Once upon a time, Mmoa ApɔnkɔWere submissive servants to all animalsThey served all without discrimination but Pigs screamed to authorities “ma wɔn nkɔ”Calling them all sorts of names including unanimalistic animals IIAnd so many other animals began to treat them like mmoa aseSaying they don’t deserve to have lives like theirsThey began to kill them […]
Love me someYou who ride on the anger of anotherTo blow fury from a perceived monster yet to comeLove me, love me some IbLove me someYou who fly on rumours of a floating otherTo bait me with many a ghostly humPlease love me, love me some IILove me someYou who think class a physical beautyAnd […]
In a twinkle of an eyeA tongue can push you through filthTo clothe you with a lieSo much so no truth can desiltBecause tongues are not only sharper than swords…they’re more poisonous than serpents IIIn a twinkle of an eyeA mouth can take you south of your northAnd cover your sun rising in your east…to […]
Just as flies are clapped off soresAnd cats as smoked off fishesJust as chickens are shooed off needed grainsAnd lies are killed off headsFan eyes of my foes off meFor I am no octopus with multiple hearts IIMy smiles seem to be their bileMy laughter, their slaughterMy warmth seems to dig their woesMy relaxation, their […]
There are people who can blow air into gossipAnd turn them into a balloon fishTo poison a community’s mind against you IIThere are people who can craft newsTo suit your every boneHorror as your headgearCunning as your clothesSelfishness as your shoesUncouth as your underwearWickedness as your wrist watchAnd danger as your draft IIIBut there are […]
They bonded…bonded on their hatred like pins on a magnetThey bonded…drawn together by their anger towards him like flies on fecal matterThey bonded…overlooking their personal clashes…promising to crash and burn their foe into ashesAnd so they schemed and haunted himIn that big office IIThere was always tensionWhen they sat together for a moment without his […]
/Kojo Nsako lived like an angry king in his houseAlways tormenting his spouseAsking her to leave his houseIf she felt like a mouse in place of his spouseMaame Adobea bore it allAnd lived humbly through many a roaring call //He did as he pleased and cheatedHe shouted as he wanted and defeated…herMany were those who […]
To a fault finder A “How are you?” is a disgusting robbery “Where are you going?” is an uncalled for treason And “I love you” is a threat II To a fault finder A walk is an unprovoked slap A run is a murderous punch Holding hands is a fatal shot III To a fault […]
Atowerɛnkyɛm ato ɔdɛnkyɛm …ama asuo atwa n’asuo …asaase atwe n’asɛn Ama ewiemu nkoaa n’akɔyɛ n’anidasoɔ Nso mmoanoma a wɔ wɔ ntaban nyinaa akyiran no …enti ɔbɛyɛdɛn atu akɔdan soro? II Asuo se ne honam nnyɛ hwitahwita …nso moanoma a wɔn de sen no de bebree gu asuo kokoso Asuo se n’anum wɔ se huhuuhu …n’ɛnso […]
How we get our muses To fight unfair like hippopotamuses Because of skin classes …killing masses And shattering peaceful glasses …to cut through harmony is a horror Why all these blood on our hands? Ib Thoughts have fought Thoughts have poisoned Thoughts have destroyed And thoughts have killed II You watch thoughts killing humans like […]
Yɛ se yɛn mmra nantinkwa …na kro kyea hyɛ me nan yi Yɛ se yɛn mmra ano nkatumuo …na kasa ɛgoro m’anum yi Yɛ se yɛn mmra nsa pan …na gong gong ɛgoro me nsa ano yi M’adane ɔpatuo wɔ nnomaa a wɔkɔ anɔpa su krom Me yɛ dɛn goro serehehe? II Ɛnnyɛ abɔfo tuo […]
Ia Sparkly stars in close proximity …force eyes to close …with threats of blindness Even the intensity of a fire’s heat …determines the space between skins and their flames Higher souls suffer because their tougher spirits overpower all Causing the plight of most outcasts Ib He walks through the whispers …with unknown sources And tries […]
The world, God’s gift, Was originally a dwelling for all Without demarcation Without ownership How humans heckled hostage And carved supremacy to draw lines called borders Made a funny video in my mind Sanity made it understandable Development made it beautiful Until ownership turned vindictive Murdering beings In a nice x word, clothing a devilish […]
