Quinton quickly quaffs his quaff Hitting his head in hurried hurt Mother mummers Father frowns Sisters sit in sadness II Why would he worry their world Drinking drunk to destruction? Like a leech who lives to last in his last Quinton quickly quaffs his quaff III Bleeding and bursting beneath the burn Quinton quickly quaffs […]
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UNREFINED WALKS TO REFINEMENT
Prekese and dawadawa Unlikenesses in rawness Loved refined Momoni and Koobi Nose irritants in the process of refinement Delicacies in refinements By being in the sand And getting stepped on Gold walks through shame To attain fame In the eyes of the refined Amoafowaa […]
Thoughts of pepper Thoughts of salt Thoughts of sugar Thoughts of onions Thoughts of oil To bring them together Singular thoughts gives not all Thoughts of rivers Thoughts of land Thoughts of fishes Who live and follow Thoughts of trees Thoughts of stones […]
I wish for a spirit so divine Which will close eyes of all who with me dine And leave my living to be mine So I can treat myself superbly fine Then I’ll put all my feelings in line It doesn’t matter if it sums up to […]
Once in the land of the wild God staged a judgement in the mild He called king lion Who sought to sing to enter Zion But sang the song of the murderous The crowd cheered in happiness Their terrorist has been fairly judged by His Holiness They sang and praised God’s name was raised […]
Hospitality Brutality Extreme poverty Queer animosity On this continent of love Rare corruption Thoughts on a mission To accomplish their visions Of filling their pockets with grave decisions On this continent of love Like ants around wood Looking for food If we work as they stood Our forefathers will be in the blessing […]
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THOUGHTLESS
Streams sleep sad Skies sit straight Lands lie loathing Our unthoughtful usage Trees’ talks tell Birds’ boos bell Air actually angers At our insensitivities We destroy Without thoughts, Kill Without planting, We pollute And laugh Thinking We’re superior To them “Beware!” They say Their renewed anger May turn to collapse mankind. Amoafowaa […]
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LEAD THE WAY
I stand on a little mountain Surrounded by so many huge mountains Some with openings showing many a beautiful fountain I tried but lost the countings All shout to be looked and booked I sit, stand, try running But realise I am rooted Until I choose, my running is no running Imagine all […]
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A STROLL IN AFRICA
In my idleness and tiredness Of hearing the screams of pain, I decided to take a stroll in Africa And what did I see? I saw indifference chewing an unmeasured stick Sitting on our wall, watching and shaking its head I reached out but it had sold its ears to disappointment And had thrown […]
The hair on the skin cry out The hair in the nose freak out The hair on the head pouts out And armpit hair ask why? If it is being bombarded with scents It has its fair share Being hidden and suppressed It has its fair share Apart from those who live in the […]
So he gave the head for thinking Strengthening it outside for carrying And he gave the eyes for looking Looking at everything, no discriminating He gave the mouth for talking Giving it a hose for eating And he gave the ears for listening Listening to everything, no discriminating He gave the hands for touching Touching […]
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LIKE THE DOG’S COPROPHAGIA
Use those eyes To look within That you Who is like a dog’s coprophagia nature Have the nasty habit Of relishing your stool and the nasty ones of others When none watches So be no chirper of another’s trait Yours when unveiled to eyes May send legs running like elephants […]
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PUSHERS TURNED PULLERS
“Y’ani abre, y’ani abre kↄↄ Y’ani abre, y’ani abre kↄↄ” Chant demonstrators who in years past sang “Onoaa n’ἐko oo, Ↄnoaa n’ἐko oo Onoaa n’ἐko oo, Ↄnoaa n’ἐko oo Obiara nim sἐ ἐyἐ ↄnoaa n’ἐko oo Obiara nim sἐ ἐyἐ ↄnoaa n’ἐko oo” Qwaqwaqwaqwaqwaqwaqwa I laugh in all types of languages As I […]
Oration of chastity Parading of nudity Inculcation of sincerity Akweley passed the test of “Sonimouni” No rice or corn ingestion She was bathed in a river with admonition Of family ties and connection By the gathering of all hands to eat “Ho fufui” Her hands were trained on the culinary Her skills, […]
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AREA ASANKA
Hehehehe, one plus one is one But what is this I hear? That Paa Ekow wants a nice earthenware To be his one and only bowl. Not a bad idea, after all, a man must have a bowl But, what is this I’m hearing? That he wants a last-hand bowl? This bowl I know, is […]
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TIME IS ALL WE NEED
When my clouds formed in my sky It called the rain, I saw with my eye Then it called the storm Which stormed with lightning There was flooding and I was soaked My umbrella flew away, I nearly choked The rains camouflaged my tears So all they saw from afar was my soaked being […]
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SANCTITY
