If protection needs a prayer Then prayer I call If entrusting metals Godship prominence Need a chanting to God Then I chant for God Hold me tight Take me safely Grant me grace To get to the other side Amoafowaa Sefa Cecilia (c) 2015
When bodily food Is sacrificed for mouth food As cleanliness Is sacrificed for prayers That is when lovers of the religious Get the reward of the godly II “No I don’t want this, She is not churchy She is too flashy She aint a lady I aint no folly” III I’ll say again, when bodily […]
Father, like wings of eagles, House me Father, like a raging storm, Be my guard Father, like a mother hen, Lead me Father, like the cool bright sun Light my world Father, like the mercy you are, Forgive my flaws Father, I have none but you, Lift me Father, you who hates discrimination, Please protect […]
“Hu me abɛ” And let its scent have running legs “Hu me abɛ” And dress it with crawling crabs Let the salmons shine in their numbers “Hu me abɛ” If prekɛsɛ walks through with its scented self It will leave it as sweet as an angelic perfume “Hu me abɛ, ma ɛman nbↄn mu” And […]
Though goats have four legs Two step at a time Making it a set at a time Even crawling is set at a time A fall, a tear, another trial And perfection smiles in time So a step at a time Is what I want to rhyme In this silly monologue of What seems like […]
Churches Peace, love Unburdening, accepting, caring Prayers, happiness, scam, falsehood Fashioning, corrupting, backbiting Abhorable, shameful Temples Amoafowaa Sefa Cecilia (c) 2015
Originally posted on Espiritu en Fuego/A Fiery Spirit:
Moonrise Over Solaris https://jessicacauthon.wordpress.com/2015/03/07/the-daily-prompt-268/#like-1392 Moonrise over Solaris Enveloped in the sweet darkness of a sultry summer Knight his face flees from my mind as I chase it from dimension to dimension. Finally letting go I fade into Solaris laying upon her Lunar base, I allow the…
You sit and watch, The hands which has a fenced mouth Through which your disrespectful sermons walk out with ease, Touch and caress your sacred temple As its legs kneel in the tightly closed doors of “mock to” ears And you do nothing? Shoot him! Shoot that freaking son from a rabies dog! II […]
He lived like a goat Taking all the beatings And wearing debt’s coats Took all the curses He rode tear boats Taking all the beggings He yielded to no antidote Until Afia asked him why. II Mr. Kadeka laughed out loud Sat his buttocks And looked so proud Craned his neck To clear the path’s […]
Tears of children rise From empty stomachs Wasting energies without For innocent faces to get visitors of drowning tears, And you sit on thrones fighting superiority? II Africa! Many enterprises die Killed by lack of energy foods School children embrace darkness And shun learning Through no fault of begging books And you, on high pedestals […]
the cock crows, leaving the chicks to search for the hen who cares II the cock quacks acting swell in search of hens who are fresh III hens are those with hearts cocks are those with active bells in thighs so none blames when it rings Amoafowaa Sefa Cecilia (c) 2014
Televisions Nice, catchy Thrilling, educating, entertaining concrete, regulated, spellers, readers Teachings, learnings, equipping Ancient, writers Books Amoafowaa Sefa Cecilia (c) 2015
Dawadawa and prekese Are now ruled by curry powder And white spices Ghana men hide in masks Thinking they are trending And I ask myself why? II Days when our older generation lived They lived on hwintia, pepreh and kakaduro Adding mako, making sure akoko messa Dance in soups with fowl carcasses in their rivers […]
Sometimes I wish I were a broom Strapped together with others In a tight band So I will never lack company And like an eternal love, Be together forever I would hate to be a dropout Because I wouldn’t want to be a child’s play For in the hands of the child, I know my […]
Tingly tickles tell trophies, Trials tails tops and turns Try twinkling like a twinkling star Or trip in trails while training But trophies laughed and told tt That they are the top many must reach While tt is the fuel which drives seekers to them What I learnt from the discourse? Everything has its grand, […]
A talk will help with the walk A lock can’t help to block *** Prep does help in bold step No bumper comes from slumber *** Cats are lions when they yearn to reach Zion As bats are eagles when they battle daylight *** Wise words have smooth road In the ears of one who […]
When the cats are mewing And the dogs are backing And many birds are chirping And many snakes are hissing Trying to get the lion’s attention, Trust me, all it hears are meats Yes, meats calling to be chewed *** Instead of planning a trapping And getting a catching So they can get ears to […]
