OBI didn’t know where I was when I came to beThere were many things I did not seeDarkness surrounded me in what seems like a big colourless seaStill, I lived and swam till I reached the dock of the seaThen I realized I had a voiceAnd spectators who celebrated upon hearing my voiceBefore then, I […]
Just as we walk from the known…to the unknownWe choose our partners from the traits we know…out of the many potentials we don’t know IISo imagine a fatherless girl choosing from different choicesConsider the paths she’ll choose from the many voices!Elders will appeal to herAbusers will scare her to succumb, making her think it’s fairAs […]
I swore I’d send him to jailAnd make sure he gets no bailFor payments he did failBut the moment he walked in and touched meWords did fail to beMouth on me begged against mind’s pleasAs he got me on my kneesHow I always get here with him, I know notBut it is a battle I’ve […]
You ask meYou ask me where our love wentForgetting it turned into many little birdsEach flying out with your traits IIOne flew out on the wings of your unanswerable calls…with no tangible reasonsAnother flew out through the windows of inadequate care on my birthdayAnother flew out of the door of your insensitivityWhen you left me […]
I’ll never be the stone hurled in a fight…which to me is unknown I’ll never be the bone curled to smite…a throat which to me is unknownI’ll never be the sword used to slay…a neck unknownI’ll never be the bullet used to lay…down a life unknown Make me your bat to kill an unknownAnd I’ll […]
There is one of me I knowBut many of me than I wish to knowI try to live in a simple selfBut many drag me like a magical elfWhy?Just why? IISee me see troubleI live in a hot bubbleSome acquaintances call me childlessAnd see themselves as board members giving advices so endless“Why don’t you give […]
I was the rude woman who readied red eyes for a naughty manJust TodayI was the busy business woman who held a pen and held a bendJust todayI was the religious mother, calling on goodness to bless her kidJust todayI was the most patient of teachers listening to questions without a flinchJust todayI was the […]
He took it from the groundIt was shiny, looked worthy and home boundHe cleaned the tiny dirt off itAnd made all chasing it think it was a hitSo they celebratorily cheered him for winning and forgot about itHe took it home and realized it wasn’t fit, for anythingSo he started to neglect itAnd eventually regarded […]
The world is a big ball of blameBecause wierd things get the utmost fameImagine people acting as demons and hating on others because we’re not the sameImagine people acting weapons to hurt others and thinking it a gameImagine people acting as animals to bully others and thinking that they “came”…to the table of the “lame”Deemed […]
Is beginning becoming an endAnd an end becoming a beginning?I ask because mouths can’t seem to defend…things eyes are seeingAs many evils contend…with piety without meaning IIWhy am I seeing God on faces of fornication?Why is God in the cries of many a corruption?Why is God sitting on thrones of thieves?Why is God the spice […]
You stand at the crossroads of middle age and old ageAsking questions not meant for a sageThinking the one you’re searching for is in a cageMeant to be opened by a godly adage on a sacred stage You know the answer that can turn your page II‘Where are the virgins?’ You askThey are frozen in […]
A.Odomankomah, please listenI am sitting here clothed by darknessMy mind naked on the streets of needAsking if I can succeedLike a seed on droughted landIn these times when the cedi is falling…like a blind man into a hollow holeAs my income dwarfs against this gigantic economy B. Abohunu Abobirim, please listenNeeds slap me like a […]
A womanizer is like the chased fatherWho can neither rest nor sleep around his teensFor he knows the trash others like him holdIn pursuance of his spermal goldHe even misses those who are God-fearing and boldThinking all, like him, hold the womanizing genes so cold IIAnd so they bark when their teens leave homeThey roar […]
Open palms have nothing to hideSo it fears not the chide of a hard rideAnd sits relaxed in horror mark tides IISo let vultures wait on carcassesAs lions feed on the weak massesLet woodpeckers dig into innocent treesAs strays steal honey of hardworking beesLet dogs bark off the unknownAs the powerful see to the unconforming’s […]
Once upon a time in OwuruponThere lived a vast and beautiful NsuponWho loved all who toured herAnd protected those who respected herHer caretaker, Nightingale, tutored all on not stepping on her bad sideBut Goat, who wanted to be the caretaker failed to abide IIGoat waited to contest the yearly electionAnd lost due to lack of […]
It is not all kings who ruleSome are put on many prestigious stools as many a foolUsed as crippling tools as they bend to work as bullsWhile their pains are forced fenced with brick smiles around tear pools II.It is not all queens who are usedMany a supposed-users are sorely abusedIn the darkness of their […]
If I go back to being youngI will know exactly where I belongWhere love trailsAnd I could tell a thing to a she who failsTo see a heart that uses her as its gong III know now that almost all who claim to hate callsAre in the womanising mallsI know that all who treat their […]
