There is a place where I belong It seems I’ve always there belonged Even while I’m resting under this earthly tree Its eastern corridors reek freedom song Freedom from self, the lyrics of the song From the stitched, to the fried heart From the sick, to heads needed to be heard From the thorned, to […]
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TRYING TIMES
Tied to trouble’s tantrums, Today, I turn to You totally Turn around and talk to the times Like the omnipotent that You really are To calm the tantrum of troubles II Here, herald the realms Hear my heart’s heaviness Heal my heat and replace with happiness Helping my hand always To cease all hurts III […]
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THE HEAVEN I CRAVE
Without teeth Without nails Without stomachs for hunger and greed Without tools With no need for protection That is the heaven I crave Like serenity in name Let it be a heaven with no need A heaven with no gender A heaven with no discrimination And like a good choir Let us sing in unison […]
When the cameraman dies Many accuse the camera of lies As his image is searched But none can be fetched He got lost behind the scenes While he was busy fetching other scenes Never did he think to be needed in a frame Until his soul answered the call Causing chaos in the hall And […]
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WHAT WAS SAID
“He said what he said Because of what I said I said what I said Because of what he said We said what we said Because of what we both said” So what was it that was said That drove what we said? Most of the time, what was said Like gas, evaporates before a […]
Here I am Sand close to the sea Always wet like a condemned prisoner Even when the weather is warm As other sands turn dust Dancing in the corridors of the breezes, I stay where I am Bounded by seawater I know I’ll eventually be washed ashore And get lost in the same sea of […]
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OUR SACRED TEMPLES
Deep within hearts Are yearnings never to be satisfied Many dramas never to be acted Hurts turned shame never to be seen Tears buried under pride never to be dug Words hidden in fear balloon never to burst And so the story is never complete As seated deep our these hidden In a safe like […]
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THREADING CAUTIOUSLY
When turtles swim into the shore Hoping to see the ones before Little do they know what waits in store If only they knew seas have no law II When baby eagles wait in bore Hoping to be the flyers at the fore Showing mothers they can take the tour Little do they know about […]
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VIVA AMOAFOWAA
Maker of guava Who is a lover And ever ready to deliver Please deliver And stop my quiver It makes me shiver In my liver Make me a diva In life’s river And I’ll be a giver And I’ll never Let you my lover End like a fowl in a silver Just let many say […]
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DEFLOWERING TINGLINGS
Maame told me not to wriggle Because it will make many eyes do the tickle But a step from leg come with a wriggle And I saw no eyes do the tickle So I wriggled my wriggle On my many leggy workings II I met Apia on the way to farm One Monday and I […]
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LIKE BIRDS AND TREES
When the sky Goes to war The earth goes awry And becomes the poor II When the sky Dances in colour The world does fly In its moody colour III When the sky Like the elephant thumps The world does cry Feeling the pain of the thumps IV Let the world think Of these simple […]
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WEEPING BEDS
If all beds have mouths They would tell tales of their loads And tell where it hurts II If all beds have eyes They would tell tales never heard In dark’s dark bosom III Yes, many break down Retorting without answers I tears never seen IV Yes, many are blind Blinded by the odd punches […]
Brightening moving days Moving with weak tortured legs Smile, frown, cry like moody men II Wearied of short life They work praying extension But tortoise and snails still rule III They push their own selves Glee and sadness in opposite Directions, life is like that Amoafowaa Sefa Cecilia (c) 2015
Pranks played on death dens Break bins and stir shocks Tipping tides and war waves In a cluster of fume and doom You call I stall You call I get the ball You call She gets the doll These plays are fun plays Not the crucifier of live charcoal In some phantom rain
She yearned for a dimple Ended with a naughty pimple I wish she had kept it simple When she saw There was war She wanted more I always yearn for serenity Which can keep me from adversity No need to cry for complexity And so I live right No one can give me a fright […]
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THE GREAT TREE
When forest captives cry, who hears? There was a tree in the forest which was tied By an old scary rope which was backed by sky A terrible anger Seeped through it It called for freedom But was not heard Its stem was big Its leaves, enough It shook in littles And shook in raging […]
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A MUMBLE IN THE JUNGLE
