The eagles are fowls The fowls are eagles The houses are the sky The sky is the houses In her world. Elephants are ants Ants are elephants Lions are the cats Cats are the lions In her world Food goes through the rear Feaces come through the mouth The back houses the babies […]
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AT THE JUNCTION OF DILEMMA
My mind and my heart clash And in their most horrendous bash They win in turns The heart mellows and turns The head stands firm And squirm It ends up with the heart wanting The head weighing So what is this? I want you I fear you I need you But my head can’t […]
So one came With thoughts of putting me to shame His goatee looked so lame Yet he sought to me tame I let him go with ego deflated Completely different from how he came Another came Betting to have me tamed His antagonistic tricks I had defamed His time belled out and he was […]
Him Her Them Me Let it be We And We And We And problems will develop wings To flee Amoafowaa Sefa Cecilia (c) 2014
Before your hungry appetite is curbed I ask that you treat me fair and square Give my ink freedom to do its work Until my tinniest ink is dropped Let my name be on all the ink Unbloating tears hiding in all things phony And be the light of future men, Who will need […]
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HUMAN DIVERSITY
Faces, faces everywhere Rectangular, Circled, faces of square Description uncounted Relativity of beauty Faces of a creator just and fair Faces, faces, everywhere Houses of minds unready to share I wish I could a bit ascertain Faces of angles and Faces of demons Faces, faces, look me straight Never thinking of my mind’s […]
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LOVE IS NOT ENOUGH
Our hearts’ choices vary Our eyes’ lenses target differently How can the two of us marry? Love alone is not enough You hate to share, You think I’m not fair How can the two of us marry? Love alone is not enough You hate the colour blue I hate it when you’re doing […]
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FOOD IGNORED
Beauty Leading to fashion Fashion Leading to spending Spending Leading to thinking Thinking Leading to sin Planting is neglected While eating Is imperative Benevolent animals With no sense, please help the ‘senseful’ Amoafowaa Sefa Cecilia (c) 2014
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HEAD OUT TALL
The farmer who planted you Tends more to others And you feel so wronged? Heal with zeal A thorn from another flower or an insect Pricked your beautiful leaf And made a worldly see through hole? Heal with zeal You’re shortened When you can be tall Because your sky has been blocked by […]
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EARTH DELICACIES
The hands which frets The eyes which call for want The head which battles the heart The tongue which yearns to taste The legs which move and complain of pain The ears which draw attention and hurt The nose which smells good and bad alike Other organs we always wish to satisfy Are all cooking […]
When brains fear strength Chaos stands tall The body of the pen Must fear no muscles Because its voice is the loudest Let the pen talk And the muscles bow Power like that Needs no coward for an ink I am a pen A pen without muscles But I will never stand To be crashed […]
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THE BOSS RISES WITH ALL
Darkness blocks And lives as king Dawn rains And its moist is loved The sun appears And beings wake Working with the boss Of the light of the universe Each and his space in time To be king or queen But when your conscience reigns like mine You’ll be head […]
Mama’s space Is occupied by air Mama’s hug Is always done by the tree Mama’s voice Is lost in the wind So in my many nightmares I have no voice to call mama Because when the trees and the air Run there, their scare will stop my heartbeat. Amoafowaa Sefa Cecilia […]
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WATCHING OURSELVES
We were created by no one knows We live for love but none wants to show We stage comedies but none wants to laugh Geniuses create parodies Many show for the show Others laugh in their shelters and watch We end up laughing at ourselves in the mirrors of actors Amoafowaa Sefa Cecilia (c) 2014 […]
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BE YOUR DRIVER
In your own life’s seat Check your own time and beat Step on the clutch with your own feet And move ahead. You can feel the heat, Feel the cold, crash and hush You’ll know what you need to fix You can go to the mechanic and fix But after the help, please be on […]
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ECSTACIA (ADULT POETRY)
Now I indulge in chanty duets Not painful pushy frets I ascend the heavens, Pass cloud nines to the elevens, Held by potent electricity Lighted from my sternum, cursing my chastity Smooth cheeks take me far Bewhiskered, and we are at par The delectation of each brush Grants my vehicle a fuel stash To […]
There is quietude in the midst of the noise There is noise in the midst of quietude There are humans amidst the inhumans There are inhumans amidst the humans No, there are the inhumans lurking in every human Yours may spark with the light of materialism His may spark in the light of the centre […]
