I I had a dream A dream with God as Chair Humans screamed their disgust Plants and trees screamed their pain Animals screamed life’s unfairness The earth kept mute II Every stakeholder Looked in earth’s direction And so earth had no choice but to give a speech “I suffer, I give and I take And […]
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AN UNFAIR LIFE (TANKA)
I The rain took its time And came to run the sun out Now the sun so waits To run its rival, rain, out But rain’s storms give nasty shouts II Rain has many guards Who always seek to defend Poor sun without guard He peeks, scared, rushes to hide Waiting until bad rain leaves […]
I am pepper A red hot pepper I can nausea repair And can food prepare II Â I am not dumb So do not into me bump Make me no water To wash your dirty fingers III If I’m treated with respect I’ll never you suspect And my fire will be hidden From your harm and […]
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BE NO TOAST FOR SADNESS
Sorrow sits in smiling When it wins your world Put patience in running And give faith a call II Your faith will call on endurance Who’ll come to be your shield Yours will be to obey its voice And you’ll win your happy field III Mess it up And you’ll be the meat That will […]
Light is opening its heavy gate Body guard darkness and its late dawn Open slowly as jealous dawn cries Ready light sits in its highest throne Waiting to its subjects lead As they move about and seek to feed It leads kindly its precious […]
I Hold Don’t fold Don’t fold Those arms II Heat I want your heat Your heartbeat On your chest III Yearn Just yearn And learn For me IV Give I’ll give This me To you Amoafowaa Sefa Cecilia (c) 2014
I Once a boy from Africa saw A white boy from America He asked “hey boy why are you coy?” The white boy said “I’m from America” II He couldn’t play because of heat And felt so bad because of food He ate leaves and […]
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THE POOR LAMB (SONNET)
The lamb follows its master with respect Knowing not its fate, but obeying right The rope on its neck, pulls tightly, no suspect Until it sees the abattoir’s faint light It watches as the butcher sharpens knives Watches as the-hungry-for-meat-child sweeps And watches as celebrants give hi-fives Still it, like a good servant, keeps its […]
Closed Petals Open hands To embrace the Sun II Dawn Shifts for Sun’s brightness And jealously Weeps III Fear makes the Cricket hide In the dark to Cry IV All Living Have their goals For their steps, mine; Peace Amoafowaa Sefa Cecilia (c) 2014
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STRIVING (ETHEREE)
Striving from the stone quarry, amidst heat Amidst hunger, kneeling at pain’s feet And thinking of poor younger ones I run marathons, sold my soul Kissed dirty feet and dined With pigs who like the Wicked, snorted Retorted Kicked me Hard II I still struggle so much to wriggle free But it seems Satan needs […]
I was born a pear And was cut in two Now that I need my pair, My pair is missing, and I want to sue II Where is my pear? My pair of pear! I need my pair I’m not ready to share III I need that pair To help protect my seed Now it’s […]
The beautiful crab Had tons of friends And shirked rehab Which was the advice from all ends II Her head’s beauty surpassed all All living things left their hearts for her She was the goddess who made all fall Until she took in drinks to her body unfair III She, trusting her friends, slept In […]
Can you see? See what Ofori did Did you know he also stole? Stole meat and ate on a lid? II You might not also know Know that he urinated Urinated on the-wall The wall of the church highly rated II He also killed the-cat The-cat which saved his life once Once when he laid […]
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AMOASTAS (JUST ME)
I Beaming billows Writhing willows Crying crevices Shedding services II Sinful streams Selling screams Freeing foes Littering lows III I walk And I talk I shock And I rock IV I swing And I sing Hate me I’m still me Amoafowaa Sefa Cecilia (c) 2014
LIFE Sublime Contorted II Wires of recklessness Tangling and tearing breaths I fret at its thoughts always III Help me through in laughter not pain Amoafowaa Sefa Cecilia (c) 2014
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A WORLD OF AWE (THE ALOUETTE)
I The air we breathe now Helps in life endow I ask how our breathes do fail When air runs around And plays life’s good sound Again how do our breathes fail? II Beings crave immortal Yet are like portal What’s the secret of living? Bodies in awe grow Blood in streams do flow Yet […]
Bubbly blooming and winding winds Catching caressing in mean massages Causing cravings, love and life Standing sitting no patience nor peace Storms stand in dense dungeons Waving win flash in flowing flaws Reigning regrets, wishes don’t win. Â Â Amoafowaa Sefa Cecilia (c) 2014 (This poem is for those who intend to kill themselves, it is […]
