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NO SWEETNESS HERE (For Ama Ata Aidoo)

IaThere is no sweetness in your goneEven considering all that you’ve doneFrom the day your ink was born…to death’s fierce conI stand at the same place of your confused ghostTo ask if I should call your name in thanks on the coast…or through land’s queer hostAnd I sigh IbRemembering AnowaThrows showers on Our Sister KilljoyShowing […]

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IN PARTING: Honouring Atukwei Okai

Clouds hang, umbrelling the earth To lure the perfect air to lead To lead your gentle soul to rest The sun partnered in the sky In shining dryness, to warm To warm your beautiful spirit to leave To leave this venue in happiness Words form in the sky of minds In appellations to honour To […]

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LEGEND

He who fears the thorns of beauty Gets no nectar nor colour Bravery is catalyst to warriorship Initiative precedes success Ask legends of the land II Ask legends of the land How their feet stood in history To create spaces for their memories Ask legends of the land How their sweat were smoked by fears […]