This is a curse I say this slowly I know this is a curse When tortoise flies like an eagle Without any signs of possession Without a cause I know this is a curse *** This is a curse I know this is a curse When dogs act like lions Tearing bodies into pieces While […]
Originally posted on IreneDesign2011:
Badge by: Doobster @ Mindful Digressions Today’s prompt is not easy to start for me. What is emotions and the opposites in these? A lot of things happening in our world can turn my temper up in red, even I use to be a calm soul, when I tell it myself…..…
Verily, verily, I say unto you Accepting one’s self in a Life of love amidst the dances of love Encompasses discipline and pain of Never ending ‘what ifs’ Turn around or close your eyes Invite your ex or sit and cry No, too hard, will you kill yourself? Empire of fire for the life of […]
Without teeth Without nails Without stomachs for hunger and greed Without tools With no need for protection That is the heaven I crave Like serenity in name Let it be a heaven with no need A heaven with no gender A heaven with no discrimination And like a good choir Let us sing in unison […]
Originally posted on Espiritu en Fuego/A Fiery Spirit:
Life as a Void Consisting of Only Time and Eternity An exploration of Emptiness, Nothingness, Inner and Outer spheres/realms of being Do women occupy the inner sphere/sanctum of purity? Is the enclosed female space a sign of sanctity whereas the open hinged male space the spirit…
I am tomato Know the pattern to cut me To see my fine seeds II Cut me from my pate And you’ll only see my flesh My side is my gate III And from my good side My blessing blood awaits you You who cut me right IV Also from my side You can hold […]
Ring riding rims that roll Wretched realms roll wretched wreck Riding and ringing reads reaping rains “Ray has got a ray that say he’s gay” As in happiness in life which never ends So ring ring ring your bell Riding rims that roll and flow Amoafowaa Sefa Cecilia (c) 2015
The mango tree Lived so free In the middle of the forest Many animals rested in her bosom Many others lay in her hair Wild ones made swings to play on her It bore it all Hoping many would protect her in time It ovulated, mated, and produced her young They were many but she […]
Our guest post for today is a fine gentleman, a refined lawyer and a publisher of the Ghanaian Observer. If you must know, if any country had only three of his kind, politicians will live on their toes and corruption will develop strong wings to flee. He is selfless, he is religious, he is a […]
Once upon a time There was a running river called Yaama Yaama decided to travel far To join a sea called Paamo On her way She met a block She tried to cross But the block still blocked All she could do was to stay there The block was furious and had to ask “Yaama, […]
They say I am fierce, I’m ruthless and I murder But I am just teeth II I do protect all By grinding for intestines To have easy task III I live the longest I also work the hardest Where is my respect? IV I am the soldier Who chews the delicacies And taste the sour […]
If all I long Could fit into a song I would compose that song And cut my tongue II Because I’ll be among Those who’ll sound the gong Of bare hearted forever song And nothing could be wrong III All will sing my song Both old and young And I’ll stand emotionally strong […]
Dr. Gheysika Agambila is the Vice President of the Ghana Association of Writers. He was the Deputy Minister for different ministries; finance, harbours and railways, and environment and science during the Kufuor regime. He is a known writer, a good dramatis and has a good personality. He is also a man with a golden heart. […]
Invincible ears All listening and sieving Please don’t sieve this one II In this hot season We need an intervention One worth mentioning by mouths III He should empty eyes Ones filled with hot problemed rains Knees are bended now IV All hungry stomachs Working hard must be appeased So minds would be pleased V […]
Originally posted on Nana A Damoah:
Dear Friends, Kofi Akpabli Nana Awere Damoah You are cordially invited to an event for Celebrating Ghanaian Authorship and Writing. Book reading. Book Signing. Interaction. 10 January 2015. Venue: Totally Youth (opposite Alisa Hotel, North Ridge, Accra). Hourly readings from 10am till 3pm, from 8 books: Excursions in my…
Rose buds Together Sell beauty II A peel A fall And beauty wanes III Must be hard To depart in peeling Falling apart On different grounds IV Glad that we are humans Who can be brought back As a flower bud Even when we peel and fall On different grounds Amoafowaa Sefa Cecilia (c) 2014
1 I Cry out Humming a shout Being called a taut Just for the love of the street 2 I Saw the rotten teeth Of the street Roaring and frightening young seedlings Unfortunately placed without grace 3 I Tried facing it But brains like mine Warned me of an internal riches And the need for […]