I The chicks scurry off Trying to hide from the hawks Their wings cannot fly Their weak chirping are not heard They see the shade of hawk frames II Their mothers weep loud To their fathers who sigh loud They try to set traps The specific trap breaks fight Whose must be the potent one? […]
I I need a light to help me shine Without a whine And gift me right When I’m in sight II I need a knife to carve and mould And clear and hold To make me bold And not me sold III I need that smile to bright my day And help me say I […]
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ACROSTIC LIFTER
Your success cries from afar Over the mountain of despair Under the lid of the heat Win over thoughts of giving up Ill thoughts of ending it all Leaning whispering audibly  to your ears Let it know you hear the cries Getting to you from […]
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LIFE’S CALL
As we do this rope weave And the unseen sieve does us sieve And we all stand to fall Like weak trees in storm’s call We just have to strengthen our thread As we step, step by step And our breaths do us prep And the […]
(Today is a day set aside to educate people on the need to treat mental patients with love and care, so I understand, this is my bit of contribution.) Electrical circuits touch in rooms Electrifying in high pain Until pain gives way to thoughts unburdened In […]
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TO THE PREACHER WHO YEARNS
Thou art an earth idol Thy heart is not thine Thy soul dwelleth in the temple of Jah Like a congregation in a church Though honour and piousness do ye fortify Thy yearnings must be buried like a dead being None liveth wiith […]
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GOD’S CHOICE
God can’t afford your hatred sword So he let’s you on your own accord To choose and ask when you see He’s lord For his opinion and to invite Him on board God can’t afford your hatred sword So he leaves you free to not […]
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DETERMINATION’S CREST
One He braves Through the pain Like a soldier And marches rightly Armoured with hope in life And determination’s sword Two He walks Gallantly Through his captives Throwing this aside Throwing fierce ones beneath And succeeded in breaking chains Three The breeze So very nice […]
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LITTER IS BITTER
Litter is bitter When it catches You in a sitter Litter is bitter When food turns bile In the fitter Litter is bitter You sitter Don’t litter A bag here Rubbish there A can here Some leaves here Then we turn litter Which […]
Stars watch sun-moon play Shinning bright and wishing strong For their dreams to be They giggle, wriggle And blush in nice fantasies As long as it lasts The sun burned the moon The moon saw its mark and cried Thoughts: never again […]
“For you, The moon is at arm’s length For you, The sky is like the shortest roof For you, The stars like night lights will walk at my command For you, Trees will shake, shrubs will clap as birds sing at my command […]
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SHORE’S SOLIDARITY
Seas sell shores, Shores with sores Sauntering seas Sell static shores Stops by sides, seeping, Struggling with steeps Silly shores lie still In solemn solidarity As seas sing in satisfaction Sell me out And I’m sold I’m no shore I see you’re no sea […]
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ASSERTIONS OF THE COWARD
“When evil goes to bed And its angels sleep tight When hell’s gate is closed And the guards get so drunk When shameful walking sounds Stop running in my mind When past pictures of me In my head seize to be I will rise like […]
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ABOVE PAIN
At this point The hunter can gather its game In the forest And tell it the story Of the eater and the eaten I do not care At this point Time can walk like a taunting trolley Ringing its irritating bell Waking the dead To know its […]
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UNCLEAR EPIPHANY
When the soul does not fit And the heart fails to sit When the eyes swim in tears With the head drowned in fears The body moans in the heat In millions I feel the claws of lions Every set of smiling teeth seethe Pain […]
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WE STILL FIND TIME TO CARE
In the heat of the sun And the shame of the poor Amidst the problems which stand tall And the pain with no gain Even on the market which sells the bad And the faces which are made sad With the many viruses walking […]
