We wail Cursing those we hailed We hunger Blaming our thought-heroes for death danger Maybe we are like a breed of animals Who stash weeds on thrones, neglecting the propers, Only to climb with their little strength To bring them down as foot-mats II We are here in the republican cave One the fearless Nkrumah […]
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AND SHE WHIPS
I, protest Because my heart, in this detest But she calls herself old in age Saying she knows the running of this stage And I am in rage II I do as she wishes Because, her, this heart cherishes But I keep hurt in shame I hate the chains of her tame I know I […]
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PLAY THINGS
I go from hand to hand A cuff and a band A sit and a stand I keep on walking And running I keep on flying And breaking I keep on singing And laughing Crying is like salt dipped in my blood for cleansing So I cleanse II Chai! I cause some headaches And toothaches […]
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HAPPLINGS
Waking to smiles from naughty faces I see the hidden naughties’ paces Like the happening of yesterday left no traces The humurous battle is drawn “Mrs. Phone, Fufu Mafia, Poetry Eater” My few nickies But I smile Knowing a mile has been reached I call far away home Everyone is fine A few business calls […]
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I CALL FOR YOU
I am sometimes in a semi-circle But the faces are not familiar You aren’t there I turn to the freedom chasers They see me like a meaty rat So give me the hot chase Unfortunately, all welcoming holes hoard smokes And heat whose fore-fingers point at me in a warning So I run on Crying […]
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RIDE HARDER
If you promise to be a horse You’ve got to have speed Most importantly, stamina To carry and ride harder Like a true knight Fearless and apt in promises II If you promise to be an eagle You’ve got to have strength Most importantly, fierceness To carry and ride harder Making sure need fears my […]
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BROKEN
They say once one is down A fall is nothing to fear But here, lying flat on my back I feel my pulse racing like a tsunami Who knew falling from the pain tree Breaks no bone But beats your bests And blasts your breast? Interesting, that is where the heart hides II I am […]
Give me magic Magic of thoughts Give me magic To salvage all rots II Give me magic Like a superior angel To know and touch broken angels Called and humiliated, abandoned and garbaged III We call those we need They are called by their own and taunted Give me a magic thought And a magic […]
What will it amount? I ask what? What at all will it amount? If we fall only once and get crippled? II If I am a print in book, When crumpled by the ruthless I aim to show and embrace minds III When I get burnt, I pray my shadow moves me from mind to […]
Kwaku gave Ama a stone A white nice stone as a gift of love She kept the stone like a saint And worshipped its very grounds II It so happened that a flood came by Stared at the stone and Ama’s family And swept all of them into the belly of death Ama searched and […]
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JEHOVAH IS MY WITNESS (CRAZY STANZAS)
Jehovah is my witness He is my witness That I do carry the right messages But many want none of it None, none at all II He is my witness; Jehovah I went to Papa Ofosu’s house Immediately he saw me, He rushed into his neigbour’s bathroom like a lost cat And asked him […]
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SPIRITUAL FIRE
A man stood at the podium Calling himself “the fire man” Shouting blessings Shouting cursings Until the trial moment came II A child of eight, run to the temple Panting in a frenzy Shouting in fear Of the unimaginable So the audience asked “What at all is it?” III Like a Satanic messenger He unfolded […]
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DREAM-LAND (DIAMANTE)
Dreams Reality, myth Sleeping, revealing, unrevealing Wishes, fears,  fantasies, confusion Hailing, hurting, controlling Happiness, sadness Impression Amoafowaa Sefa Cecilia (c) 2015
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SKY AND CONCEPTION
The sky must be female Goes through all cycles It can pick a thunder seed And let the world hear of its delivery II It can get pregnant With clouds, the sky, And make sure the earth is soaked like a cotton cloth Sometimes hoarding triplets by adding thunder and lightning III It picks seed […]
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RIDE THE DONKEY
Ride in stride The donkey beneath Ride in stride Thinking not of a drop in trot Whip and equip Its ego to grow Like a giant hiding a killer punch It will hide its ears and throw you down You’ll be grateful if you end up down town With broken bones and aches holding a […]
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MET YOU LONG BEFORE NOW
What if I told you I met you even before Your head thought of a loving union? II You were like an angel High up in the sky Looking down at me As I looked up adorably III You had many around And were confused for a moment But a second look at me And […]
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I NEED
I need I need I need me a one With no hawk’s eye for talent II I need I need I need me that one Who will look into my soul III I need I need I need me a one Who can erase all my sadness IV I need I need I need to […]
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LOVE BLINDS?