A mumble in the jungle Is no fumble to be humble It is a trap of a triangle To cage you in a crucible No need to yourself entangle By a mumble in the jungle Shhh, there are many empty crucibles With ears on the ground for a mumble So yes, mumbles feed the crucibles […]
There was a kind hearted man Who had a very rugged can And used the burrowed name of Dan To have many an aimless fan II He used a perfect pun When he wanted to show he can And bragged “my can does show I can Because my can still lives like a can” III […]
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USERS
Bakers! When your hands do the mixing And your heat cry for toasting Do you get the body building To feed them your soul’s shillings? No! II Carpenters! When you kill those trees And you pay no fees And you peel their skins And maim their bodies Do you serve as the nail for the […]
Rains run rivers’ rims Letting lives live like landlords Showering so still On okays, opens up on Worldly wars which it wins wild II Honeyed huts has hurts When their wills and windows’ weave Cannot contain or cover Then there is that tale of terror Taunting timers to tamper III Roses have regrets Their thorns […]
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I BLAME ALL MOUTHS (ADULT POETRY)
Blames replace flames Flames which passions claimed Claimed in order to tame Tamed to quench and resurrect flames I blame mouths! Imagine the ride from lips to tongues And from tongues to longs So strong it digs deep down Until a farm or empty holes are created II For every sweet start Mouths star in […]
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SPRINKLERS (RHYMING HAIKU)
All strong green flowers Basking in your rain showers Now, you’re strong towers II When time’s rain showers You’ll be drenched like all dead fires Ashes; your empires III Kiss the rains, workers Feel the mud, all paint workers For all beauty suffers IV Time’s teeth; destroyers Time’s gain is life controllers […]
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TRAPPED IN SOUL (TANKA)
He was clawed to flaw Canined to chain and insane Knew not his right path Going was trouble, standing, Great pain and hunger, back? Not! II Like man, like a beast Like a feet without a land seat Like heart dead in life He walked two paces and turned Walked back two paces and turned […]
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WHAT GOD NEEDS
What God Can afford Is all in one accord II What makes God bored Is all of the sin on attitudinal board III What the most High God concurs Is hearts working in one accord IV So shake it Break it Work it And fit it This life Amoafowaa Sefa Cecilia (c) 2015
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DORMANCY
Yearn and sit On carved horse’s seat And the “n” would flee And show you “year” And the “y” would flee And be replace by “t” For the lonely “r” to call an “s” They will then travel to your eye’s land Pinch and fall like angry rains As they take you back to be […]
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COOKING POTS IN HEAT
Cooking pots Please stop the rots When you are on fire As you get hotter Your steam must attract through smell And your pot must be hot to scare You need not break down Sending ladles down town To get many hands to carry you down Pots, it is normal to be hot For the […]
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OUT OF CONTROL
I hold my soul Like the caught mole Because I’m out of control What do you expect? A beautiful flower wilting? Seeing new give bud pangs! Hearing of other colours Fill this weak bud with regrets I stand like half shadow And half flower A leg on land A leg in the soil Controversial feelings […]
Needs may justify wrongs But wants can’t say same for itself Wants in extreme Suckle from the breast milk of jealousy Which adds nutritious values of witchcraft Which in turn grow monsters of murder *** I need Some great heart may feed my need I want? Then I need hard work Which may give me […]
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I AND I (STYLISH TANKA)
In the midst of storm The sweet breeze blankets from dust The eyes must take form And close to shield from the storm Who but God gives reflexes? II The arms of the cold Bites when it catches the lone But they pretend to hold When they see others and mourn Who but God gives […]
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SURPRISING TAKER
A man eater, A brain fighter A heart burner A horrid murderer Surprising it has no teeth No claws No machete No brain No gun Yet borrows to destroy Evil revenge! Amoafowaa Sefa Cecilia (c) 2015
Once a fisherman went to fish He rowed his boat and started to fish On a lonely sea with many a fish Hoping for a sweet dish Then he heard, “I wish you turn fish” He looked round, saw none, and concluded it was a talking fish He run home to prevent God from granting […]
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DEAR DOPPY DAIRY
Dear doppy diary Drown my tears And be draped in its shape II How can you take these words And still close your mouth Hoping a saviour will you find? III You know you’re confined But you act so refined Yet harbour my horrors IV Dear doppy diary I know you might always be high […]
Donkeys are nothing Like monkeys The former walk like heartless robots The latter have options to walk, swing or jump II Cats are no bats The former are forever walking thieves The latter, forever banished livers of daylight Each sect nursing its scandal III Fishes have liberties in seas But know the fact that they […]