Standing right in front of Susana Ofori-AttaYou see twin tanks feeding the records buildingAnd a single tank threatening to fall…but still heeding to the thirst call…of the newborn hallA staircase opens its arms to the deceptive summer hutBut has a doorknob with rules oh so fatMany stories hover in front of EmergencyAnd rumours carry them […]
Man, know your placeYou’re no human to act Nana Nyame…telling tales of how a woman must live…must dress…must eat…must birth…must nurture…must act…must love…must walk…must talk…must sit…must workBecause instead of a deep hole of lifeYou only have a shooter which knows not its depth IIWhen you talk like a parrotOn the wellbeing and body of a […]
I used to envy the youngWho seemed so strongAnd looked like beauty belongUntil their future struggles hit a ding dong IIMost are yet to meet many more heartbreaksAnd burn on uncertainty’s stakesMany are yet to, from their infeasible dreams wakeAnd sit in the pain as failure in their bakeries bakeSome are yet to act hollow […]
In these timesWhen fuel prices are world best athlethes, And inflation rules nationsPoverty lives like royalty in homesRaising angst as beings in guises of advocacy IIIn these timesWhen the world chameleons into disastersAnd floods turn tractors to demolish homesLava turns bombs to burn neighborhoods Winds turn horrors to destroy citiesAs the sun turns fire to […]
When Trees tower above plantsAnd see them as killable antsChanting the land to be hotThinking the plants will be fought and caughtForgetting their roots live in those treesThey will soon realize who pays death’s fees IIThey will soon learn the sky belongs to strong winged birdsThey’ll soon learn the land serves as their bedsThey will […]
You haunt me for funYou kill me any chance you canYou cut trees which give me a homeAnd you burn them to deprive me of a homeYet you’re no iron, you’re like a helpless hue on a desert…a finless fish in the sea…a hopeless hunter in the air…a fallen flask on bare land III see […]
I will never give up a drop of tear…an ounce of pain…a few of my mistakes…an ugly scar…a little of shameFrom my past to live a perfect presentAs they all form the shape of me IIIt is my fall which helps me appreciate…the happiness and dignity of my riseIt is my shame which helps me […]
When you’re casting your vote next timeRemember Ghana is one place for allDifficult decisions demand difficult measuresFor a national problem knows no differences IIYou can be an NDC man arguing your disgust with an NPP man in a vehicleWhen the poor roads arrest the tires for fatalitiesYou will all face the tortureFor there is nothing […]
Play a manPlay a man like a drunken expert plays a canTo disturb the muse of his fanTill he claps for you like a well captured servant IIPlay a manPlay a man like a guitarStrumming his ego till its strings tearAnd hit its frame on a stoneTill its dead sounds hail you in worship IIIPlay […]
Not all heroes have superpowers…fly in capes…walk with swords…gallop with horses…and appear like magicSome are live ordinary like us IIA pure water seller can save you from dying of thirst…she becomes your heroine A hospital cleaner can save you from an infection…he becomes your heroAn electrician can save you from being electrocuted…he becomes your heroA […]
Just when plants of happiness grow gayAs seeds of hope nurse in dismayTrees of pain sprout like mushrooms…to plight a dayBut I’ve seen so many days with this markAnd so I’ll live in the track of hopeAwaiting a clearance IIStrength is not mine to steer…but Odomankomah’sHe alone knows the make up of my bonesLife is […]
Once upon a time, an akura…hid inside a small hole in a duaTo taunt and bully an Agyinamoa IIHe insulted him and called him kuraseniHe haunted him and said he, Akura, was an onyanseniAnd dragged Agyinamoa as an ofoaseni IIIThen a thunder did strike and divided the duaOnly to expose the little AkuraWho fell into […]
The same sun which burns some leaves…nourishes others to flourishThe same rains which flood other lands…bless others in fertilityThe same moon which blows the covers off some people …bless others by showing them the waySo live optimisticSound optimisticAnd pray your fate meets the best in the worstFor life will be life and your strength…can never […]
It seems like only yesterdayWhen my legs stood on heels to parade me aroundNow I look like a thing to decayAn empty tin which weakness has found IIIn my mind, I’ve gone all roundAs my legs use their heels to have their sayBut the reality still stands that mortality now has me boundFor a future […]
When my life reaches its westIn nature’s bid for an eternal restWill my deeds reach their questIn a nod for all their best? IIAs life’s tides sway in fearAnd some hopes dash to jeersWill my will stand to bearAs my pride faces hooting cheers? IIILove runs deep, it also cuts deepAs I enjoy its fluttering […]
A poor man is like a cat…grandma saidCuddly, affable, loving and obedientBecause money, like meat, is not in sight A poor man can act a fool…grandma saidJust to make you a financing toolLet the world open up to himAnd you’ll see the lion which hid in the cuddly cat You can be chasedYou can be […]
