Nature gives healingBlesses with many a feelingHelps hearts flutter in their chillingGives light and blesses by raining Feeds stomachs and satisfies by aiding farmingBut nature nurtures…only when human stature fractures not its nature 2.If you turn akate to destroy its treesThe sun will angrily risePushing rain to hide heeding not the many criesThe earth will […]
“Efua Boowaa always plays with GboviLaughing to his twisted jokes with rolling eyes…like a gbegbleviAs she sorted through his second hand clothes till she buysUntil that faithful dayWhere flirty rays turned bomb which strayed and blinded an innocent man IINone of us were in the houseWe went to our farms only to see her coiled […]
Oh how I love my Ghana!I will sing her name and hold her banner…to many a fan of hers garnerFor she is like the sweet honey in its natural combEven as a hot womb…she will always be awesomeBecause none in here will ever feel lonesomeI love my Ghana! IIOh how I love my GhanaAnd will […]
As Corona corodes the lives of manyAnd fear tiptoes in the hearts of allI wonder why you respond not your callNor give an answer to your crying manyAre you, their God, abroad? IIIf many love, trust and care you accordThey surely should your protection and safety affordIf many pray, fast and bow to you belongThey […]
YouYou who look at me like a robotModeling innocence I know you possess notYouYou who stand so still like a toyWhen I shadow fear in a ployYouYou who sit when I sit…sleep when I sleep…turn when I turnWhy don’t you show me my yearning…too?Why don’t you help me with learning…when need be?Why don’t you fight […]
Once upon a timeA fly cried that claps are serving as traps…in wanting it deadSo it sang unsingable songs in the ears…of a hiding nightingaleWhose frustration was visible even to the sky IIThe nightingale…afraid of the children’s catapult…and the hunter’s gunFled to hide amidst the fowls on the groundSinging beautiful sad songs about its ordealUntil […]
OnceSore had all the attention…on the leg of a big manIt got the hot water and the ManbeeAnd tasted plaster…as flies hovered for little bites…even as claps scared and trapped them into deathEvery morning saw it attended toEvery evening saw it pamperedUntil it turned into a scar IIThe scar was neglectedAnd so it started feeling […]
I know storms of life blowForcing many a man to kowtowSlapping many an esteem to feel lowBut no matter how well stormy hurdles act foeSue the tides in the court of determination III know life can roast hearts on meshes of messesEven as breath blessesI know minds then wear giving-up dressesAs death entices with fine […]
If you’re reading thisWith spectacles struggling to fitAnd a mind struggling to grab a bliss…of concentrationKnow there was a time you were strongAnd did to many hearts belongYou did get few decisions wrongBut you sure did feel among IIIf you can walk not without helpKnow you did run, jump, hopAnd scaled many a wall like […]
When you plant a seedAnd leave it to feed…by itself, hoping your deed…of planting is enough to help it breedKnow you’ve broken the creed…of care and weeds will gobble it with greed II.So is the heart of a childYou need to nurture them in mildLove to tame their wildDiscipline to empty their naughtiness piledInculcate into […]
A blush can be in the form of an insultA crash can be in the form of a smileA bash can be in the form of a praiseA dash can be in the form of a borrowingSo rush not to judge IILove can be in the form of hatredA clap can be in the form […]
Lights are talkingEventhough the moon is their mentor…saying they’re beautiful and brightShaming the dark with their unsayingPushing their implications down their throatsFunny how they seek the darkTo hide the eyes they blindFearing others may see their harmAnd desert themIs this trait of theirs familiar? IIWaterfalls are shoutingClaiming their beauty in their bunchesFlirting with rocks and […]
Hope is the rope…whose scope helps the soul to copeIn trust to unpleasantness elope IIHope is like a mental magnetWhich attracts good to burn foul feelingsAs the world travels through timeWe’ve proven hope is possible…by beating many a calamity…and winning many a war with nature and our humanityArriving at beautiful relationships we still refineHope reigns […]