I swam through the pain of pleasure Aiming to end up a great treasure I looked forward to being free And wanted to go on a life’s spree I got out with happy tears Thinking I could bridge my fears But no, There was something I didn’t know I fell into the realms of groups […]
Tint, taunt and flaunt None will measure the amount Mouths of chapness Noses of pepper You know what you’re about, So: Possess, posses all you want Wrinkle, wrinkle all you want Peel, peel all you want Your reign will soon be over II You are winter in a land And harmattan in another A two […]
Powerful machines, Shine when its dark Blend when it’s bright And support the shinning Let’s learn From the fireflies Whose light dim in day And glow like moon In night If Today, A moon is shinning And I’m a star I know time Will Take Me There I’ll enjoy The moon And use its light […]
Originally posted on Espiritu en Fuego/A Fiery Spirit:
Amistad One day while on deck we Jumped, You and I. Across Oceans. Over the Seven Seas. Towards Freedom. Jacob Lawrence ~ Migration Series The fluttering’s within led us to know that…………. No Womb Child of Ours would serve foreign masters in a strange land. Now…
Here, the stars glow And all emotions flow I know what I said But forget it, please come my love II Hold my hand With the light of fireflies, help me stand Let’s form a band And leave hurt’s remand III By singing: If pains gain swerves true love The weeping seeps from all above […]
Love, love! Where is love? How is love? When is love? II Love was the moment When our eyes locked Our hearts jumped And our thoughts hugged III Love was the moment We played, jumped and Danced like school kids On a wild spree IV Love was the moment When telepathy worked And we felt […]
Originally posted on gracelarbi:
In the animal kingdom we have the four -legged and two-legged, by my definition of these two animal type the two-legged was created to be like the Creator, with knowledge and thinking abilities. For even in the four-legged kingdom where there is the unwritten rule that the Lion is definitely king…
Originally posted on Nana A Damoah:
Chiefs, Elders, DGG, Teachers and Pupils Date of Report: 07 December 2014 Dear Friends, Please find in link below the detailed report on the Apagya School Project and the full list of contributors and amounts/items donated. Executive Summary This final progress report captures completed works on Apagya R/C Primary…
On this vast stormy sea Under the fuming stormy breeze With only a paddle and an arm Who can close the mouth of this angry tide? Since there’s nowhere to hide I’m asking you, sea, to give me a ride A ride to nothingdom Protecting me from Fishmutindom For I don’t need to land in […]
Faces Wearing smile masks Can go all out for trust To calm nerves and pull angry swords To stab Amoafowaa Sefa Cecilia (c) 2014
Stretchings stretch satins Seeing soft sweet symphonies Sacrosanctly slide II Even emperors stand Ear-bashings without bating An eye in public III Lust leads litany Listening to lewd lessons In untold labour IV Reason! You Rabbi Reason! Fake romance repines The ranter with time V Read through the patterns Satins are replaceable Pride when broken sucks […]
If all you do is wake Because day opens its precious gate Then know you are awake With responsibilities on your pate You don’t need a smack for goodness sake! You don’t have to be tagged to bake your cake! Run around, get something doing and stop being fake So you don’t fall into a […]
Originally posted on Just Bliss:
(Pokot girls run from their hut and make their way to a place where they will take off their clothes and wash during their circumcision ceremony) (A Pokot woman holds a razor blade after performing a circumcision on four girls. Practitioners use anything from broken glass to scissors) Even though…
Originally posted on Just Bliss:
It’s one of the most political areas of women’s health. Worldwide it’s estimated that well over 120 million women have been subjected to it. Supporters of the practice say it’s an important part of cultural and religious life, and some compare it to the practice of male circumcision that is…
A fearsome God’s daughter Freely lives above her worries In the dark, she prays A storm breaks, she prays II Love is she who lives Above all challenges Ready battler of woes untold Begettor of many in deed It’s the day to say, HAPPY EARTH DAY!
When simmering help Stops boiling And the the snaking hope Stops snaking And the many beings Stop being I need you to know; As long as life, Like electricity, Flows through veins Moving and working Will surely take you there Amoafowaa Sefa Cecilia (c) 2014
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