They swam in competition for the eggs And won their race Just hoping for some pecks So they bore all the cramping and escaped from sicknesses’ chase Only to come to the shore To realize they boarded the wrong vehicles Now what? No matter the many walks one will take You see some […]
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SINFOMAHIACS
They sit on the fury of the gods And fan them to snooze Everyone is onboard this sin against the gods Some watch as some touch The symbolic tails of the chained seer To hide their sins under its fur Some sip from the calabash of hatred Others eat from the earthenware of […]
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MY LOVE ALWAYS AT ITS SIMPLEST
I know it is like a contest But I see in many the yearning for a conquest You don’t have to do a thing You need to make me a being and not your thing What you feel within, please to me confess I’ll see the moment as priceless And I’ll love you more Even […]
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HER DEMONIC SIDE
Hannah was a sweet girl Who couldn’t hurt a weak fly Until Jack took her flower And abandoned her leaf No one saw anger developing claws In her, none saw revenge digging a hole in her What we saw was her lost frame in the sea of hate She first uprooted Jack’s roots and […]
If you ask me I’ll tell you there’s no interest Mice could live in your stomach Tell it to others and they cry Over their own stomachs If you ask me I know none cares Write beautifully, if they’ve never stepped in your word house Or wish to step in there, They’ll shun and […]
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THE GAME
Cats and rats Stay in opposite rays They clap and slap Their eyes on each other; Rats desperate in outwitting Cats desperate for food “No offence intended No defence for the weak” Is the slogan of cats “No place for slacking” Be a cat or a smart rat Chances are, you live full Or you […]
I stand on this mountain top Looking at the beautiful terrestrial contours As I smooch the benevolent dew drop I stand mesmerized by the lands Which comfortably sit in innocence Bearing all barbarisms in its belly and saying nothing to terroristic bands I stand here Closer to God Asking how she can all […]
Sea shells talk to the shores like pretty dolls talk to their girls They ask for cover They ask for completeness They ask for freedom but they get captured If I’ll end up that way Under your cover Please leave me under this dangerous shade The winds may rape me As the […]
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UNCHAINED
She’s like sapphire Transparent in feelings, She blabbers about her dearest Embracing her absence And wearing her yearnings like a beautiful gown I feel I’m watching a weird movie I live like her, if not more occupied So why does she try to taunt me with names? Could it be her loneliness is more […]
Rains are blessings Rains can be curses Fire is a servant Fire can be a murderer Food is what we are Food can steal our treasured lives I am a near nirvana Flawed, heavily flawed In unmanageable hands I am like the fire which kills the cold But my buttons must not be pushed Lest […]
If there is a chance I’ll turn into a plant When the earth receives my being, Please make me a creeping plant Specifically a water melon plant And give me space to climb, crawl and lie I’d like to climb the tallest tree… Amoafowaa Sefa Cecilia (c) 2014.
I chew groundnut in its shell I eat maize on its bell Okro in my stew flows from my backyard Plucking plantain is not hard Getting cassava just needs a tool If I want, I’ll eat like a fool Pepper calls to be plucked As tomatoes’s lipstick aims to seduce… Amoafowaa Sefa Cecilia (c) 2014 […]
Do it to perfection The needed direction Which will take me to that mansion Do it to perfection By not going against your instruction To cause any commotion Do it to perfection The words which wow the congregation And gain you much affection Because I’m open eyed in this mansion Looking for […]
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SMILE, I SEE YOU
I see you With sadness sitting on your face Impatience running you a race Uncertainty holding your pace And all the pain you brace I see you With the mentality growing in your mind The fears you hide for none to find The complacency of hatred you happily bind And all the revenge you […]
Standing on a mountain top I have the eyes to sadly pop The ills which never seem to stop In the full glare of the big cop He is a big moral flop Who has from his sanity gladly hop He is being awarded a disgusting crop To say no word to make them […]
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A DUET TONIGHT
Tonight, I need to sing a duet I’m equipped with this high tone set On this stage where many have bet Tonight, I need to blend in bliss In a shivering electrifying kiss To make enemies extremely hiss Tonight, I need to sleep for long In a world where I’ll safely belong Blessed […]
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THE LONG JOURNEY
My journey is long My aim is somewhere to belong I was the earth, trampled upon Pounded by metal boots Then butchered I felt all the pain But ended up as part of some mortar For construction of a building. I couldn’t care less, From the earth to the sky was an upgrade […]
