Lie until the soldier […]
God! Let your eyes descend the stairs of heaven Into this horror turned Africa Whose boarders have developed teeth Teeth which chews beings in full In the name of rebellion II Lord God! Shed mercy in the direction of the innocent And cage the lions to chew themselves to extinction To free Africa whose trees […]
An elephant gave It gave so much money So much money to buy monkey’s loyalty Spider looked on and laughed II The elephant did things And monkey kept watch Kept watch on trees close As lion lost so much on its farm III Lion offered a reward A reward for the one who unveiled its […]
At a glance, you were the clouds and I the earth It was like magic Your soul called for the hands of mine Your strength told my weakness it’ll be fine Your voice shattered my tall resistant wall in line And weeded clean my forests of fears II At a glance you became the healer […]
Originally posted on Nana A Damoah:
When I thought his last authored book, I Speak of Ghana, was a compelling replete of the Ghanaian narrative, Nana Awere Damoah takes us on another cerebration which could linger in your memory for a long time. Nana can best be described as an apotheosis when it comes to…
I see many frogs In all the logs Covered in fogs Like hunting thugs Oh what rogues! II Croak croak, Croak croak croak When the croak does wake It’s for the python’s sake Froggies, do run Your forces won’t do Amoafowaa Sefa Cecilia (c) 2015
Sadomasochistic sailors Seal your hate in passion Gals and lads need their growth vans Who are you to choose fronts and backs Destroying life vehicles gluttonously? Stop or be cursed! Let green leaves grow to be brown Go get animals in the forest who can fight fair All know that pleasure in danger Can raise […]
What have I not seen? “Abro-dua” for t. roll? Acheampong for plasters? Ginger suppository to cure candidaisis? What haven’t I seen? II What haven’t I seen? Slapping of mouth challenging elders? Whippings for tribal marks never intended? Knocks of elders never seen? III What haven’t I tasted? Hunger’s sweet bowl full of axes? Thirst’s huge […]
When we do something for a good cause, our consciences bless us even before God does. On April 2, 2015, there is going to be an Autism Awareness Walk from the Autism Awareness Care and Training Centre at Kokomlemle to the Children’s Park at 8am. This initiative is by the Autism Awareness Care and Training […]
Once there was a farmer Who thought he was a charmer He needed a skilful planter So he called on a mighty hunter Who shot and tore the land and the farmer Amoafowaa Sefa Cecilia (c) 2015
Do we need ancestral heads to understand The lyrics in this patriotic song of ours? “Yɛn ara asaase ni ɛyɛ abuↄ dendene ma yɛn Mogya na nananom hwiee gu nya de too hↄ ma yɛn Aduru me ne wo nso so Sɛ yɛbɛ yɛ bi atua so“ If blood, precious, were poured to attain this […]
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