Trading chastity for a dime Dogmatic audacity for a rhyme Pimping vanity for a mime Brutal insanity for a thyme Selling veracity for a prime I need to keep my sanctity Trading amity for a dime Humping sanity for a crime Hailing mendacity for a good time Insane profanity for a chime Consuming fatality […]
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LOSING PRIDE
Our prides fought
A fight chaos bought
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YOU AREN’T GETTING ANY (AN EXCERPT)
I You say you’re rich So you call me a bitch Because you can afford many Well, guess what, you aren’t getting any Not from me II You treat your earthly vehicle like trash While asking her daughters to hush Then you tell me, You want to board my ship, sweetie, You aren’t getting any, […]
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YOU DESERVE MY PRAISE
Caught by unseen tentacles I consulted many oracles To naught, until you magnified your miracles Now I make my car a tabernacle Because your love is sweeter than a treacle In the desert I was the dessert And my soldiers did me desert To my enemies, the timing was perfect But you appeared in your […]
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FOREVER A REMINDER
Conscience stricken, Defeatism controlled I thought I saw your contrition My desolation was the attraction The wind in you embraced my storm And exploded, scattering lightning Which blinded and unblinded Like a shellfish conquered, My shell was left ashore Waiting for a picker to pick Either to grind, play with or love Luckily, an adorable […]
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THE BIG BANG
Once I had a pretty cow Who was tall and liked to show It acted old Could not be told Until it reached it’s teen-hood It walked looking at heaven Always counting to seven When he met the old It will then be bold And walk with its shoulders singing One day it […]
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CUPID’S APPRECIATION
Contemplated, Thinking you would be doggy Hoping to skip the hole of agony You told of pain excruciating When you reached that hole of agony You don’t regret it, you said Crossing the hole was bitter But made your bones better Then I felt totally subdued But I am relaxed Your morning songs of […]
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UNFORTUNATE STRANGER
A leg in the cold, A leg in the warm, My arms battle to fold. I hear threats of harm As I plod on a strange land. My head is under the money charm Rendering my heart sold I yearn for a familiar arm To ease this cold But feelings of homely needs do my […]
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THIS DEBAUCHEE
I’ll say my confession Hoping for an absolution And a subsequent redemption or salvation. I could perform an ablution If that can stop my obsession Or I could subject myself to gyration As an anointed wheel me in his direction I am in a sinful generation Correction is nothing but disruption I’ve gone from fabrication […]
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THE INGRATE
To my consternation She harshly caused an abrasion On her skin and poured a libation For what she deems beautiful, an abomination! She tactfully told her maker That He was too careless a baker For watching her blacken in the burner Making her decisions sterner If a cook causes a blunder, Can the […]
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KEEP ME, A PRAYER LIKE A TODDLER’S
In your hands Like the shell of the tortoise on distant lands Do me keep Draw a boundary And make it my country And like a protected bird, make me fly In your band Like kids play in the sand Keep me happy I hear the bangs And teeth of enemies clang […]
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MAKE NO MISTAKE, NONE CARES
Polished legs thread from far To the cenotaph of the martyr Outside this cenotaph is an expensive son et lumiѐre Some ears are cocked in pretence When they obviously take strolls In the opposite direction! He gave his life on a strange land But who cares? Male minds respond to the calls of the brazen […]
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EARS OF FOOLISHNESS STANDS
Your oration of war abeyance Reduces no annoyance I won’t be used as your lance To ride pretty horses as you dance To the tune of their rhythm while keeping your balance There’s been the wasted chance That makes me look askance At your words whose flaws are enhance’ Nothing will suffice, publishing banns […]
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I’M DISABLED, EAT YOUR LAUGHTER
My limb was given for the safety of humanity
To stop their being slaughtered like chickens
His is as a result of an unfair accident
Hers a natural disaster
Mouths which yap before knowing
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CONFUSE THE CROWD
When they do you push Into the bush Confuse the crowd and act proud When they push you into a ditch And call you a bitch Confuse the crowd and act proud When they dig a pit And you fall in the shit Confuse the crowd and act proud When they sit […]
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KIDDY STUNTS
Your physique has made you rabid Your growth in anger rapid Many have put on you a bid That you’ll soon grow stupid. Why this sudden morbid Fascination of the sordid? Sit back, let them judge from what you did Instead of doing what will make you a kid Amoafowaa Sefa Cecilia (c) […]
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O YE CHRISTIANS!
