I saw it It was so fit A flower to be given to the bride Before she took the hand of her father I wanted it But there were these mirrored walls Which failed to let me be Then I saw her father take it He had six eyes on his face Such a weird […]
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UNCERTAINTIES TIED TO CERTAINTIES
If the moon fails to swoon and dives Into the clouds in fear and surrenders Who thinks of where the stars would be? II If one is to victory And two is to failure We all know the equation to life is 1/2 III If three is to strength And four is to weakness We […]
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A, B, C OF LONESOMENESS
 Am me But need your Care, love and strength. Days keep unwrapping Evenings and nights thronging Failures of not belonging, Given my shine, I weep Hugging myself for Intense comfort Just open up Keep it real Lean into Me and Nail me On you Purely Amoafowaa Sefa Cecilia © 2014
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THE DUMPSTER OF MY THOUGHTS
He came back squeaking like a hungry goat After stepping on my toes and sniffing asses He asked for forgiveness thinking I was naïve I told him candidly looking straight into his eyes That he belonged to the dumpster of my thoughts Because I threw him out as rubbish after I hurt II If I […]
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THE MAD MAN IN CHURCH
I saw a mad man up the hill Going to church by his free will I followed keenly forgetting my bill And hid in silence as the congregations still II The preaching pastor stopped and wailed: Where are the ushers who have failed? Do you wish to listen to the derailed? Be up and doing […]
If I quietly serve In a world which men’s ego reserve Would I be treated like I deserve? II Sleep, and I’ll sleep My mood is bad, weep, and I’ll weep Will they be so good as to the peace keep? III And if my children lie On mats of dreams, would their thoughts Buy […]
Mary epitomised the mother of God And shunned all her dad’s seeings through the gods After he prayed countless times holding his gourds II Her favourite sayings: A Bible for Satan A good heart fears no harmattan And a high sun gives a nice tan III Her father told her: “You’re born of the gods […]
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SUICIDAL STARS (TANKA)
Minds with jobs live through Snobs. An empty tin of milk Fears no known kicking Kick it here, kick it there, it Will follow without complaints II Stars’ stories are told In so many different tongues Their successes thrived: They adorned the naked sky Until their faded and dimmed III They sat in sadness Watching […]
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THE VIRGIN TOMORROW
Who really knows the face of tomorrow? None has met him yet even in dreams But wild imaginations, thoughts And itineraries unrealistic Have been drawn By you And I 2 We Have Made plans Detailed to the tee Seeing it as a vast sea A sea of fantasies and swiftness From problems which created themselves […]
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WHEN LUSTFUL THOUGHTS GET BOLD
When the weather gets cold Lonely bubbles get bold And show on skins Like standing fins On fishes II Then they call on past thoughts Thoughts the body bought With time and buried And needs ferried By regret III Like waves, tears fight back Goosebumps get stacked I need an antidote I get on a […]
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HEALTHY JEALOUSY
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 […]
I live in that song Among all who long Up on the Pong breeze II Chi, Chi chi chi chi A bird is my chi So there are many dangers I can’t smoke like the gangsters Lest the smoke brings in hunters I can’t fly so high Lest I’m shot by guns I can’t walk […]
EPILOGUE: When wisdom fills the old calabash, It overflows and seeps in The sun dries it to be stronger That way it lasts with experience So was the calabash of Atanga’s Granpa On his very dying bed He called Atanga to his bed And had his last stream flow to him GRANDPA: My dear Atanga, […]
What if I say Humans are tadpoles in flesh Living to die to live quiet long? Would you say it’s paranoia? II There clearly is a living inn Who sits as the thoughts of every being Driving hard its machines Into a holistic reincarnation III If that were not so Then think of ghosts, think […]
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TAKE A CUE (HAIKU)
Through it all, tortoise Walks, shocking birds whose swift fly Beat their day travels II Through it all, the snail Crawls, thinking it is so blessed, more Than the static trees III Through it all, the rain Fall, knowing only lucky Ones will land in streams IV Wise words hit to stop Minds of all […]
As love is a shadow With a sharp emotional arrow So is trust; a road so narrow With a fragile bone marrow II Let us use the traffic light If red is a no go sight Yellow, a warning sight And green, a winning sight Let’s say stars are the light I have these to […]
