What is a writer without self? A writer needs eyes A writer needs ears A writer needs a mouth To ask to know A writer needs legs A writer needs a heart Hands can be borrowed But trusted hands are needed Like the ladle in a porridge on fire A writer is the centre Of […]
By the grace of the Almighty God, the posters are out. My very first book launch will be on March 15, 2015. If you can, please be there, it’ll mean a lot to me.
Brightening moving days Moving with weak tortured legs Smile, frown, cry like moody men II Wearied of short life They work praying extension But tortoise and snails still rule III They push their own selves Glee and sadness in opposite Directions, life is like that Amoafowaa Sefa Cecilia (c) 2015
Recently, I get many accusations that I may be a woman lover, mostly from men who see themselves as my knight in shinning armour and their families (well, the only person who must make see that knight is me and I’ve not seen him yet). Oh, what is wrong with loving women? I love women […]
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, […]
I love you You know I do But my eyes need to rest Like the sun takes its rest So let the muse Blowing the sagely fuse Stop the sweet abuse Until all relaxations are let loose For I hate to stand accused While my muse uses me and stands amused And watches me confused […]
CHORUS It was like a fairy spell Captured by a sounding bell Arrested to a loving cell Where I yearned to forever dwell 1 Who created this shell Turning into hell When little heat yell? I swear I hear the bell Which sounded like a spell And made my heart swell For all to see […]
With threads of money Snaking and tying minds Who is free on this life tree? II Even breath is painful Getting eateries are awful What about wearings? Stressful III Eyes don’t make it easier Seeing is loving, loving is wanting Unnecessary wantings become craving needs IV What about belonging? Even those with […]
Rains run rivers’ rims Letting lives live like landlords Showering so still On okays, opens up on Worldly wars which it wins wild II Honeyed huts has hurts When their wills and windows’ weave Cannot contain or cover Then there is that tale of terror Taunting timers to tamper III Roses have regrets Their thorns […]
(Please this poem is rated 18. Persons below this age must not enter its doors. Thank you) Under the full glare Of eyes connected to tongues with flair Let our eyes speak Arranging a date on cloud’s peak Where even shadows can’t be found II I will scent my little farm With pleasantness which can […]
So she wore a high moke And held a nice smoke Spotting a bow tie Pretending not to lie Until the smoke caught her hair Oh the shouts: I am a rat! I am a rat! Not a human, please see me not on your plates Call for the fire service! II So she put […]
Nana Awere Damoah is my guest post for today. He is a man with brains and an objective voice. I can say he is the writer with the voice of reason in Ghana. His words “Ghanamonosyncratic nsempiisims” stuck with me from his book, I speak of Ghana where he presented all things as they seem […]
My mind shows me a vivid video Of the birthday many await It started from Mary’s wondrous love, Ended with her shivering body II After this came her knighted Romeo One who viewed, hurt, and touched his pate The Holy Ghost healed from up above His heart merged hers in a body III Despite heavens […]
He was known as the teenager with the steaming pen. He was born in Ezeo Nsu, Imo State in Nigeria and embodied everything literal growing up. Now he is a famous author, writing poetry and novels. I have followed Onyeka for a while now, trust me, he is the realest person I’ve known in Africa, […]
Offerings scream as they Walk on heels noisily to Pockets of pastors II Paupers’ pride in Christ Is paused for glitters on beings Who are known vessels III Bibles have no defence As fire can flame all its clones. Christianity cries IV Give! Give! Prophets shout Receive! Receive as you give! Offerings are back-doored V […]
The huge tree cries It cries for its loneliness It sees it all House them all. When the moon lights its eyes And darkness whistles, They come in pairs. Many swing Many dance Many kiss many lie Many sit Just making each other reflective mirrors The hurtful of all Is when many fight Go, come […]
In the drizzling rain I feel the sizzling bane Of the fizzling cane II Chaos sit at the counter Bragging to sanity counter And shun peace’s encounter III Vultures perch on broken twigs Smelling blood mixed with long wigs Looking through for the fleshy bigs IV Vampires join the nasty orgy Assured by their psychology […]
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 […]
Dream And in that dream Transform into a bird From the safety of your bed Stretch your wings And fly free having flings With the breeze which lives so high In the serene sky See it all Feel it all And if you happen to fall Heed the call of determination And rise through the […]
I Like goods, they’re transported in goods Like firewood, they are bundled to alien homes They are things sold in barter trade Oh Africa! Oh paths of lives! II Like tools, they are used and left Like the headless, they are shunned in decisions Like crumbs, they are swept as rubbish Oh Africa! Oh paths […]
I Whereas hatred boldly stands Where chaos reigns It hides in the realms of love II Whereas sadness is king In the town of tears It is a thief in the city of happiness III Pain will always stalk peace And never want to be seen Until it conquers IV Such is life We must […]
I If there comes a messiah Or a future disciple of God Would we ever know or believe enough To acknowledge that life from the start? II No! I don’t think so Not in a billion years Those whose times produce them Will laugh and jeer Make mockery and sneer At the words of another […]
We In the arms of armoured earth Protective of us Fight with race Fight with gender Fight with geography Fight with ethnicity And fight for what we can’t forever own II When we Crossing over into soil Take nothing but our beings Our skin being butchered by moth Our bones being powdered by age and […]
A sponge for many bodies A room for countless beings Tea without milk Fetched with fingers like soup None waits for the train moves And the latecomer is left hungry No toothbrushes because none can afford They are the children of the present Unfortunate to have been left by their mothers Unfortunate to have been […]