“Aaaah! I say he has changed And will always remain so” The elders say Only the child sees the eyes of the crab As a stick, Look at Selina now She too told me She was the wind of change in his life When his pleasures waned She said she was blinded By Cupid’s thick […]
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“TEHORROR”
It’s sad, those pushed to school Are mostly those who learn to fool Eventually acting as many a stool And being used as many a tool II It’s sad, those who has heads Make the many beds For those who know no sheds To hurt the gentle with many reds III It’s a horror Which […]
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TIME’S LONG LEGS
Horror can rain Terror can maim But time’s long legs Never cease to run II Hearts can stop Hurts can harm But time’s long legs Never cease to run III Shame can tame Risks can shatter But time’s long legs Never cease to run IV “Ko ko ko” Oh “ka ka ka” Time’s long legs […]
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I WAIT
Pants of can’ts Excuses in rants Even firewood crave fire Wanting to lead in light Wanting to be a star bright Although being in ashes is no delight But you, like a firefly, tease with your faint glow Saying this and saying that On a day when emotions weep For a play in your tower […]
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FILTHIES KNOW THEIR PILLS
Throwers of filth In the belly of drains Builders of mansions On the breathes of rains Oh rears whose chamber pots are mouths of seas Fie! Fie! Fie! You live lives of lies When your index fingers find others as offenders Of drowning and ills You need to know your pills II Carers of mandates […]
Me, I can’t share my man o I am no hypocrite so I won’t lie I met a terror called jealousy When I saw a taken-cuddling meant for me I never knew its claws really lived deep down my guts When it decided to show It was like a lioness tearing my soul There I […]
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DAWNS AND LAWNS
Dawn can’t begrudge the cock’s crow It is its companion It is its friend It maybe its enemy But it makes it a star As some wake to see it At the sound of a cock’s crow II Lawn cannot begrudge dawn It owes it part of its colour Like the bed of a princess […]
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TRAIN OR BURN
Twisted tattered tingly things Taunt in towering tormenting tests Tempers tower in trending taps A tactful treasure is needed to turn II Turn or burn Taint or train Tag or tailor It takes a treasure to be traced in tests Amoafowaa Sefa Cecilia (c) 2015Â Â
A weird thing, in Accra, Â sat Sputtering and mumbling “tar” Until it said it was called day II Day which was new But had many problems dew The first after a terror flood III It is going to be used It won’t get the privilege Of seeing the lazy in action IV It would die […]
Emotions dance in veins of the holies And I am a holy The weather’s fan is fanning vain whims And I have a vain whim The sky’s complexion is dark and light And I am the sky At this point, fans are suicide Air conditioners, murder The air is rudely entering pores without knocking And […]
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DRESSED
Oh He dressed sky beings with glow So they will be visible to eyes so low He dressed the man with strength So they could guard protection’s length He dressed the woman with beauty So she could charm in surety He even knows the shy sky Would need privacy for her nudity So dresses her […]
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WATER AND FIRE (FOR THE BURNT AND DROWNED)
Roastings and drownings Fire and water Ghana has seen another May nine But tear gas folds its arms in innocence Nature meets artificial Fire holds the hands of water And harvest lives in horrible hunts Leaving us awed II We are crying Because fear stands holding his whip We are mourning our future selves […]
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A MESS IN A DRESS
Boy is twisted Ruins his upper Uncaged but demented Chess of a mess stripped into a dress Ending fatherhood borrowing an old womb  II Jesus must be in distress Eating His disgust by looking unto His father Never hoping to use His cane Never wishing to have grown his mother Emancipation damaged him Really, […]
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MORNING VISITS
Another morning visits Coming with its stomach Its need for clothing Its need for being walked or driven like a dog Its need for dialogue And its many conflicts in diversity  II Abena, like the earth which must hosts it, I succumb to its whims Allowing myself to be played like its guitar For […]
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RULERS
The cocks have the docks For they hold the waking locks So “kwa kwa kwa kwa” those mocks May end in needing knocks II They have the stocks They’ve the keys to the flocks So elephants’ strength is ad infinitum But common sense makes them kings III So follow the kwa kwa kwa And soar […]
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FIX THE NEEDS OF A LADY
Fix the needs Fix the needs of a lady Wrangling of nothings Glitters and twitches are naught Just fix them Fix them needs of the lady II Who are you impressing? The world with jealous eyes? Or the flashes which attract the jealousy of the sun? Fix them needs Just fix them needs of the lady […]
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BRUISED AND CRUSHED