If you draw the line I won’t be confined Many will be fined As others whine But I’ll be fine And act refined I’ll read the signs As your wish defines So no need to undermine My integrity as you dine With the mastery swine Who is not refined And pushes rocks on those under […]
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MOMENTS OF LOVE
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 […]
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WHEN HURDLES CALL
Huge hurdles hurt in heat Humming victory on empty street Housing fear to blow defeat Help hears faint as hatred hiss II Hear who hysteria harmfully hit Hopeless haters who high works fit Hurling hots as word weapons, they sit Hindering the power of will III Help  hates the haunted wretch Who doesn’t work and […]
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BLOW AND BOUNCE
Blow and bounce Bubble and breathe Balls with no bounce Are left untouched A bounce in here A bounce out there An infectious chase Will make your day So blow hard Bubble and bounce Travel far Get the chase The road may not be safe But if you bounce for a while A burst will […]
As none can chase chastity In a smoking cabaret, So must cabals never chase their hard targets In churches A caboose can be seen like chariots And there would be no hidden caldera To save the day Get a sense of camaraderie to cajole Prides hurt by you For you know not when your hammer […]
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WHEN THE BIRD STANDS STRESSED
Once I visited my lonely farm Stood and watched animals do all harm I made to arrest with a few good charm Up, right, left they swarm II I stood there feeling completely lost I looked above to access the cost And saw a bird with a thought so lost Perching on a tree as […]
No flowers, Grandma says she received a whistle Then roasted cocoyams And huge smiles Which forced the eyes of her heart To meet her beloved’s II No clubs, They met under the huge ‘odum’ tree, When the sky shone Its face brightened by the hands of cleaning lime, And danced to the throaty sounds he […]
In this high tempered cold Heat is unreachable Same as you II If only I could have Your warm towelled embrace, Cold would flee III You’re my balm in pain You’re my heat in cold You were my lyrics in song IV In a monotonous flashback Your words serenade me Your chimney warms me V […]
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MISGIVINGS
Round the bend of deceit Is a block of defeat Housed by a huge heartache Caging a humble and weeping trust II Round the bend of betrayal Stands the chaotic vengeance Holding a spear of bad thoughts Housing many ill-wills III Round the bend of regret Hides the mighty remorse Which awaits admission To get […]
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IN THE REALM OF LOVE
Leaning on the trusted gives relief On its highest heels is the automatic perfection spectacles Vine of emotions, Cupid works with potions Easy breezy, Cupid’s early wings are unbreakable II Is it me or all? Initially needing time to walk like snails and Shouting at time to quickly pass […]
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TAUNTING THE TAUNTER
Walking in the air Talking with the wind Eating with fantasy Sleeping in the sky The magnanimity of our minds II If taunters are given funny Places in dark rooms In our minds, they hide The scare and are equipped To work, better III I give them space in their space Where light reigns and […]
In the land of Parts of Speech All resolve my yearnings to teach But indulge in verbal breach Rendering me an outcast II See, they couple by inflections And I couple by base, no inflections My lonely sound bounce back in deflections Because of the addition of ‘s’ to my name; ‘Shows’ III Now Tables […]
In this deep hot night All thoughts don’t go right For no light shone bright In my dream so I woke with a fright II I saw shadows in high height Threatening to fly like a kite And scaring me with all their might So I screamed at the sight III It could be the […]
If the goat could swallow lust It wouldn’t have to go through the Pain of castration Feeling bloated and empty In preparation for its meat metamorphorsis II If the cat could stop stealing It wouldn’t have to go through The pain of mewing at the painful canes Whenever theft walks in And out of the kitchen […]
Goats Change right Like smart stoats Acting stubborn Tasting like heaven From all angry runnings To all the naughty chewings Their sins are forgottten when their Scents hit noses and their taste hit tongues Just as human corpses lose  sins to death Amoafowaa Sefa Cecilia (c) 2014
Brooms wearing one belt Sweep the good, bad, ugly, dust And do grow short together Amoafowaa Sefa Cecilia (c) 2014
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SEA OF ALIENHOOD
I was there And struggled to be here I am here And struggling to be back there The nauseous smell of the cold Makes me wish for the smiles of the sun The sorry faces of race Makes me wish for my root race I am here; My dream come true My mind is there; […]
Veins hold each other Tight, opening their arms to Let blood flow for good II To make a being work Veins forget their differences And tirelessly work III A single break down And all demonstrate for a Hurried attention IV A block at a point  All stop, a rising notice To save their own piece […]