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AN EXCERPT FROM PARENTINOLOGY
“Kwaku Ananse wove a nest Which caught him in his naughty quest” The Ghanaian parenting sages Go with many of these adages “And the princess met the prince Became queen and king, gave birth to a prince” The European parenting sages Tell the little agers in their thoughtful sages Amoafowaa Sefa Cecilia © 2014
I see, I hear, I laugh, I yearn, I hurt, I cry, I turn to you My sacred diary Dear open diary blog I hope you never Wash in-shore Swear you’ll always be here And hold my thoughts Without judgement On and off In and out Be my server Though I’m a thorn […]
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FITS OF APOPLEXY
The day felt cold My pride felt old My eyes and mind run wild My emotions run wild The beehive was stirred by a stick I took the wheels without eyes Rejecting all the worried eyes, Met the sun, Which asked why I run I looked but saw not and trashed the sun […]
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LEAD THE WAY
I stand on a little mountain Surrounded by so many huge mountains Some with openings showing many a beautiful fountain I tried but lost the countings All shout to be looked and booked I sit, stand, try running But realise I am rooted Until I choose, my running is no running Imagine all […]
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I’M AN OPTION
My arms can be your home My chest can be your Rome My eyes can be your mirror My ears can be you microphone My nose can be your identifier My hands can be your carrier My legs can be your sender My hair can be your burner My back can be your shame pillow […]
Maama, where is the past? I think I’ve grown too quickly Walking is seized Mobiles are sent And people speak to machines Maama, where is the past? I think I’ve travelled so quickly Televisions are old The internet trends Air relieves firewood in cooking Maama, where is my thought? My brains have been […]
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A POET’S CRADLE
In the comfort of the dark With a gentle stream of light In the sea of silence With a perfect mind scenery In the chaos which surrounds With no ears but mouths at war At fears stroke and pity’s mope With emotions rushing up and down In the perfect city of […]
Associators are interested in the past Money makers are interested in the future So I used to look back; Back to a place I could not hold And into the future; Looking into what I could never see And ended up in the same place, Juggling between two poses Past and future As time placed […]
Flowers wilt Plants wilt Weeds wilt So do you You step on it; The earth You spit on it; The earth You ease into it; The earth You’ll also end up in it; The earth So like a treasured mattress, Step on the earth With respect, Spit on the earth With apologies, Ease […]
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FOR MY LATE UNCLE: KWABENA BOATENG
You lie on the roaster tonight Flanked by many cooks under a beautiful light You lie being garnished with tears Of those who will never want to be you For they know, they will never eat you Nor sit for anyone to eat you You are the special food of the earth Tomorrow, you’ll […]
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OUR WILTING FLOWERS
In blooming, A Bacchanalian orgy is exciting A farther travelling of our times Make it a soggy living. Partying tiredness sets in As we near our holes of eternal rest A noise we jumped with Becomes an unfunny scare Thoughts of fun no longer feature showing off Tranquillity is peace not freedom uncensored Every […]
Walls climbed walls At her order Pride joined beauty at her table, Made her an unmatched princess And froze her thoughts of age Inside a wall without an opening Age minded no frozen thoughts And walked through to his territory Taking hold of her skin like wild fire Making mirrors her enemies As […]
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FOR THE EARTH
Whatever you see Comes with a fee But the hand that pushes into the earth Takes no fee You can turn You can burn You can sit, spit and kill You are bound to be slaughtered like the hen So much for good living When a fall causes land seeping Let’s open our […]
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LOST CHANCES
Chances popped With me on your table To prepare as you pleased Be with as you pleased And eat as you pleased But you decided the dustbin was my home Mouths surrounding were indifferent Knowing not my worth but staying safe in case… The housekeeper looked and picked me He decided I was too […]
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A COMIC SERIOUS GAME
I stand and watch As the show goes on Beautiful drums drum. When the drums drum themselves, The dancers sit. When they stop drumming, The dancers dance their hearts out. The audience are appalled The dancers are seething with anger at the audiences’ ingratitude No one seems to know what is going on I see […]
An oven when the sun fumes A freezer when the rain spews Chaotic battlefield when tempers rise Pauper worshippers without shame in the light But true serenity stays in Tamale Strong muscles dazzle at work Loud voices call for customers Angry consumers get into their own way Fuming and cursing the patient ones But affordable […]
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