Bang! Bang! Chang! Chang! Kunklong! Kunklong! Splash! Splash! Swish What is there? Water hold drums Food hold bowls Ground sits on the sofa While the table sits crossed legged on the television What is going on? “Things fall apart The centre cannot hold” A look through the windows Humans have developed wings and are flying […]
I I am a wall gecko A harmless wall gecko Whose life is seen Even on screens II I am no chameleon I can’t be a chameleon Whose body mirrors Its foes and friends III With wriggles to hide Have pity on me I don’t aim to hurt Or kill a being IV I’m in […]
I We exist And resist To desist Fighting death II We cry And try To lie To live III But a voice Who has choice Shuts our noise Into quietude IV So know You’ll blow In this show Of life, so truly love Amoafowaa Sefa Cecilia (c) 2014
Sleep angel Guide this star Who shines bright But is fragile II Protect this soul From fearful screams And let it meet All in divine III Sleepy angel Lead straight Through the contours Of sleep IV Place peace Close and seize Fright Till day opens its doors Amoafowaa Sefa Cecilia (c) 2014
This one way journey, I, like the lonely bird flies Passing through all roads II The hurting lovers Like beautiful flowers wound Me with their cruel thorns III Luckily, like grass Which aims to live in the dry I heal and move on IV I do swear sometimes Never to touch a flower Of any […]
I Give Receive Be relieved And believe In its healing A smile II Please Release Or appease All you’ve displease Break all bad decrees Lose the hurt III Love Sweet love Pure love Great love Immense love Cost nothing Amoafowaa Sefa Cecilia (c) 2014
I When you see the fever And you see the shiver And you see some blood Coupled with some blisters Or even one of these, let emotions fly II The victim can be your mother Your child or your lover They’ve actually done nothing But monsters may live in them Monsters who seek your head […]
I God must really be bored And must be carrying a sword A sword whose pain we can’t afford The feared haunting ebola sword! II God must really be bored Having many weapons to hoard He brought AIDS in His own accord And now brings an ebola sword III God must really be bored Why […]
I We need to pile our hope, to save our souls We need to catch that rope, to help our souls Get up! Get up! Be a book worm And watch, learn, if you fall, don’t squirm Wake, ye nations of procreation and love […]
These nice warm arms Were not made as arms Yours are huge Sweet refuge Please let me Run in and be II These nice mouths Weren’t made for shouts Yours are thick Sweet for my pick Please close it And let mine fit II The hands of time Has caused no crime But it […]
Snakes Beautiful, smooth zigzagging, hissing, slithering Friendly, watchful, smart, fearful chatting, hurting, poisoning Swift, elegant Serpents Amoafowaa Sefa Cecilia (c) 2014
Oh ye bats Hold on to thy bats Hitting the air To trouble stir Please bats Put down your bats Your meat is sweet But now hides deceit We have no thought Of you being caught Your delicacy is in the […]
Laughter as infectious as ebola, must stand and be made to rule our poor land today Because teeth of decay plague the mouth of the earth sending loud painful sounds all over the land Laughter which stands supreme and can bring tongue, teeth and […]
In that dark, Without a mark, In that sight without a light, Know no frights, Know no bites, Yours is might And being bright, You’ll win that fight Amoafowaa Sefa Cecilia (c) 2014
Let it rain When the drum Of the heart Fills with tears and regret Just let it rain and let the waters wet your chest Watch When the rays seem So faint And your world seem so dark Just carefully watch till the rays gets you your needed Sing When melancholy sits on […]
Travel with me Travel with me into the comfort of love A city of bright lights and smooth sounds Holding hands and looking into our souls Through the unending seas of our visions Let us stop time And kill all mouths Shutting all eyes with our brightness […]
Upon her eyes meeting him There was electricity Through her body wires Like one shocked to dumbness She stood rooted Waiting for a useless pestle To get her out of her reverie Upon his eyes meeting her He stood stupefied Like a horse foreseeing a […]
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, […]
Light over the darkness happily rise Dawn showers its teary hurt There’s time for the dark There’s time for the light Even as the darkness seems to resist Dawn’s tears always in faith persist But fairness always in discipline moves So you have your time I have my time Each has his time in […]
From painful smiles The mouth burst Scattering blood, breeding relief and pain Like an overfilled drum Hurt pushes to be free But the harder it pushes, the tighter it closes Oh soul of hunger! Soul of thirst! I’ve exceeded my danger! I’ve exceeded my pain! Get the pain seamstress! Get the hurt cleaner! […]
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 […]
When life’s fog takes my eyes I talk to self without lies And step on its ground to say my byes Without eyes shedding no cries In strength, I forge forward There is no fear which sends me backward Even when sent to the ward I dance to the chord Because life has […]
You were a lesson Well learnt And that past has become a blessing Well grabbed The trouble Which always used to bubble, The tears which caused massive erosion On my face tampering with my emotion, The pain which at the grounds of my heart stomped As my heart pumped Have become appreciative tools Making me […]
“Abobi” “Adodi” Tilapia One man thousand Accompanied by the tasty “abolo” The Volta River feeds Voltarians And visitors alike It lies like a mother Carrying a ferry Which carries all feet Crossing her world But smiles in serenity The Volta River feeds Voltarians And visitors alike When Ghana calls Heed , and step […]
The eyes closing Hands falling Legs dawdling Head empting Stomach sleeping One will think they’re sick But no, satisfaction in action What does the body need? Hunger it cries Satisfaction it tries in failure What happened to up or down? This middle line, This middle line of satisfaction Is tiring. Amoafowaa Sefa Cecilia (c) […]
Sing me a song Sing me a song whose cords Will massage my scalp better than shea butter A song whose notes will make the tightest jeans Self-destruct and make all pain flee From this headstrong being Sing me a song which blends All the voices of the choir A song with no accompaniment […]
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