As many try to get emancipated From problems which have roots so constipated Many are those whose problems are cemented And only need bulldozers to break them together Them; problems and beings II As students fear breathing questions With their countless Roman numerals So are many breathers living with problems With countless Roman numerals Numerals […]
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Man Man who was made naked And grew to know leaves could hide And proceeded to pursue trees to be softer In order to hide more and more of himself And now thinks leaving some parts bare is a sin Man! Oh man! II Man Man who initially fed on fruits And was afraid of […]
The same water Which quenches the flames Of the body Comes out like humans from different temples of women And change their names from water To sweat Water to urine Water to tears Water to saliva Let’s spare ourselves of its thick transformations Bottom line is We came like water into throats As to where […]
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WISHES AND HORSES
I am cooking wishes Whose dishes Need to clear hisses And shut disses Growing horses to give me kisses And correct my misses II I want to be like a bright and lucky sun One whose clouds clear at dawn To give way to its brightness To bless its times Burn its sluggish subjects And […]
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COOL OR CRUEL CONTINUUM?
Lying like a soft egg left to cool The airs mould for stamina and or tombila Sitting with curtains of innocence Blinding hurdles, cuddles, muddles, struggles Like a light tent pregnant with a child But seeking war with wild winds Few more breaths held legs and hands And injected them with the strength of mobility […]
The compass Did come to pass Amidst the chaos of sinful bass And the hellwind of confused gas Which nature has come to has II Now there is a peace storm A non-conforming form Sublime chaos Surrealistic realism Bad-good consciences Archiac modernity And like a mystic order An earthly sun Drawing in sky dust III […]
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YEAR ON ENDS
As days walk into months And months walk into years Hands of growth lengthen Into beauty and ugliness Deeds are born As others die no matter their impacts Dreams are birthed into mystic boxes And hang like dew Which needs to be conjured on a mountain top After climbing steps of hardwork Every step of […]
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PIPING PLEA
We on your highest port Do your mighty pardon seek We, like mere goods to board Pray you strengthen our bones so weak II We, who are your fingers’ mould Seek your mighty hand to hold We, so lost, like some foolish sheep Do call on your merciful powerful guide III We hide When we […]
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BELIEVING IN DOUBT
I believe in doubt No matter how much disadvantages shout I love to the taunts of bouts flout No matter how long prides pout Because no matter how stout Fear stands, I know I will rout Like a responsible traditionalist, I fail to flout Even if horrors turn my gout Amoafowaa Sefa Cecilia (c) 2015
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CHRISTMAS HORRORS
Youngsters are dreaming of Santa Their block of heavenly gifts in counter Elders are thinking of barter As delicious animals think of how discriminatory Jesus’ birth is So pray in chants For the slaughter of all machetes Just as saucepans pray For all fires to taste their heats So their bruised minds will quench themselves […]
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IN THIS VERY WAKE
In this very wake Some elephants are uprooting grass Like angry farmers battling weeds Under their precious crops The only difference Is they don’t turn back To gather, eat or mulch All they desire is to pass and kill with no apologies II In this very wake Some antelopes feel their boneless grinds In the […]
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WHEN THE TRANQUILS ARE TOUCHED
Lying cool under the shaded sky Like the almost dead who knows no pain It gives no clue as to what is new Until the sky sends its tears by Not only are her eyes detected Her hands and legs kick As their complaints are heard from far Oh what can happens When tranquil waters […]
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OH IF I HAD WINGS
Oh if I had wings of an eagle I would fly like the king of the sky Loving all to submission Protecting the weak Pecking the proud Honouring the swift And feasting on the notorious II Oh if I had wings of the dove I would rid the sky from demons and ills And order […]
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THOUGHTLESS
Like a sheep grazing a green field Like a lion fishing through much antelope meat Like hawks in the midst of wingless fowls Like a saint sitting on thoughts of God Minds wish for slates of perfect abundance With no thoughts of who gets hurts From grass to fowls All know feelings of pain Who […]
When poor brick layers Lay their bricks Many turn spitters Many; urinators Extremists turn breakers Only determined layers Those who foresee their buildings finish Work on through the hurdles Ignoring the shouting metaphors Like unfeeling bulldozers Discerning minds get the puzzle Amoafowaa Sefa Cecilia (c) 2015
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SPECTACLES OF INNOCENCE (CRAZY STANZAS)