Once upon a time, aboa AgyinamoaLived with Gyata under the same roof in KoramoaThey were the loved pets of a womanAnd did everything to please her IIOne day, Agyinamoa saw Gyata…devouring one of human’s nguanHe went straight to her and reportedThe humans were livid because their nguan kept getting missing IIIThe humans chased Gyata into […]
There was a world many are pushing to be forgottenA world where the old lived the privilege of teaching as the young learnedA world where the skilled lived their experiences of leading apprentices and the latter learnedA world where morality had its defined parameters and the world compliedA world where love acted primary in marriages […]
Sometimes we scratch ourselves without bitesGetting sores unwarrantedSometimes we push ourselves to slip and fallWithout a soul chasing our causeSometimes we act like lions without a jungleIncensed by none to act like foolsSometimes we sit on needles without a forceWounding ourselves IISometimes we run to tire without a reasonAnd breathlessly lose our sensesSometimes we stage […]
I don’t need a saviour’s messenger to drive me to GodI don’t need a worrying human to act all boredI don’t need the threats of hell and fireI certainly won’t live in your desire III don’t need to wear the shoes of your beliefsI don’t have to be the opponent of your beliefsI don’t need […]
Do you know why Kɔntutu has a kɔnkuku?Once upon a time, aboa Kɔnkuku…was a normal AkokɔHe lived like a king until his parents turned into Bronya nkokɔSad and dejected, he decided to kill himselfAnd so he went to buy a rope for that cause IIHe tried first to hang himself on a duaBut his owners […]
When your life is hardAnd your hard work’s luck seems badKnow…you’re a soul to glow IIWhen your mates live easyAnd your best’s world seems messyKnow…you’re the one to glow IIIWhen you trip where others flyAnd you fall where others stand tallKnow…your stage will call IVIn a happy sad worldAnd a painful sweet worldIn a win […]
Young woman newly on love’s shoreYou see those eyes, that do you adoreWill find in your frame the morrow as a haunting choreSo slow downIn this love town IIFor you’re a flower and he is a beeHe wants your nectar and you seek foreverOh he is a hunter who wants to seeYou in a trap, […]
He walked from Makola to CircleAnd tried to charter a taxi from Circle Station to Circle Station Many who heard him laughedThe drivee laughed too and answered“You’re in Circle Station my brother”He then looked around and felt smallHe wondered how he had wandered to his destination…without noticing his movements IIThen he walked straight into the […]
Is there a dayYou’ll look at me and say“I detest you and I in stay?”Is there a dayWhat you and I feel will decay…chewed by familiarity, time and many a friction?I am wondering…just wondering IIBecause I see the twinkle in your eyesAnd I feel like believing in the forever many think a lieI see how […]
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 […]
They are what grown men clutch to suckThey are what can shine to blind eyes to cause accidents on roadsThey are what children seek to suckThey are what some men watch to riseThey are what fill a pleasure cup with treasuresThey are what shape a chest to teaseThey are what shoot from the skin to […]
Dear frogYou can’t hide in gutters…under shrubs…in holesTo croakAnd call my daylight chirping a nuisanceCompare a nightingale to a frogAnd rate the pleasure of their audience both in sight and sound B. Dear frogI know you’ve wings because of your Chinese delicacy platformBut if you are smart enoughYou’ll know your crunchy legsCompareth not to my […]
Once upon a time, aboa ƆkramanBecame friends with AkokɔTo spite aboa Agyinamoa because the latter claimed their target had no subanSo they were bent on going to places that Agyinaoa ntumi nkɔTo alienate him completely IIThis was because Akokɔ said she knew Agyinamoa to feast on ne mmaAnd felt he could hunt to kill her […]
Dear OdomankomahThis humanity that parades my soul…is weak from hair to soleSo build me like a malleable treeTo bend where need beSo as to live a life worthy…worthy of you IIYou see, I build my expectationsAnd I impose them on others hoping for dedicationYou see, I live my truth…expecting others to bear the same fruitYou […]
Fist clenchedToenails coilingTeeth grindingBody curledShivers hold the centre of my beingIn this bearable cold Odomankomah gave…to cool us B. And so I wonderI wonder how weak bodies thrive in snowAnd so I wonderI wonder how those people think us poorAnd so I wonderI wonder how they can leave their poorest…to tend to our poorAnd so […]
Once upon a time, aboa AdankoLived proud and acted as though the world hosted ɔno ara nkoAnd so he disrespected ƆwansanAnd refused all admonition of atwesanThinking its cuteness above all B.He woke up one beautiful day to roam only to find for himself an adukromWhere he thought was a blessing like Eden tromAnd so he […]
“Golden ringsNew IPhonesPerfect heelsHot handbags Branded clothesWonder watchesGlowing sunglasses”I will buy no pressure for myself please IIAs long as my ordinary clothes can cover and protect…and fit to walkAs long as my advanced yam can call and text…and post and readAs long as my perfect eyes can duck the sun…and see to walkI won’t act […]
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