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POETRY

LOCK IT

Lock it Even if it takes chains of thorny discipline Lock it Even if it needs nails of suppression Lock it As king Agorkoli locked his subjects Supervising mostly to strengthen its walls Lock it And tie the red host of trouble For left ajar Trouble plays its romance Like magnets do pins Lame litters […]

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AFRICA LIFE POVERTY

AFRICAN BOASTERS (SUCCESSIVE CLERIHEWS)

Professor Yaw Darko Hated Mr. P aul Arko He claims he copies westerners While he epitomises Africanness II He wears African colours And hates all foreign “shudders” He speaks in African tongue And so feels among III He fights Mr. Paul Arko Who is not like he Darko Because he wears foreign And drives cars […]