Dreams Reality, myth Sleeping, revealing, unrevealing Wishes, fears, fantasies, confusion Hailing, hurting, controlling Happiness, sadness Impression Amoafowaa Sefa Cecilia (c) 2015
Tag: AFRICAN POET
UNWISE BLABBINGS
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 […]
THE MOOD SWINGER (TANKA)
In the sky’s good times It sends angelic calm winds Dressed in soothing balms To massage in-beings of earth Oh! Their magical fingers! II In sky’s anger times It sends the sun dressed in fire To roast in-earthers It comes wielding its roaster Roasting until mouths cry out III In the sky’s fun times It […]
I The cricket sings In the arms of darkness The same darkness Which makes beings sleep II The bat sees clear In the time of darkness The same darkness Which blinds beings III Might be good for you But not be good for me Might be a blessing for her But no blessing for him […]