Mama you should have magically told Of the possibility that love could have me sold You are the one who carried my mould Are you satisfied that I am broken into many a fold? Â II Papa, you should really have magically warned That love stands a better chance of having me harmed You […]
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CARESSING YOU (ADULT POETRY)
The sound of an L The circle in an O The tingly tips of a V I write in your heart climbing the ladder of an E Â II Open your thoughts And let your eyes, be independent And sit behind as I write my words on them like a slate. Â *** Tongues will […]
“Holiness! Unto the Lord” What is that man doing on my porch? After his gossipy wife Acted like a goat in sheep skin Does he still have a face To show up on my porch and pace? II “Holiness! Unto the Lord” Oh! I am glad Sister Akos tripped at the podium What kind of […]
Walking through the doomy path Of jumping in my final bed I stumbled on a being so dirty Resting on earth in clothes of naught II Funny how I saw the face of God And felt what He really has in store No words did come from the mouth so sore But his posture did […]
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IN THE WOMB OF THE TOMB
Wise? Nice Price of dice Once, twice, thrice No six? Then lies We cast as many as we should Winning few and always losing more But once, twice, thrice the dice We jump like mice Being chased by cats Until we enter the zone of eternal dark In the womb of the tomb Amoafowaa Sefa […]
Croak, croak croak!!! Instead of cocks crowing, Frogs’ croaking have become the wake call The breezes act with decorum Blowing north, south, east to the west It’s as though they’ve been schooled Schooled for evenness II This day, Beautiful birds glow On centre stages of muscular and firm trees “Pi, pi, pi ri pi Kwi […]
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AT THE MERCY OF APIO
It seems like a cloudy morning wearing heat clothes Headache holds a fiesty cane Whipping mercilessly Warning with pain the need for abstainance From the flowing enticement of Apio A little sound is cursed echoes of torture Eyes are like cassava buried in the ground Being uprooted by a hungry angry man The heart cries […]
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THIS SHORT SPAN (HAIKU)
Soft, weak arrivals Like fresh “koobi”, we’re Being dried for earth’s dish Amoafowaa Sefa Cecilia (c) 2015 (For the benefit of foreign viewers, “koobi” is salted tilapia dried with salt for preservation and subsequent consumption)
I dream of food Like earth craves rain And the sky does give In its own time II I dream of school Like vehicle crave fuel The owner does fill At the proper time III I dream of shelter And like the tortoise The earth gods give Until pubics harden IV I’m left to learn […]
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WHERE ARE THE REAL STORIES?
Where are the mouths? The mouths wherein lie the real stories? The real stories guarded by fiery soldiery intents of deceit? II Let them loose! The stories which have true buildings True buildings in which kisses never solves all Yes, never solves all hurt puzzles III Let them loose! The stories which house horror habours […]
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UNFORCEFULS
What if I don’t want to? What if I don’t want to eat anything? Will I be held at gun point and risk losing everything? II What if I don’t want to sleep? What if I don’t want to sleep anywhere? What if I don’t want to rest? Will I be held at gun point […]
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AGYA ABAN IS A GOD
Agya aban must be a god Ooooh, Ataa, let me explain When I was growing up I heard one of my uncles died My mother told me Agya Aban killed him Because he did not fix the road And the angry road showed its anger By chewing my uncle and many others I asked who […]
They are miracles Miracles who suffer to give Giving the world miracles Too bad many don’t see II They are miracles Miracles whose love are unchallengeable Loving unconditionally Too bad many don’t see III If there were to be a fee For every second a being stays in I am sure that work will be […]
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SHIKA AND RANDY’S FUFU
Gobbling fufu Rooted in kontomire’s blood With snails laid in state Are Shika and Randy II There are ghosts of fishes Swimming in their dishes And mouths in wishes Wanting gobbles of the dishes But caring less are the two musketeers Shika and Randy III Oh! Kumasi Adum! The labour and labour Satisfaction The hunger […]
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THE GREEDY CHASER
He is fine and suave And so wears them Wears them holes like clothes II He has an overall in his huge house One that all his family knows One that God’s hands have sealed One that all close acknowledge III I am awed to a point At the overall’s removal In replacement with many […]
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NOISY BEAK
Hunter, zita is a bird A bird whose family needs a shooting Because they always shout in calling When even breezes step quiet in falling II Hunter, I know it is good Good to make your presence known But not when you have no poison And your enemies have catapults and guns III Hunter, zita […]
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COMPLACENCY
I Trees on rocks I know you fear no sand pest And you are famous Because you are unique But don’t be complacent II Trees on rocks Don’t act immortal Remember there are strong winds Which can break you in twos If it can’t uproot you III Trees on rocks Complacency is burst bile in […]
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