Soft flowers are lined From the doorway to the bed Bowing to the new Madam of the temporary Bed who looks like an angel II She blushes in white; White as pure as snow for all To know that she is The luck filled being in motion She is filled with emotions III She smiles […]
When moon sits in state Stars gather to see him shine Praying to be him In nights unborn to lead the Shine in lighting the dark earth II When moon sits in state All stars shine in their own fate Their yearnings shirked to The background for light to rule Brewing their oneness III What […]
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BROKEN PRIDE (LUSTING HAIKU)
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 […]
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SLEEPING WHISTLES
When the night bang bangs And sleep whistles; whee whee whee, sleep awhile I’ll say: Saintly saints send sleeping satins Sprinkled with scents of sweetened dreams Soaked with comfort of stressless strands Singing silly soothing sounds So sleep to the keep of beauty And keep your flawless spirit All happenings are gone with time New […]
Scars Remind Their bearers And taunt givers As to revenge’s time A touch, remembrance, pain But that pain can be turned gain If forgiveness smooths the bearers Not a leg walks, all strong-willed legs walk So stepping on toes in secluded space Is a giving as all reach for goals and fall down Scars given […]
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A DECEMBER TO REMEMBER
I need a December to remember In another December as a happy member I need no pretending December Which will smile and my life endanger I will my life surrender If December opens its safe chamber I need no chamber which’ll make me an offender So December shed your temper And be a December to […]
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TO MY FEMININE SIDE
To have me in your ride Touch my feminine side I’ve rules you must abide Our oneness needs no divide II To have me by your side Let smoothness glide Have no scary skeletons to hide Our prideful parts must not collide III To have me by your side Tone down when you chide Slow […]
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TRAVELLING FEELINGS
Sweet At my feet He offers a seat II Sweet At the beat He offers a dance III Sweet As it heats He switches on his cool IV Sweet He makes all neat When dirt sweeps across V Sour By the lengthening hour All the sweet turn to sour So sad. Thoughts then tend to […]
Time! Travel backwards To the day of creation And take me there II Time! Make me no alien In that crucial moment Please help me blend III Time! I need to see Like a child watching TV With my eyes the order of creation IV Time! I need to fathom How initialists lived Without religion […]
If life goes for eggs And blessing goes for fowls And trouble goes for hawks And earth go for death, I would voice my peace Egg throughout Boiling to be a fowl Without encountering many hawks Fly when need be Being careful not to fall For the earth’s mouth never closes And its stomach never […]
Wow! How did God allow this? Many bottles he made Like the ingenious crafter In his branding thoughts Now it turns into a huge show a show of beauty A show of durability A show of class A show of geography A show of war Not what He bargained for I know Lost! We seem […]
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TALKERS AND WALKERS
Shoes have mouths Selection can prevent doubts One in hiding needs no talker One in limelight needs the talker One in chasing needs the quiet Brains can give grains In famine Watch And Learn Amoafowaa Sefa Cecilia (c) 2014
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DRUMS AND NEEDS (HAIKU)
I All huge noisy drums Filled to their satisfaction, Calm and zip their mouths. II Leave them just half full And their grumblings will be heard By a little push III Such a pretty drum Needed a pipe which could fill Not a half giver IV It’s such a pity That both giver and drum […]
I Roaring rays Raising ruins Raising wrecks Reaching rules II Hear Havoc! Have hearts! Hurt hatred! Heal humans! III Love lives Long lives Leading lives Loaning leaps IV We’ll work When wise We’ll win Win wars V Roaring rays Reaching real Rest right then Reap your rise When we win Amoafowaa Sefa Cecilia (c) 2o14
Feed the corpses, aren’t they hungry? Dressed in beautiful clothes and stiff? And you stand fanning with money? Feed the corpses, aren’t they hungry? No breath; you now have attention? You’ve shown you care for the breathless Feed the corpses, aren’t they hungry? Who throws away anything  rich? Amoafowaa […]
I See dashing dresses On very wet mattresses Soaked from owner’s sweat II She leaves consciousness And becomes oblivious of Her treasure’s tear III We wear nakedness When we descend underground Why this greedy stress? IV No human, none, can Fill a bed let alone room To talk of a house V Realization! Dawn on […]
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