Sorry, In the heat of the fire And the temper of the sticks Say sorry to calm the stakes With the heat of anger And the thirst of the guns Say sorry to calm the stakes Caught in the hunger Of the cutlass and the heat of […]
Africa is not a bush It is also no country There aren’t people living on trees Houses, mansions, great architecture And great minds are found in Africa Which including its Island Nations Are 54 countries in all Africa is a continent Like Asian […]
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A JOURNEY TO YOUR DREAMS
I’m taking a journey To your dreams To banish the screams And feed you honey I’m taking a journey To your dreams To sack the screams And make you peaceful money I see your headaches And your heartaches I see your pain […]
“Please m’aam? How do you do m’aam? How may I help m’aam?” And so the words started to walk From a mouth hiding  murderous words Honorifics clothing horrifics Rely on me like the Odum tree And I’ll protect you like the mountain With a soul Go this […]
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SHAMEFROMANIACS
I stand on a branch of sincerity And watch as they march To the office of parties: Over ambitiousness Corruption Unfairness Murder Tragedies Shame Scandals Hatred Each in his or her own filth But when they emerge I see them draped in beautiful Party colours Looking […]
In the mirrored eyes of the world I see myself as the vulture parasite Spewing fire Wanting to kill and devour The movie of me in their eyes Scares me So I made to get a mirror of myself Struggling and struggling I get the mirror […]
Open stores With free goods Which have unfathomable price tags And no attendants to protect them But none dares to think of stealing Open doors With beautiful furnishings Which invite but scares And no caretaker to answer the door But none dares to enter A beautiful church Which many instruments Which giggle for […]
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EARS AND FEARS
The body with no ears Does everything in anything Risks hearing no hazards Stands in the mouth of death And sees its teeth only when They are clamping down on it Have ears Even the deaf uses his eyes as ears Have thoughts To […]
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THE OWNER OWNS
The claws of the crab Knows not the golden soil Once it harbours the water it needs The crows of the cock Escapes not the eager farmer Who has a goal in a time frame Our measured life span Stops not at our pauses No […]
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FOR THE ORPHANED
Trees in death Form mansions Or create fires For those dying of cold Darkness dawns For the sun to rise Some plants die To give warmth for bodies to live Analogies upon analogies But you special ones Have your luck shine bright When your earth […]
I wish for a spirit so divine Which will close eyes of all who with me dine And leave my living to be mine So I can treat myself superbly fine Then I’ll put all my feelings in line It doesn’t matter if it sums up to […]
There is that vast ocean Of cancer, one that lies to be seen And she stands at the bank Eyeing the serenity at the other bank Would she be able to swim through To her loved ones? Could tales of others winning be true? Should she […]
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A SAVAGE OPINION
The earth sat millions of years ago And ruled that he won’t take part Of the competition between beings And plants And she resolved to watch Then, the plants ruled Their pests hunting beings down Their trees killing beings instantly Their leaves poisoning to depletion […]
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KWAHU BRAVES- A CHILD OF STONE
I am a child of stone I am from the great stone Which was refuge to my generations gone What was a weapon turned shelter For my forefathers And later became my mothers and fathers I am from the stone which protects And tells enemies “go and die” […]
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EVER FELT THIS WAY?
I stand in the midst of two deadly ditches Holding on to tiny tattered stitches Wanting to close my eyes but needing the eyes Hating to say goodbye but compelled as every second eyes I stand in the middle of this antagonistic wind Being blown here, […]
In the light Of this fight We find the sight In an insight And lose our might Like a kite We fascinate in light In God’s sight As our colour bright No matter our height But  there is our night Which brings our plight And turns all things right On this site Into […]
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HOW ARE THEY?
The rude visitations of the rains Touch my sanes What becomes of Those with unsheltered homes? What happens to Those with no mother’s arms? Who tends to Those with no towels of comfort, Who feeds Those who live from hand to mouth? I weep watching their plight in my mind Cooped […]
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