“Lord kill my enemies” They forget they’re also children of God “Lord open success doors” Sometimes they do forget it goes hand in hand with hard work “Lord close every eye to my folly” They forget “a man reaps what he sows” “Lord why me?” Who should it be if it shouldn’t […]
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A WORD WHORE
I am covered by the clothes of darkness Covered as I sit in utter madness Eyes see but ears hear more So my voice runs to the fore These clothes cover my weakness This weakness of grave meekness Which makes me a word whore Although I have never read law Perhaps light would […]
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SAVE THE LAUGHTER FOR LATER
Are you laughing Because you are pretty and sitting As the general factotum Is given the ultimatum To do your bidden Or risk being beaten and ridden Like a horse? It becomes pitiable and sorrowful When the fool thinks herself wonderful Even when the world sees her foolery. Look carefully And picture her in your […]
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MUTILATORS
God gave me a full house To welcome a special visitor and pleasurably keep his gifts Which will prepare themselves to be my eyes When my sight fails, To be my legs When my mobility wanes, To be my mind When my thoughts fail, To be my hands When shivers overtake them. Why then do […]
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NEITHER HERE NOR THERE
I am half baked bread Not edible nor a throw away I have been tutored to call the name of the resurrected When my woes open their mouths to consume me Or call for the parents of my grandparents Who have turned gods on another planet To come to my rescue The former being alien, […]
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LET’S MEET UNDER THE COCOA TREE
Let’s dance under the moon light Where no one will put up a fight The moon will gladly give us light So our toes will be in plain sight Let’s admire our pretty natural selves With the fireflies who’ll watch themselves Me with my braided foamy hair You with your beautiful intense stare […]
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GIVE THANKS; CRAZY STANZAS
They bow, any time she speaks At a glance, many squeak and steal peeks They stand even when he wears a band At a glance, everyone extends a hand Then my eyes look at me, then at you And your eyes look at you then at me Fishes caught in the same boat? […]
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MY SKY
One day my sky will open And there’ll be no burden I’ll hear sweet sounds From angelic mouths And all my pains will run One day my sky will open And eat up all my mountains It’ll quench my thirst And dry my sea To give me way to travel One day my […]
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UGLY WRINKLY WORDS
Age must be a curse Especially when it comes with an empty purse No one thinks to take a guess If at a point it was worth something, this mess Even shit once had a price Many might have fought for them with audience and money dice But saying this will not suffice A […]
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BE ALL OF IT
I don’t need only a fan To always kill my heat I also need the mirror To see my flaws I don’t need only a shoulder To always be my shield I also need some arms To push and cheer me on I don’t need only a shield To always block my battle […]
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CLOTHING OF SHAME
There is yam on the roasting board Acting now as the celebrity of shame Many eyes shine in mouth attraction As it employs huge ears to fit its seams What is the importance when it is the seams of shame? I wish she knows she isn’t the first There was a time when the […]
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BITTEN BY THORNS OF CUPID
I have been bitten by the thorns of cupid Its teeth chewing deep into the bones of my heart, Its claws digging deep into my knee bones Rendering me immobile I have been bitten by the thorns of cupid Like a fool, I saw only its beautiful roses Like a fool,I decided to decorate […]
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THORNS OF LIFE
There is only a time for all Humans, animals, the world, yes, all In this rounded baited bit We have our serious parts to fit You cry you’re slow When the tortoise is low You lament of your beauty When the hippopotamus does its duty You complain of short life When […]
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MOTHER? HOW CONVENIENT!
Diaper is not for grown buttocks You should have been there when I knew not how to wear socks But felt the whips of cold creeping through my feet You should have been there when my baby teeth made noiseless beat And yearned for the natural milk only you could give, When I took those […]
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CORPSES FOR SALE!
Corpses for sale! Many buy with huge sums Putting them in the river of the earth waiting for its sail Corpses for sale! Many run dressed in expensive clothes Hoping to win the fame bale Corpses for sale! Cars parade with expensive paintings While mouths with their keys proudly brag, “this came yesterday […]
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AMBITION’S BAIT, GREED’S MEAL
They took my pride Before my mother became a bride Something about the fair sex being used to settle some debts So I was veiled on my first cry, Veiled for one who has lived all his life in greed He saw me walking, Saw me talking, Saw me easing, On my dirty undies, […]
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NOT A CHOICE
In hazy thoughts I lie All my holes crying with filth I feel for you who sees it all While hating on you who tests my faith The eyes flow tears The skin rains sweat The nose grinds phlegms The rear soils clothes and shame sits only in my thoughts Is this an […]
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AABA EI!
He looks famished In tattered clothes As he holds his dog chains Waiting to be sales blessed But, oh, poor lad, I hear “aaba ei!” And he takes to his heels The bread seller trips him In her quest to escape And the uniformed helped him not to rise By letting his baton painfully talk […]
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