I A naughty fly left Its humble beautiful home To look for riches II It hovered around The food of a helpless child And ate to its fill III It saw excreta And decided to eat some It realised it stinks IV It searched more for cash And realised it has no safe To keep […]
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I Arm in arm Let’s move like we swam In the rivers of beautiful but challenging Cupid Ignoring many comments like “They are stupid, Leave them be, Later they’ll see, That feeling is foolishness” II Arm in arm Let’s move like swans And step into old age’s jacuzzi Swimming as we smile and look back […]
Through it all If you ask me why I walk I’ll tell you I’m in no mood for loss Look at me Years and years of study And nothing to show for it They say, I should generate work What if I’m not wired that way? Did they start this campaign long ago? I never […]
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TOYS AND BOYS
I “Let’s talk about toys And forget boys Mortars do cover Pestles never do” Akosua says II “But I do boys And don’t like toys What’s with all the coys? They can’t produce any joys” Amina replies III “But think of toys They never break hearts And do as told They never  break rules too” […]
I A loan for your blood Genius! Unbuyable yet sold Money beats blood II Food for your sanity Amazing! Abstract yet sold Hunger beats thoughts III Love for your peace Preposterous! Precious yet sold Loneliness beats peace IV We know not what we want We sit and think We think and regret We regret too […]
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I’LL GROW
Newbies grow As seeds grow Into plants Then into trees Life Just needs rain Sunlight And air A little darkness To act as a cover cloth And it flourishes I shall flourish I shall go that far I shall reach the sky And like a liberated bird See all that there is Water me Give […]
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CONTOURS MERGE
Contours run into contours Contours clash Then watch in fury And hurry to judge each other Then they calm Resolve their differences And embrace into their safest realms Forming a stronger contour I am one contour You are another We look in disdain Because we have same aim I’m looking So you look Let’s get […]
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COMMUNICATORS
I used to dwell on my eyes Until they shouted and scarred my mind Then I used my ears and dwelt on voices They scarred my head and taunted my mind I went ahead to use my eyes Reading words to fill my heart But they too, turned into monsters, Piercing my chest, chasing my […]
I took a journey On a revelation sea Funny, how the waves Roll to blind me when none sees I think I sea But I see the see I think I’ve reached But I fall in Then I grope for my boat Just when I settle in, The waves come in furious And turn my […]
I As fowls search for corn, Hawks search for chicks Eagles search for fowls Some snakes search for eggs Forgetting others’ search for snakes II As plants draw water, air and sunlight Sheep and goats search for plants Cows search for plants Even dogs search for some plants Forgetting others search for dogs III As […]
I The cricket sings In the arms of darkness The same darkness Which makes beings sleep II The bat sees clear In the time of darkness The same darkness Which blinds beings III Might be good for you But not be good for me Might be a blessing for her But no blessing for him […]
Sanity tells me It’ll be an illusion If anyone thinks of human reincarnation In any other form But weeds, plants or trees Because yeah, we go back to earth Because yeah, it dismantles us into soil Because yeah, fertiliser is our end product Because yeah, nothing is known after that But my heart tells me […]
I So the old man saw The umbilical cord of the great being severed, Saw his first wobbly step Heard his first ridiculous word Saw his first fall And saw him learn his first lesson And so? II There are path-makers There are path-finders Whoever thought Jesus Christ Will be more important than John the […]
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A FROWNING FLOWER
A flower frowns from far and flops Telling tales of taints which cleared it from the tops Repeating restlessly with renewed rancour It tells of friends from the highest heights And of their hailing which held her high Only to push her past her speed to fall Tainting her beauty and making her call Only […]
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LIVING BEFORE LEAVING
When dew kisses erect leaf The sun pushes it into the leaf Its punishment; Never to be seen as itself ever But help the skin of the leaf to shine To attract its rivals Play in the lions den And only your bones Will have that opportunity to scream The fly which hovers around cobwebs […]
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IF ONLY…
I If only there were special lens Which see hearts’ writings which never ends And reads clearly; hurts, pains and yearns Each one will another properly fend II If only hearts have speech Which reaches hearts intended to reach All silent aches will be noticed with most cleared Saving deep wounds mostly dug till death […]