My tongue is divided into threeThe one which yearns to be freeThe one which is on a talking spreeAnd the one which stammers into quietude for taunters to seeMy tongue is divided into three III hate the tongue which yearns to be freeIt is that cowardly part of me…I so don’t want to live let […]
Like feathers, some tails …scratch off itchesLike dogs, some tails …act like bitchesLike white elephants, some tails …just add to weightAnd like traps, some tails…act many a baitSo watch them…the tails you carry IINo good tail …scratches to leave soresNo good tail …hits to turn boresNo good tail …wags to turn lured with no sure […]
I’ve lived through conceitedness…and did trigger many a hating heart Bruised from hatredI did graduate to the sphere of pretentiousnessAnd saw me living as others I couldn’t fit modellingThe weirdness…the off aura…the feeling of a copycat…the shunning eyesAll taught me to shake of the artificial modelling…and saw me in the best sphere…my presenceI’ve learnt to […]
Oh secret meshesLiving in at the dark side of knowing…digging painful trenches…and garnering a followingThrowing norms asunder by hitting good in clashesKilling hope of growth and bombing up sinceringKnow thy deeds pile on earth like an overloaded tipper truck…set to somersault in an unsaving mark II.For teeth can eat not its fingers…while stomach thunders for […]
Hatred can make you look at a foeThrough a black and white lensWithout an iota of colourBut know the wise kowtows not to dishonourAnd acts not denseHe dodges the shot from unfair guns before their sounds go “poo”So live a wise IIFor we can turn after angerTo turn a stranger who was thought a danger…into […]
Once upon a timeFowls wondered why humans decapitated them on many a happy occasion…as though they had committed an unpardonable crimeSo they made debating and experiments their vocation IICocks, at a point, blamed hens…for not laying enough eggsHens shot back that many laid eggs in tens…and asked how many cocks helped to feed the hatched […]
Please purge, protect…and power me to peaceAs I ply places prone to precariousnessPack me up to persevere…so I don’t park in pessimismPlacate my heart to put perks on powerful past memoriesTo pause in between problems to play IIFor living limits light…as love locksLove limits listening…as loss loosens up to disappointmentsAnd hearts heat up to hatred…as […]
Memuna, Aisha, Fati, HamamatCall Wunpini and Asibi,…Talata and HumuAnd tell them to dress like Bolga TiitiiFor us to grace the Wedding of Perfect AbassWe must see Mrs Asagri in her perfection IIAisha, are you asking why?Have you forgotten he called you a fat cow…and called me a bony mat?Have you forgotten he called Memuna ugly […]
As the world becomes easier to live inWith gadgets and instruments which fit inLife becomes more boringAnd living becomes more stressfulBecause the laughter which greeted heartily in presenceWill so do so in many an absenceAnd hearts which beat in greetings through hugsWill be an artist’s message…delivered through textOvations which will wake to deafen tearsWill surely […]
Dear snail, shed your normOf hiding from your mornWhen a little noise warns your dawnDon’t you get worn out and tornHiding in your breakable shed in the lawnWhere many a mischief are born? IIPlease crawl out to see the sunAnd stop putting on your best days a banWhich prevents your happy tanAnd trashes your could’ve […]
Harm’s arms have many needlesTheir build can be many fiddles…and odd riddlesSo let’s find the middles IIOne can fiddle troubles to build harmLeave wounds to fester without balmAct aggressive and dishonorable without calmHurt many a heart without giving a damn…ending up beaten and thrown in harm’s arms…built by own hands without qualmsSo who cares for […]
Didn’t we take it for granted?When we shopped like free flying birdsAnd spoke without fears of our spittle…showering others? IIDidn’t we take it for granted?When we hugged and kissedWithout Corona dangling fears of infections? IIIOh didn’t we take it for granted?When we could just crash partiesAnd get hearty welcomesAnd meet many many peopleWith handshakes and […]
The sky feeds the earth rains, suns and moonsTo help it fertilize and light up…among other thingsSucking up some of its heatFor it hovers aboveAnd towers in wealthSo should the world’s wealthy IIAbundance floods in hoarding…so calls for sharingSharing, like a smiling contagion…shows a care in humanity…that all good gods pushAnd the omnipotent God rewards […]
