Once upon a timeCobra, whose leg was as long as its body…was the king of the jungleIt traveled in between human kingdom and the jungleAnd was accorded all the respect there wasUntil it set eyes on cat…being petted and pampered IICobra took in the sight…and constantly called cat weakAlways taunting and hating on itThis angered […]
Sores from our sins …score frowns owing to our stubbornness Shooing peace from our calls Pushing chaos to us And still writing terror on balls of our eyes This is the irony that is ironing humanity II At all times …some are bubbles and others are arrows The latter aiming for the former in shots […]
In time …the rich will gobble down the poor …and form their paupers who’ll be the most pitiable …of all Because they’ll find no free grass to make hay And they’ll find no free fruits on trees They’ll find no free land to on lay And there’ll be no bad job to take II In […]
I know no foe I don’t hate sow I show no arrow in my bow Until I am unfairly asked to kowtow II If you carry no hatred In the inheritance bowl of your ancestry Where stones of ethnicity aimed At my dignity is atrociously firm If you carry no buckets where catapults of class […]
I am a daughter carved half from prized stone Onto the crowned seat of Kwahu-Abetifi And carved partly from silver Akyem Brenase blood being my donor My first elder sister is married to a Wassanian The second an Ashanti My son has an Ewe blood My second younger brother Loving a Ga My God mother […]
Thoughts of the Fante gallants
Subdued by harmless guns
As they plead
“M’agya etu, mepawokyew
Menkum me ai! Mere ke sonkyi maaba”
To a mouthless gun kills my spirit over and over again
When I look at your face, I wish to have God’s grace To re-create. Why He will place a gem In a scary bottle beats my mind. You shine, Everyone flees For fear of your brutal consumption Having no thoughts of you being their messiah of peace Oh you monstrous beauty! I will help you […]
I live on a tree Which sits on the earth Come to think of it, who doesn’t? Then you must be some human Food you eat, Some clothes you wear, The air you breathe, All come from the tree And its plant kingdom So boldly call me an animal Without thinking of what you are […]
I am standing on coal Mmmmm, on coal, So I cannot walk, Cannot walk properly “Bue! Santa Maria! Agya gyinagyina, Gyina, gyina bↄkↄↄ” I am a quaffer, A quaffer of apio So I cannot think, Cannot think properly “Bue! Santa Maria! Agya gyinagyina, Gyina, gyina bↄkↄↄ” But you too are a […]
Even vultures know Yes, vultures sympathise with their village corpses Like their own families, they eat but leave a little to be seen. On other lands, new meat, different taste If care is not taken, even bones cannot be seen. I was told but I thought not And just like a child viewing a beautiful […]
In this day and age When civilization has made all duplicates on this stage And cross breeding is no new adage Who cares about the deep inked page? When all colours have some colour gauge? In this modern era When many pray for the ears of Selah Who wants to chew only the house […]
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