Dear Mr. Rapist St. Valentine needed a heartpour …not a torture Love is not stealing a waist pie to kill a soul Neither is it climbing a lie …to make another cry II Dear Mr. Rapist If you dig your foundation …on another’s land The soil cries for its owner Your toil buys hate from […]
You’ve learnt …you’ve learnt through the burnt I spent on your relentless ego I know But be best for your future pair Walk on honey II You’ve recoiled back here …you’ve recoiled through the toil you’ve soiled …in your fresh experiences You promise to be better? Please be best …for your future pair Walk on […]
I know I might have ridden tantivy …in your loving zefer Odomankomah TwerÉ›duampong …please forgive and build a fence around my taughts II I fume to think I can’t exhume …my young caught in the arms of decomposition I know my rebellion robs on you …in the bad But please All Seeing, forgive …and build […]
This situation This situation of fire begging for my ownership …rain begging for my usage …wind obsessing for my picking All at once Throws me into a confusing sand If only I could have all in one! II I fear the heat that might cheat to beat …my skin, my easily bruised skin I fear […]
Starting and finishing can be a mould you hold Many hearts have built darknesses for their shames While others build crimes to gobble their angelics There is power in your thoughts! II A thought has bought many nots for some A thought has bought many yays for most Stinky stuffs attract flies Too much sweetness […]
She was caught like a stalked game …folded like a foldable chair and tied with goat ropes Then thrown onto the back seat …of the Corona Her screams cut off by a chloroform II She woke to sounds without faces Her blindfold, thicker than a myth She was fed …bathed …abused …raped And threatened every […]
Stand amidst killer ants …and claim shants …in angry rants Until your shants change to can’ts Then you’ll see the fair turning unfair …in a lesson rare II You swim in sweet waters …and help walking suckers drink you dry When your waters run out And your difference shouts It’s there you’ll know the difference […]
Spirit I wish to dish a dream To retake life and live to the brim And grow your soul to sell fulfillment …to your all before the call of your fall Ib It is always abnormal when a young fruit falls …from its strong tree As many a ripe ones hang Why are the cruel […]
Adwoa FÉ”dwoÉ” Adwoa FÉ”dwoÉ” de saa de saa …akÉ” fam owuo bo sɛɛ bam! Ama ne mmadwoa mpaebÉ” aka agu N’awareÉ› anidasoÉ” abutu Ne Na ahobanbÉ” apaska …ama ne bayie kwaadu ɛɛdÉ›re buruburu te sÉ› Ɔbonsamgyamu faango aka bÉ”ne gya AmanfoÉ” eebisa deÉ›entia dua-wui gyina nkwamu …ɛɛma dua-mono abu Yei laaa! b Adwoa FÉ”dwoÉ” Adwoa […]
She said Kofigah rented her body for …every evening in a month …with touches and pounding and biting with kisses Atuaki rented her mouth for a week …for licking and pulling and chewing …with special bonuses for sores Before Tetteh came in with a room offer …to pray inside her every time his demons wake […]
All those who boast with toasts …of having the most Should know, earth is a temporary host And all with breaths are future ghosts II All those who read into shreds …of knowledge’s reds Will go, when their flag bells ring III So live like a sun …rising to set Live like a rose …blooming […]
You can carry your cross Because you know the loss that once bossed …and tossed it out like trash …in stories told, diluted and sold …millions through billions to zillions of times Please do carry your cross II Carry your cross And leave my burdened thoughts …to do it halfway Through sympathies bought for my […]
Rumours act immortal flies …to follow through shallow mouths The lustful-stupored hatch horrid plans …to scratch their itches of owning …the beautiful II Dramatic display daunts in many a haunt Traps are set in multiplcity …just to grab her attention Favours act baits just as foods act deceptives …on hooks Just to own the skilled […]
Prejudice plasters plagues …even on platinums Plucking preciousness off perfection Pushing possible proofs …into poor pits II Prejudice is like raging fires …in dry leaves A little fury is all the air it needs …to graze the land to destruction It corrupts thoughts …blinds souls …turns friends into foes And throws darkness on sunny days […]
The forbidden rides juicy bids Which drives mad the barred hard To force open its many lids And play freely in its barred yard II If you just can’t have it Then the price tag doubles Because you can’t just shake it …off your knocking thought troubles III It is like a DNA flaw the […]