When a hand can’t string a canAnd a land can’t fling a manWhen a band can’t ring a fanAnd remand can’t cling a ban…life takes a knife to wife a strife IIIf the sun shines not a markAnd the moon swines not a darkIf the fun whines not a barkAnd the swoon lines not a […]
Madam says her make-up is being ruined by sweat…I stand here looking like a ghost from the past…my Talcum Powder, the only make up I use…long washed by my sweat which is falling like water falling into the Kintampo Waterfalls IIMadam says she is tiredIt sure must be tiring riding at the back seat…holding nothing […]
Dear dovePlease fly to the heavensSeek audience with GodAnd ask why his name flourishes not…our gameI know you’re a religious symbolAnd a messenger trusted by Jesus IIDear VulturesEvade the space of deathAnd break down its mythical doorTo get to our ancestorsAsking what their blood stood forIf you canBreak the chains of their ghostsAnd help wear […]
When you’re not enough…it’s toughWhen you’re not enough…it’s roughWhen you’re not enough…you’re like a floating ghost…living with a mean hostMama…why was I not enough? IIThe heavens above can attest to the love…I have for youThe earth beneath can smell the peace I’ve always wanted…for youEven the air I breath seeps to beep my prayers…always for […]
Sitting ducks – Fitting blocksCharmers – Climbers IbThere is nothing more painfulThan watching baboons eat the carcasses of monkeys…who worked like donkeysTo push them onto pates of trees, so disdainful! IILong time ago which flows into nowBaboons sought power to wow…hiding behind many a bowWhile hiding arrows in many a bow…at their behindAll the while […]
Crossover from committing crimes to con the curse class created…by your cleanlessnessNone cries out of a clear conscience…even in crazy circumstances IICajole not callous camouflageCaptivate no cataclysm of clones of chicaneryCriminal chums always turn churlish chumps…who circumvent clandestine cloutsTo confound comformistsCupidity can cloud a coterie to construe cases…clearing confidants before cogitating IIIClean your cage!Clean your […]
She sits on in problems…who stands not to walkHe lies flat in shame…who tries not a standingOnly weak minds inherit sins of their families…in present dayI am not one to carry on problems from the past IbTrust me when I sayI will be no inheritor of curses of my ancestorsBecause I form part of resistors…whose […]
I am sure we boarded the vehicle happilyEach with specific destination in mindAnd was thrown on same seatingTo live through the journey to its end IIWe soon realized we both wanted window seatsOne must let go for the otherOur tickets spoke loudestThat I was the outcast trying to be difficultSo I let go to sit […]
OnceA farmer lived in a secluded areaWith his lions…dogs, cats, rabbits…guinea fowls, goats, sheep and chickensHe trained these animals to spot danger…to protect his farm IIOne dayDog which was allowed to go hunting…with lionCame home wagging its tail…in a manner signifying dangerThe farmer sent his lions to check the danger and solve itThe lions went […]
Arms do what they are commanded to doShooting even when turned to selfIf a man thinks otherwiseThen a shame is his thinking cup IbAs eyes of our nations…swim in muddy pools of corruptionAnd legs turn foolish fins beneathAs hands of our nations…point blindly at felt problemsAnd hearts lie on meshes of need…being roasted by the […]
In preparing ɛtɔKwansimah knows…plaintain is one…ripe plantain is 2…pepper is 3…onion is 4…salt is an optional 5…palm oil is an optional 6 elevated to the 5th spot, should it be omitted…groundnuts is an optional 7 elevated to the 6th…further being promoted to the 5th, should 6th and 7th be redcardedAll others follow in their stead, […]
Jeers and joyJokes and jamsJosts and jacks…all for John the Jesus IIReckless reasoningReckoned with ripples of respectRummage through your restReporting remnants of your relationships…with records of your rock-like martyrdomRisks and raised-hands…all for John the Jesus IIA Jezebel joins jesters in jails-of-hailsJumbo jumping just-defining-infidelsJerking to break down Jericho walls of marriagesGents merry the Jerry…all for the […]