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LOST
I swam through the pain of pleasure Aiming to end up a great treasure I looked forward to being free And wanted to go on a life’s spree I got out with happy tears Thinking I could bridge my fears But no, There was something I didn’t know I fell into the realms of groups […]
Beaming bricks bear balls of bests Blistering bricks bear blows of bills Brimming sorrows of loneliness and pain Tears like rain in terrible torrents Fall on the latter whose mouth is sealed And has eyes which can’t be concealed The former’s life is but a hall of smiles Success reigns and honour calls loud In […]
I am shivering thinking of the fowls many will be slaughtering forgetting the children hunger will be slaughtering II I am crying thinking about boxing day of gifts and the many children pain will be boxing in a session of reminiscence where giving must reign III I am yearning for hearts which will open like […]
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UNCERTAINTIES TIED TO CERTAINTIES
If the moon fails to swoon and dives Into the clouds in fear and surrenders Who thinks of where the stars would be? II If one is to victory And two is to failure We all know the equation to life is 1/2 III If three is to strength And four is to weakness We […]
Peacocks of beauty, have it all Saints in duty, get it all When your nights fall Pride will shine to fan you in darkness II Members of earthly heaven; spend it all The paupers’ tears; drink them all When your nights fall Sins of corruption will wake to help you fight termites III Fans of […]
If I quietly serve In a world which men’s ego reserve Would I be treated like I deserve? II Sleep, and I’ll sleep My mood is bad, weep, and I’ll weep Will they be so good as to the peace keep? III And if my children lie On mats of dreams, would their thoughts Buy […]
He created the womb Who intended the tomb He created the foetus Who nursed breast-milk So mouths of suckling Must do the suckling The creator knows The power of noses Please give to the Child who Needs It Amoafowaa Sefa Cecilia (c) 2014
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THE VIRGIN TOMORROW
Who really knows the face of tomorrow? None has met him yet even in dreams But wild imaginations, thoughts And itineraries unrealistic Have been drawn By you And I 2 We Have Made plans Detailed to the tee Seeing it as a vast sea A sea of fantasies and swiftness From problems which created themselves […]
I knew some stronger waters Which were forced not in drums But still sailed holding hands II They travelled far in spreading Smiling and joking with each other I knew some stronger waters III Whereas stagnant waters sat cool They lived their lives so well, but they were waters Which were forced not into drums […]
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NOW THAN LATER (HAIKU)
When tired leaves fall They pray to escape the winds To escape its taunts II They need their quiet rest Under the tree they have served To decompose there III They don’t need to be Whisked by an unknown wind to Unfamiliar lands IV Let me be lucky To fall so quietly without Heeding to […]
Many talk of Africa The poor poor Africa The dessert placed Africa Mother of bushes, poor Africa The wild rearing Africa The illiterate realmed Africa The ill bred Africa The jungle Africa No! I am in Africa Born and bred in Africa Knows its boundaries, this Africa Feel its warmth, sweet Africa I have tasted […]
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HEALTHY JEALOUSY
Powerful machines, Shine when its dark Blend when it’s bright And support the shinning Let’s learn From the fireflies Whose light dim in day And glow like moon In night If Today, A moon is shinning And I’m a star I know time Will Take Me There I’ll enjoy The moon And use its light […]
EPILOGUE: When wisdom fills the old calabash, It overflows and seeps in The sun dries it to be stronger That way it lasts with experience So was the calabash of Atanga’s Granpa On his very dying bed He called Atanga to his bed And had his last stream flow to him GRANDPA: My dear Atanga, […]
In this stormy era Where sounds listen to sounds And birds bed I’m calling on you; Yes you: Death Hurt Hatred Pain Sadness Sickness Shame To stand firm And taste yourselves When you’re done, Please give us detailed reports On death’s death Hurt’s hurt, Hatred’s hatred, Pain’s pain Sadness’ sadness Sickness’s sickness And Shame’s shame […]
What if I say Humans are tadpoles in flesh Living to die to live quiet long? Would you say it’s paranoia? II There clearly is a living inn Who sits as the thoughts of every being Driving hard its machines Into a holistic reincarnation III If that were not so Then think of ghosts, think […]
This tree is shaking Not by my making The wind is blowing The earth is quaking II I am here and living I’m not complaining I keep on growing My stems are spreading III If I could get many sheltering I’ll leave fulfilling I do no whining I need no praising IV Many are roaming […]
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KAAKAAMOTOBIS
Merciless men Make many mad They tend to taunt And trouble to taint Raging rantings rear Their traits Until they turn baits Baits pulling their beloveds And themselves Into the heated earth For roasting Amoafowaa Sefa Cecilia (c) 2014
