I don’t like memories of you…although they live with meI love that you were a part of me…but dislike your moments of suffering…my moments of breaking…our moments of crying…our moments of parting III see kids your age and imagine you grown… into the handsome teen I envisioned …when I gave you lifeYou were handsome…no, you […]
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NANA KWASI GYAN-APENTENG
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 […]
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IT FEELS LIKE YESTERDAY (For Mr. Seidu)
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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