In this sphereWhere many to stubbornness adhereParading many a daunting fearOdomankomah, please help us, eachother, bearTo protect our dearsFrom destructive gears IIIn this lifeWhere we are saddled with many a strifeAs hatred act as many a heart’s wifePrompting jealousy to take its knifeOdomankomah, please help us love reviveAs chaos seductively looms and is rife IIIFor […]
If we could insist…on fairness and justiceTo help assist…the systemTo effectively exist…to serveTo help corruption which persistsTo take its exit…from our realmWe will deserve the “can” in our “Afri” IIIf our hardwork will…match our prayersAnd our trustworthiness will…stand so firmIf our greater parts will fill…our quillsAnd our hearts will…push best questsInstead of rots which kill…to […]
When the sun wakes to dayAnd birds chirp to sayWhen the sun recedes for the nightAnd the moon appears to lightPlease prepare a mouth to announce calamitiesAs eyes of men close to atrocities IIWhen dawn crawls into tearsFrom the whips of darkness’ fearsAnd day burns from the angry heat of the sunWhen nature begrudges the […]
Peace is like the air we breatheWe see not its importance…until it ceases to beThen we cry and groan before the last of it leaves usWith regrets opening wide our eyes…with thoughts of looking at nature…one last timeWise minds catch the intensity…of a worrying sequence IIPeace is like water and fishesThe latter cry about predatorsWhile […]
Our lives are our wealthWe spend in seconds,…minutes…hours…days…months…and years as our life’s real currenciesThe biggest currency is a yearSo be sure to buy something worthwhile…every year of your life IIYou can buy materialistic thingsBut those are not wealth to lastBuy goodness to sell impactBuy greatness to sell examplesBuy happiness to sell laughterBuy content to sell […]
Animtia nnyɛ ɛsom aduroNa asomfo anom de wɔn kotodwe…ananti ɔyiaw mmosia so dabiaaAnimtia wɔ hɔ yi, ɛtesɛ nsuo…sɛ ɛtae apɔnkyerɛni aNe mene mu kwan bubu te sɛ Jɛriko Afasuo no…ma nsu gurunyee no dani nsu fi…gye wuɔ bɛgu awuranom nan aseNti dwene san dwene bio…ansa w’abu wo yɔnko animtia B.Nnipa odwan betumi adani apɔnkye…sɛ animtia […]
Tension can be as sharp as a swordCutting deep into emotions…suspending heart on a tip of a cliff…overlooking dreadful monsters ready to consumeTension drills the hardest IITensionTension can kill cowards more times…than can be counted…with fear and anxietiesWhispering demonic thoughts…promising to squash shame…if smartly orchestratedTension drills the hardest IIITensionTension can stop timeAnd all body parts…leaving […]
Give good memories in your walk through lifeFor memories are the currencies…which buy remembrance and kill extinctionScary memories die to turn scary ghostsTo haunt an ongoing fairy-taleBurning a resting soul to wake…and bake in an oven of hatredGood memories sing lullabies of praiseFan souls to laise with peaceIn dreams where constant fantasies turn realitiesTill the […]
If a word hosts rubbish and filthAnd has itself infused in 1, 2, 3, 4 with every syllable it hostsIn an after after arrangementThen meaning calls your effort to beIn this here puzzle which seeks you to make…perfect sense IIb thoughtf Id wash theg childc soa knockedfWithv disrresojpectnmb andf disvhoxsnourewq andm curesesdf’ lotbHowd didn Im […]
Once upon a timePig was the fairest animal in the jungleIts pink skin shone through the cloudsAnd its huge mouth dazzled many IIDue to its beautyPig lived a powered lifeNone could speak directly to him…lest he spat on themNone could look directly in his eyes…unless the fellow hungered for slapsPig turn himself into the king…whose […]
Once upon a timeThere lived a successful horse in an impoverished jungleHorse was a farmer whose sweats…had watered his farms for yearsHe tired not in tilling, ploughing and plantingAnd complained not in weeding, protecting and harvesting his cropsHis success drew many animals to himHe was the most praised and loved animal…in many jungles IIMany animals […]
Just as flies are clapped off soresAnd cats as smoked off fishesJust as chickens are shooed off needed grainsAnd lies are killed off headsFan eyes of my foes off meFor I am no octopus with multiple hearts IIMy smiles seem to be their bileMy laughter, their slaughterMy warmth seems to dig their woesMy relaxation, their […]
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