I Whereas hatred boldly stands Where chaos reigns It hides in the realms of love II Whereas sadness is king In the town of tears It is a thief in the city of happiness III Pain will always stalk peace And never want to be seen Until it conquers IV Such is life We must […]
We In  the arms of armoured earth Protective of us Fight with race Fight with gender Fight with geography Fight with ethnicity And fight for what we can’t forever own II When we Crossing over into soil Take nothing but our beings Our skin being butchered by moth Our bones being powdered by age and […]
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REJECTS’ SUCCESS
Even rejects’ success hurts Not witchcraft, pure humanity Not wanting and aiming to keep somehow Is pure humanity They have a name for it: Selfishness But honesty of these feelings Spell maturity And that maturity brings respect Respect for the self And blessings for the future So feel all you want But love the growth […]
I They see a lonesome  me That’s what they see If only they knew what is They would know I’m one of the clouds not the earth II Too bad, they have no eyes To see that I dine And wine on the moon With the most handsome creatures My mind can make up III […]
Sky beings live As we live Clouds travel Respecting the stars and moon As fiery animals move farther To get out of the reach of humans There are the tensions Those tensions which get resolved Perhaps, the clouds fear the sun Perhaps, the moon fear the clouds Perhaps, it’s the other way But they live […]
I I saw no clouds I heard no thunder It was just the sun So where from this rain? II Intruding rain What do you seek to gain? Just as you came Please leave unnoticed III My things need drying My world needs brightening My feet hate muddying In this present standing Amoafowaa Sefa Cecilia […]
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BALD TREE (HAIKU)
I The bald lonely tree Gets no sympathy from birds Even when it is in pain II Birds chirp in dancing Flying here and hopping there No weather bother III The tree sits under Be it hotness or coldness No deliverance IV Who sees its hot tears? Who knows its coldness and fears? Who can […]
I Why? Why will we work too hard to get cars, Ignore walking Thinking we sit in comfort Think of our being And pay to be told Our prescription is walking? II Why? Why will we throw away nature, Taste every alien meal Ignoring what it’s made of Drink every alien drinkable Think of our […]
I If you know not the taker Please give me your ears Listen and listen through And see its feet II Like sleep It takes to control Like wood It climbs till it’s bored III Like God It darkens in sleep Like God It lightens in sleep IV No shoes No eye can see, no […]
I Singles Mingles Tickles Wrinkles When singles mingle they do shine Then tickles and wrinkles and whine II Footage Knowledge Cottage Village They get no footage nor knowledge And end up in village cottage Amoafowaa Sefa Cecilia (c) 2014
I I came as a pen A pen given by my hen My hen who kept me in her den Her den to help me be among men II Such an interesting pen I am I am a pen which writes to fill To fill but never gets filled Gets filled or deplete for extinction […]
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INSATIABLE (HAIKU)
I It came visiting Looking fragile and harmless In quiet heelless shoes II None gave it a thought As it built its strong mansion But now we all see III Why do we all see? Because many disappear Whenever it eats IV Its meals were first dark Darkness tried fleeing but failed As light watched […]
Gravels Roots Sand Stones Roots Worms Water Makes the earth One out And there’s chaos So are the lives we live Let all heads and hearts be one For our living perfection Amoafowaa Sefa Cecilia (c) 2014
Loving the warmth Hating its burns Loving the cold Hating its freeze Loving the air Hating fierce winds Loving the sea Hating tsunamis Loving the land Fearing earthquakes Loving to live Hating to die We always, always want more Way more than there really is So satisfaction exists only in name Amoafowaa Sefa Cecilia (c) […]
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LAND OF MY DREAMS
I’m in bed But not in bed I’m in the bed of thoughts Lying on the blanket of fear And wrapped with the cloth of future loss All working with darkness of nightmares To throw me into a bottomless pit of  failure II Why do I walk in sleep? Why do I run in sleep? […]
 Simmering stew stands smiling Sending sweet scents Scents sent as swords to silence stomachs Stomachs scattered by scanty scoops of cereals Scudding surreptitiously in outstanding signals Sealing sadness like sexy serpents to unsuspecting stomachs Stomachs seriously searching for strength to save Searching seriously for a savior who comes with scents Silly scoundrel! You simmering […]
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PET TURNED HAUNTER
