There is a story I’d like to tellI met this beautiful girl in an uncanny placeStirring banku, sweeping, washing plates, cutting vegetablesI greeted the household and went on to see my parentsThen my sister, Maame Fosua, dragged me to her roomShe asked “Did you see the girl washing plates outside?”I nodded“She has completed JHS and […]
Needs are like prayer beadsOne comes after anotherSo in your quest for a miracleCheck your strengthsAnd be the God of another IIBless with what you haveTo open the gate of your prayer in anotherBless by givingTo have the blessing of receivingBless by being a blessingTo make worship a believable thing IIIFor when thoughts are clearedAnd […]
Many have eyes but no achievement destiniesSo they hide their help…in complaints of flawsWhile some great others have eyesSo see talent and flush their emotions…to work them to their good…writing their names in history **I knew me from the guttersThe me whose mind was a mine…waiting to be worked onThere were many who passed snide […]
These are the churches …asking to be fed …while earth lies on its struggling bed II These are the churches …which promised to be sheds …when troubles wed in birthing deads See how they angrily roar …for dimes in these times III These are the churches …supposed to be fetching good gone wretches Aren’t they […]
Once a vibrant bird fell Its pain and sadness was like hell Its chirps could pierce a tortoise’s shell But none threw even a healing gel II Its broken wings begun to swell And watching birds begun to sell Its sad state was the definite sell As many mimicked its sad sad yell III Rumours […]
The bird whose nest Nestle in the palm of the mountainous tree Was forced to look down to painfully see How heartbreaking weak little birds lived After having such a one II And after her tears turned to determination She flew in hovering like a protective mother hen Surveying, praying, hoping for a good thought […]
Sourcer’s sources Serve our forces Cut our loses And change our bosses II Wanderer’s wonder make pain surrender Cut hurt intruder And put war asunder III This is a prayer We don’t have a lawyer We loathe every destroyer So be our lawyer IV Cravings Yearnings Needings Fears Satisfy them; our massive pleadings Amoafowaa Sefa […]
I Clip not my wings When I fly I sing Even if you can’t hear You’ll see me there II Break not my wings You know not what I can bring Just throw me high And help me fly III Ingrates abound But I blow grateful sounds Just give me a nudge And keep watch […]
I I am a wall gecko A harmless wall gecko Whose life is seen Even on screens II I am no chameleon I can’t be a chameleon Whose body mirrors Its foes and friends III With wriggles to hide Have pity on me I don’t aim to hurt Or kill a being IV I’m in […]
Hunchback television Paved way for the flats All inspired by Edison’s light Harvested food’s love with famine Gave reason for the canned and tinned All inspired by the need to eat and survive Brown leaves fall In wait of the greens All inspired by the tree’s need to flourish At a time […]
We all fall down, And we rise. Â We all fall down, At one point or the other. Â We all fall down, So be sympathetic. Â We all fall down, It forms part of the fallibility of man. Â Mortals have the genes of falling, So instead of the accusing tone, Extend your hands […]
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