I miss, I miss, I miss The plays which lived in the past When the sun went to sleep All the children gathered to play in a circle As the alien runs round Looking for an alien to join the circle And the circle sang this song “Antowankire ei! Tinkon! Dwaaso mankani Tinkon! ɛtↄ a ne […]
Carrying the heaviest house Knowing it can’t compete a sick mouse The tortoise still moves in search Of its daily manna II Knowing a step-on is its horrid accident And the steppers would never give it a lament The ant still moves in search Of its daily manna III Even the lions know their Zions […]
I’ll put you in a song Where you really belong From when you came along To the time you run along CHORUS For you were the rain Which promised me gain But drove me insane In a long short lane II You said you were among Those who many do long Because your sweet sweet […]
Who gave it breath? To eat and live And act like the wolf Which eats beings without fangs? II Who gave it eyes To see all colours To judge and harm Souls of beings with no known knives? III Who wore it clothes To make it perfect To taunt all beings Who’re being flogged by […]
When our days go to sleep And end our wondering which is so steep I know we will all take the leap Wanting or not wanting to take a peep II We assume the sound of goodness Will give nice chairs of softness As the sound of wickedness Flog many to helplessness III These grave […]
“I need to rap No one should tap I’m not on laps When impressed, just give some claps II I’m now a bird I’m not on a bed So why are your eyes red When I’m building my shed? III Let me live like an eagle And soar like an eagle No need to act […]
God, I need a date A date which cannot wait So I can show you my plate Before I become late II God I need a date A date to strengthen my fate By knowing all my baits And securing all my gates III Oh Lord give me that date To know the root of […]
Wrapped in beauty Are the rots with shiny eyes Booting goodness With their long legs of deceits and fancy II Wrapped in the rots Are the goodness sent to hell By heads doped in the rot Into the reverence of its essence III A world, so harmed By bad, so wrong Yet minds, don’t think […]
Television hosts in Ghana hardly impress me especially when they host interview programmes but The Delay Show blew me away the first time I watched it. I felt the host had depth, could push, could intimidate, and knew how to get the answers she needed (And she still does) and so hardly a session pass […]
Dear lover afar Listen to the vibes from me To know and read signs I will send the winds to you To deliver our meet-times II I will bribe all trees Especially the wawa And huge odum trees Sapele too, for our good I dream to cage mosquitoes III Since ethnicity Has mouths with tongues […]
Maame told me not to wriggle Because it will make many eyes do the tickle But a step from leg come with a wriggle And I saw no eyes do the tickle So I wriggled my wriggle On my many leggy workings II I met Apia on the way to farm One Monday and I […]
An audience so full Enough to break many bulls Offering to be tools Trying to feign all the cools On the veranda they pull II As the breathless leaves Their loyalties go with it Fitting perfectly Into its six feet with ease What are left behinds to do? III A peak at a sound Show […]
In your eyes I see a parade of lies Organising a coup of ties With an aim of many cries Oh fie! II On your face I see your greed’s pace I know the soil in your vase You definately have no case So prepare for a chase III By your gestures Spellings are bold […]
When you throw a ball On any floor It bounces It bounces II When you pick it up and throw again It bounces here It bounces there Bouncing and bouncing and bouncing III We are like balls Of grumpy life So prepare to bounce When a throw calls for it Free your mind to bounce […]
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 […]
Eyes of you great walls Borrow mouth and talk to me What do you witness II I know I’ve been halfed By the carnivorous teeth Which no eye peruse III Why then does my bed Cry about another’s weight When the part lies blank IV Dear eyes of my walls Please help me know who […]
Who sends pots to the stream of strength only to come back with a basket drenched in hot tears? *** Who tells the tale of pot turning to basket for who to get its joke in dire thirst? Who? *** We need it, water to drink, not hot tears So where is the pot? Broken […]
Earth closes its mouth When lions ‘void porcupines Need I mention more? II Long, long, long ago, When lion was known as the king He took liberties III When his game finished He decided porcupine Is fit to replace IV He meant to hit it Only for thousands of pins To stand in shooting V […]
When forest captives cry, who hears? There was a tree in the forest which was tied By an old scary rope which was backed by sky A terrible anger Seeped through it It called for freedom But was not heard Its stem was big Its leaves, enough It shook in littles And shook in raging […]
When the pastor shouted halleluyah! The “amens” were higher My eye caught their wire And followed their empire II The eyes meant for the pastor lust after the choirmaster Who saw the flicker in remembrance of their first litter The female lead singer : Adwoa also eyed the choirmaster Nerdy Pious, who loves Adwoa, eyes […]
A mumble in the jungle Is no fumble to be humble It is a trap of a triangle To cage you in a crucible No need to yourself entangle By a mumble in the jungle Shhh, there are many empty crucibles With ears on the ground for a mumble So yes, mumbles feed the crucibles […]
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 […]
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