When I wore spectacles of innocence And wore the clothes of fancy daydreams When I walked the grounds seeking swift knights And had the smile of complete trust When I walked in authority Thinking dreams could be commanded When I had the shape of a perfect heart And had a mind untainted by bitter experiences […]
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ATTENTION GOD (ETHEREE)
Stored So bored Many hoard Oh Most High God! Life must fun accord Like dust, blend with sand Mouths can no laughter afford Hearts await hideous painful blasts Setting ears, like guards, on watchful gates Please delete danger, make the baits playful Amoafowaa Sefa Cecilia (c) 2015 (Images from Google pics)
No matter the weakness of a graceful flower It receives the blows of rain As it does sun which makes it visible To its audience It even embraces the winds No matter how strong Knowing it will be stronger if it succeeds And if it is lucky distribute its seeds to some fertile land Being […]
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GIVERS AND LOSERS
There are new shoots begging to see the world Airs are ringing bells For leaves to leave their creators And follow the air to the land of their birth Or other lands for fertility Like all, the earth partners great trees Shedding breaths long overdue To make way for the new So creation is like […]
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FEAR OF THE SKIES
On the head of the land I dwell Knowing its stomach is my resting place But the appealing skies Beckon for me to have a taste Before I sink into the mouth of the earth And taste its teeth and be moulded into its belly thing But the flies I see on this ground Are […]
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THAT LONE SPACE
Life is like a string rope And we are like a group of masked ant circus On its slim grounds No matter how many hands hold When the dew-drop of death selects The hold becomes meaningless As it cages in a lone space II Tears are no life revivers in the fallen Hurts are no […]
I have reached the middle of a rose Through the bushes And all the thorns Seeking more colour to brighten Seeking more scent to attract I pray the Sky gives its nurturing II I need the sun in gentle doses I need the breeze like livers need breath I need the rain in moderate doses […]
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WHEN I SAID I LOVED YOU
When I said I loved I was like a caught bird Under heated water in the saucepan of society Being cooked for being alone Now that I see a hole in the pan I see my true heart and I am sorry II When I said I loved I was like a lone soul Deserted […]
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BROKEN
They say once one is down A fall is nothing to fear But here, lying flat on my back I feel my pulse racing like a tsunami Who knew falling from the pain tree Breaks no bone But beats your bests And blasts your breast? Interesting, that is where the heart hides II I am […]
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ROLLING DAYS (TANKA)
Ancient of days pass Like a fast rolling football Caring not about Anything blocking its way Battling with force to bursting Amoafowaa Sefa Cecilia (c) 2015
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AS IF I’M COOL
I am hoarding a lioness In the cave of my heart Yet smiling like the sun Deceiving the depressed As if I am cool II It can be raining cats and dogs in blood Flooding the cave and killing its space But even in the darkest of times The moon appears on my face […]
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YOUNG INKS
Young inks bleed All digging to plant seeds Seeds for a great tree Which will shelter their future II Some will dig shallow holes Because like the parable of the farmer Weeds grow with plants So winds or birds will destroy some plants III Those prepared like Job in the Bible Will dig and grow […]
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GOD, MY FATHER
There was a war That seemed to loom I waited and sought your face You said nothing and took your pace But I knew I didn’t need to lift a finger Because you would decide And yes, you deliver II I love the fact That you are my God and father I love the […]
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LIKE BIRDS
Birds fetch water, Lift their mouths to show their maker, Before the water descends the ladder of their throats That is gratefulness Be like birds for each breath Amoafowaa Sefa Cecilia (c) 2015
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FOOLS IN TOOLS
When the fool Who is a tool Loses her cool The wise turns bull II When the stool Which is so cool Loses its strength Sitters know their length III Life of hardships Open wide eyes on the ship Even light whips Show in years without skip Amoafowaa Sefa Cecilia (c) 2015
When all gains wane And all sanes stale The world writes right Deeds and live frights That’s why I entreat  CHORUS Paints horrors With beams of smiles Scatter hatred With words so mild Give good hugs To last for life Greatness needs no fingers of gold All needs is a heart of gold  […]
The presence of breeze is announced by close leaves on a giant tree II Their strength of closeness tell others the presence of intruders and praise those who bless III What rings a bell on a bald tree? Nothing! So like many siblings of leaves on a great tree, let’s entertain one another Until horror […]
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NO RIDICULE IN TRICKLES
Even when clouds do sky shroud, Caging the sun and its rays Sun misses no little hole To announce its presence Even a trickle must never be frickled Life sits not but moves II Bickering thoughts freckle Or clash in insanity Rejecting the protection of parts Living in the middle of the whole Leaving opposite […]
