The drums are silent tonightIt isn’t because the rhythm has ended…but because a great life dancer has laid his two hands on his chestOlu Jacobs, son of the stage Performer of stories The eloquent tongue with the deep powerful voiceOne of showbiz’s big iroko trees …under whose shade many actors found shelterHas slept on his […]
It is not everyday that big trees fall…heeding to the giant not-coming-back callKilling hope and needs of living things depending on themGhana has lost such a gem! It is not easy for Asanteman to go so quietThat even tears fall from the skyMany will so neglect their diet…in a begrudging hurtful byeYour roots which fed […]
I lost a neighbor I didn’t love as myselfNot for not trying, but for the protection of my very selfMy neighbor was as prickly as the skin of a porcupineAnd gave abusive threats that sent shivers down my spineHe stole my wires and logsAnd threatened my sister with haunting flogs Even when I went out […]
You were like fresh rainCatching dust into a worldly drainYou were like a pretty flower…hidden beneath a dirty showerYou were like fresh air…that many share without a careNow you’re you in an abstractForcing many tongues into many a talking contract IIYou…needed the praises from those you touchedYou…needed the love from those you matchedYou…wanted to see […]
A bright star has fallenIt did not have a sudden fallIt was shot and torn to its coreIt got visibly so soreBut none, for him, tried a rescue Many long hands did see it struggling in the skyNo finger tried to touched itNone saw it fitUntil he hid behind a cloudEven then, others could have […]
I heard some unsettling news in the morning…which put me in mourningAce confirmed it…and I had a fitI walked through one of Tamale’s storms under a student’s umbrella in the heavy rainsAnd reached home tortured in my brainsLeft wretched with worrying pains IIIs it the Nana with laughter so infectious…and a heart so precious?Is it […]
I rememberI remember our conversation like it was yesterdayWhen you told me about the medicinal capabilities of cassava leavesAnd the strength of your wife…even in seed-keeping III remember telling you to do a check up once in a whileAnd you laughing it off, encouraging me to turn to our local herbs ratherAll the while fixing […]
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