His pet Turned into his haunter Haunting him at his vulnerable best Turning his laughter into fright  His pet Who was a cat Turned into a lioness And showed its hunger to him  Now he yearns not for it He yearns for it to die And it yearns to make a meal out […]
If seas, like blanket, fold And trees are tied in a bundle And plants hold hands in shrubbing Where will humans be?  If the land, like cloth folds And the sky shatters into pieces And darkness assumes its original position Where will humans be?  Bubbles, that’s what we are Beings are bubbles bubbling […]
Life An endless baton Of no marked winners Love Undecipherable Holds hearts like its toys Death Ghostly thief uncaught Master of its art We Live and love and die The baton forever continues Amoafowaa Sefa Cecilia
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PLEADING FOR SOME TIME OFF
Thank you to all those who visit my blog, I am truly humbled and you don’t know how happy you make me when I see traces of your visit in my stats. Blessings to all of you. Due to some forces beyond my control, I need some time to sort myself out for a while. […]
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BONSU EEEEEEEE
Bonsu eeeeeeee Please bring the huge drum Akosua wants to drown herself in tears Because her pig has left her to marry some dirt I need her tears to fill the drum So I can help her bathe when she heeds to the call of fatigue There are so many neat animals Animals aiming to […]
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BREAK NO SORRY BREAKERS (HAIKU)
I The same safe canoe Which gently took you to sea Can also drown you II The pot caretaker Can also be pot breaker A famous saying III So what? She broke pots Know she gave the tendering hand And realize that much IV We are fallible She may be greatly at fault But you […]
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BE IN TIME
Hear the world’s bell chime And the world’s air rhyme See many a  crime With payment of no dime See the world as lime And do goodness mime Now know your prime Then you can use your time In time Amoafowaa Sefa Cecilia (c) 2014
I We crave for confusion Why do I say so? The white craves blackness The black craves whiteness And so we complain to the air See the white talking in creole Or is it in blackness? And see many claiming superiority Probably because of lack of self confidence of their existence Now see the blacks […]
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WHEN THE NEEDED FAIL
I When words fail the poet And drummers’ hands are severed When songstresses’ voice fail And the teachers lose their memories Problems walk on countless feet II When hunters lose their swiftness and tools And cooks lose their hands and taste-buds And masters become servants And soldiers lose their strength Problems walk on countless feet […]
I The child in me Peeps to see The adult I am And helps me see What I’m missing II I’d like to play around And make all the healthy sounds I’d like to throw tantrums And sit on the filthy ground… Amoafowaa Sefa Cecilia (c) 2014
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SCROLL TO THE END
I * * * * * Am crawling * * * * Walking * * * * Crying * * Playing * * * Running * * Jumping Growing * Falling and rising * * Rising and falling * I’m not perturbed I know it will pass Because this is life Mum C
I am pepper A red hot pepper I can nausea repair And can food prepare II Â I am not dumb So do not into me bump Make me no water To wash your dirty fingers III If I’m treated with respect I’ll never you suspect And my fire will be hidden From your harm and […]
Light is opening its heavy gate Body guard darkness and its late dawn Open slowly as jealous dawn cries Ready light sits in its highest throne Waiting to its subjects lead As they move about and seek to feed It leads kindly its precious […]
Closed Petals Open hands To embrace the Sun II Dawn Shifts for Sun’s brightness And jealously Weeps III Fear makes the Cricket hide In the dark to Cry IV All Living Have their goals For their steps, mine; Peace Amoafowaa Sefa Cecilia (c) 2014
LIFE Sublime Contorted II Wires of recklessness Tangling and tearing breaths I fret at its thoughts always III Help me through in laughter not pain Amoafowaa Sefa Cecilia (c) 2014
Bubbly blooming and winding winds Catching caressing in mean massages Causing cravings, love and life Standing sitting no patience nor peace Storms stand in dense dungeons Waving win flash in flowing flaws Reigning regrets, wishes don’t win. Â Â Amoafowaa Sefa Cecilia (c) 2014 (This poem is for those who intend to kill themselves, it is […]
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LIFE’S CALL
As we do this rope weave And the unseen sieve does us sieve And we all stand to fall Like weak trees in storm’s call We just have to strengthen our thread As we step, step by step And our breaths do us prep And the […]
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TO THE MAKER
In my fire rantings Let the seed of river sewn within Grow mysteriously to quench the thirst I give In my savagery Let the balm of coolness sitting within Speed to heal In my moment of chaos Let the peace you planted like petrol spread To take over […]