We are in a cue We will dock when we’re due There is nothing like immortal few And there’s no one to really sue Let the natural tongue speak of life’s curfew CHORUS “Mere bi bÉ›ba Nↄti bÉ›kↄ nↄte mu Ama nↄte abobↄ nompe mu  ɛse bÉ›guan atua agyaboↄ Na nↄte akyire nhwi deduam Onua […]
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POETRY OF MOTIVATION
Who wants to be a snail? Who wants to be a tortoise? The former and latter are one In two things Both have God built houses Both are slow The former is easily broken The latter built in unbrokeness The creator is not unfair He gives you pace And leaves you fragile He slows your […]
Nae! Thoughts that taunt Hurts that haunt Beasts that burst Are like wild lions let lose To feed on happy beings II Nae! I am an eye Many eyes see me as the sky But my sky seems so wry Clouds and sun seem to be in a tie III Nae! If leaves fight to […]
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FINGERINGS
Fingerings Fingerings of sheds by words Fingerings like knives in bread II Fingerings Oh you fingers of hurts Take off your shoes and rest, you’ve won III No need to pursue and finger the slapped Fingerings Fingerings so murderous Fingerings always figuring Queens and kings Sit on stools instead of running I kneel subdued […]
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UNINSPIRED
The calabash is empty Its waters vanished Making its chambers dry II The calabash is thirsty So thirsty it is crying Crying for waters which initially burdened III The calabash is hungry Hungry in bottom But the winds are having fun in blowing IV The calabash is dancing Eyes see it dancing But it sees […]
On that faithful day when the cold and unpardonable hands of death snatched you away from the surface of the earth. The day I knew my world had come to an end because a great being had been lost. I couldn’t bear the mockery from my enemies. My spirit was like a sunken bed. Every […]
Candid Candy curbs and corrects Caring, cleaning, cozying to contest Like a combatant cruising in quest Candy came from charity’s crest  II Candy is a caring goddess un-bored Giving and hoarding good to be stored Candy blows storms poo poo poo Lord Until freeze-ice is thoroughly thawed  III When Candy lies in the […]
I smell the spices on my body I see darkness all around I see myself in an enclosed place That I cant turn my body here and there. I see myself in front of two transparent doors And all I can see is Joy from one door And wailings from the other My child, Come […]
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BEAN IN A POD
Bean in a pod Use no swords upon liberation Rebel against no pod They camp you for no suppression Whether rain or shine They clothe you to safety II Until you soften in heat You won’t uncover this moral But try in thinking There’s no turning back in heat Unless of course, you are lucky […]
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LEARN THE TRAITS
When you buy a cub Be sure to know It has no trait Of a lion II When you hoard some eggs Be sure to know It houses no python With thought thorns III Pained is he who homes A thing which turns To hunt himself So just monitor Before you turn litter Amoafowaa Sefa […]
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IRRIGATATORS
When accommodatings get fed-up, They shut the gates of their house And cause a tsunamic slap On the whining displayer forever II When a pond gets flooded By a sea, it gives way When its hands are full Even metals melt when they receive Too much lovemaking from fire Think, sit and ponder Or face […]
As we stand in our fallibility Like soldiers with brave masks showing our durability We’re like maize plants Moving like hungry ants When the winds place their calls To have our falls II As we claim authenticities As lesser lives cry on our artificialities Like victims whose lives were taken Before their happiness was awaken […]
Like brooms, we must live In a belt of peace which sings, Calling hope for all II Like flowing rivers We must all join a good sea To protect fishlings III Like the wide bright sky We must make room for sun, rains Thunders and still smile IV Like the friendly moon We must be […]
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BORN TO PAIR (ETHEREE)
Twins Born wins Twins oh twins! Conceived to pair From the bed in womb To the parting to the tomb They are competitors and team Jealousy stays and sleeps in their midst They need discipline and love to conquer Amoafowaa Sefa Cecilia (c) 2015 (Inspired by a […]
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THE TICKET TO THE TOP
Tingly tickles tell trophies, Trials tails tops and turns Try twinkling like a twinkling star Or trip in trails while training But trophies laughed and told tt That they are the top many must reach While tt is the fuel which drives seekers to them What I learnt from the discourse? Everything has its grand, […]
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PARADOXICALLY SILLY
Fans and heaters Fire and ice Cold marries shivers Heat drains sweat II Suns and rains Brightness and drinks Bright leads all Drinks satisfy thirst III Again suns and rains Dust and flood Dust gives cold Flood kills in cold Amoafowaa Sefa Cecilia (c) 2015
See Hear Feel The cries Of the needy From infants To death trackers All the days of your life Amoafowaa Sefa Cecilia (c) 2015
