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ODOMANKOMAH PLEASE LISTEN

A.Odomankomah, please listenI am sitting here clothed by darknessMy mind naked on the streets of needAsking if I can succeedLike a seed on droughted landIn these times when the cedi is falling…like a blind man into a hollow holeAs my income dwarfs against this gigantic economy B. Abohunu Abobirim, please listenNeeds slap me like a […]

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MOMENCOUNTATIONS

Please purge, protect…and power me to peaceAs I ply places prone to precariousnessPack me up to persevere…so I don’t park in pessimismPlacate my heart to put perks on powerful past memoriesTo pause in between problems to play IIFor living limits light…as love locksLove limits listening…as loss loosens up to disappointmentsAnd hearts heat up to hatred…as […]

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NKUTUSRƐ

Asaase asebrɛ te sɛ ahuro Nana Nyankopɔn afei na y’ahunu Yareɛ baako atumi aka y’ahyɛ dan mu te sɛ nnomaa a wɔ wɔ buo mu a ebi nni aburo Akyerɛ yɛn sɛ ɔtan yɛ nsɛmhunu Aso y’atia asaase so yiaw koro mu akɔto amaneɛ koro? Anaa y’adwene gu so yɛ bunu? Aso y’ensɛmbɔne werefri sɛ […]