The mind is a fertile land …in the head of every being Plant weeds of hurts …and reap seeds of hatred …with its shadow of cruelty …and spirit of harm Plant loving flowers with caring fragrance …and harvest nectar of faith …scent of love …beauty of tenderness …colours of trust …thorns of care …providing fences […]
I know, …you know …that I know your blow Which is seeking the dark, to get me, your ‘foe’ …to make me kowtow So – …my magnanimous bow …scares when your closed eyelids go …to sleepland, in many an avenging arrow throw But what do I do? Your target line toe? II I neither bought […]
Wool travels through a tree In a pod which explodes to throw it out Lucky hands gather to refine Piece upon a piece into many elegant things Who is a bird to blame hands When it feeds on fruits Stays on trees and Paint its surrounding with its rear vomiting? II A hole can be […]
(FOR THOSE IN THE DIASPORA) If you fear overtakings Because the foundations of your birthings Shake like the grounds Being walked on by elephants uncountable Take no guns to bully the blacks Wake your forefathers Wake them from their accursed graves To send them back to their roots To make them the royals they were […]
Many cry of ingratitude Many fight against some attitude Many push in fortitude Almost all forget That even corn on the cob Are never on a level The pest corns are prized The stronger either bowing to bowel spewings Or helping fire to stand An all fair world, I know, will be a tree of […]
If Kwaku Ananse’s fate Of always stirring hate Incurred many baits How many would’ve had that death date Or ended on his webby plate? II Feel the hate Wait and deflate The stone-like gate Of blocked freedom in loving fate Do this or dear mate, do mate The hatred until the hurts turn and hammer […]
Hannah was a sweet girl Who couldn’t hurt a weak fly Until Jack took her flower And abandoned her leaf No one saw anger developing claws In her, none saw revenge digging a hole in her What we saw was her lost frame in the sea of hate She first uprooted Jack’s roots and […]
My friend turned foe? I planted in sweat what can’t grow? Welcoming teeth fill my vision Hungry angry claws appear In front of my eyeless back? Not fair if you ask me Why can’t you be in front of my camera? Why hide in darkness If bitterness watered By the water from my stream grew […]
Fishes convene for a solution on safety The president of anchovies narrates his loss His world is evaded each blessed day His subjects are killed in million folds The herring president narrates his plight His country has alien eyes which watch their growth Many like prisoners are caught, killed and caged To please a […]
The headache has become a brain tumour. Now it shows. I see, and you see Great abysmal monks in an abbot of a bush Effortfully breaking rules, adopting girls for pleasure Reeking of self-loath and awakening poignant fears In wombs and abdomens of earthly human makers All in the name of faith and selfish desires. […]
I am not neglecting you Not at all My mind happens to contain features, Features of those days. Yes, my body happens to be a feature among the many in days long gone, Days before my habitation. In my mind’s eye I see those days When minds were very pure As to allow the […]
I hurt I hurt thinking about haven made you my boss I hurt knowing I fought a lost cause I hurt knowing I am at a loss I hurt so much so that my heart sometimes switches to self -pause I hurt knowing all we had have been eaten by the time-moss I hurt knowing […]
Everywhere I look, Agony, Pain, Sadness, Fake-Love, and Crime that must be brought to book Everywhere I turn, I see Monsters with chiseled nail-like teeth, Teeth that shine and dance dangerously and intimidatingly in the dark To warn frightened cornered beings Of the electrifications and blood quenching that will soon consume the dark. I turn left, then right, forward, then backward And I […]
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