Panic is a comic which picks …thick volcanic eruptions of regretful magic …to hurl problematic tragics at logic So relax 31st to 1st is just an exchange of baton …between ordinary days …with pressure impositions II All the resolutions unresolved All the hopes unrestored All the dreams in screams All the aspirations with fearful expirations […]
The future keeps secrets …which births with time to create shocks …in the pleasant and or otherwise Leading this mind to struggle …to disentangle these questions II Those heads …nodding and shaking Will most soon still …to hide and cry? Those shoulders …playing ups and downs …like see-saws on a playfield Will they soon stiffen […]
I hope for skies …which have tasted no stars …and have seen no moons To be blessed with the lights …of your celestial brights Ib a. Skies – Humans b. Stars – Gifts c. Moons – Breakthroughs d. Celestial brights – Miracles II And for we those in blindfolds Seeing not the celestial brights …passing […]
The festive fever The needing needles The steaming shivers The growling giggles Nothing fetches fire on a heading head …in money’s dire lair …than the festive fever! II The dresses …which will end in messes! The jewelries …which might not taste many Junes before acting jokes! The shoes …which might scream boos in loses which […]
Worship the earth …before worshipping the sky For the earth gifts you a standing …before head can raise to watch the sky II A light that shines outside its zone And darkens its surroundings …surely raises eyebrows Arms whose gifts …their legs know nothing about Surely are questionable III What shame it will be …if […]
Show me the gate of your sense To go cleanse it’s dense lenses …to aid it see …what needs to be II Give me the keys to the mains …of your brains To join understanding veins …to your sanes To open up your mind’s gate III Because now you sound like a hound …found in […]
To fight a rabid dog …you need a sane lion With sharp claws …and canines One who rules the jungle with sense …and intimidation II To fight a rabid dog All fleshes must be iron covered Earplugs must act ammunition Chains should be ready to cuff derangement To fight a rabid dog III You know […]
When time stops a rest …enjoy Because it pushes our quests to their best …clearing some ills from our chests …going as far as weeding out some of our thinking pests …to give breath to our joy II A human is a farm …needing a tending …periodic weed clearing To ward off pests There are […]
Water accepts stone Stone spits out water Sand floors them all …no matter how hard they hide That should tell you …your hard might be mad for one …but play for the other II Just as goings and comings …births and deaths …are life’s play things Your anger is someone’s joke Your paralysis is someone’s […]
Pilots know the risk of turbulence …but still take chances of flying Captains know the viciousness of some storms …but still steer boats for days …using navigators and relying on winds Drivers know the many accidents …which whisper to deny them and others …lives …but still drive through the roads Living is a chance of […]
It is hard When it dawns on you and your sky turns dark It is bad When you look and see that a difference does mark You can never park Even as the world chases you to the ends of the mad Oh woes of a broken seeded mother! II Even in acceptance struggle Pointed […]
The fate crow Tore and flew a con That fear creeps Traumatizing folks like crazy Tell the farmers in crew Their forces need to close II As skies turn mask for the heavens And Satan turns mark of deceptions As sorries troll more for the hells And stories trick men into dominion Tell the fate […]
Imagine owning a sun that never shines …clouds that never rain …air which never blows It is like systems that never work II Imagine having a dryer which never heats A piano without a sound A guitar without strings A spoon which cannot fetch a thing They’re just like systems that never work III What […]
Sometimes when two hearts stand at a sharing junction They become an unparallel duo The more expressive …the less retaining The less expressive …the more retaining That is why hurts stay longer in the latter …in an abrupt end II They are like sand and clay Although water quickly seeps through sand Clay takes its […]
i. Armed robbers ii. Citizens iii. Entrepreneurs iv. Politicians v. Ghosts i Dem dey claim we be murderers! …Satan im workers! …wicked foks! …society demma bother! …trÉ›ts? Na wetin be dat? Ha! When we be the sad football wey dey dis life field im top Ino be life every one wan live? Wetin free for […]
None asked how much the moon’s death yielded …him None asked his needs None even asked how he fared All they needed were theirs …and theirs …and theirs Adding anger to his fears …of stepping on toes …with his tired words II He was the community goose …a gander given a womb of provision …to […]
They say Afua Kumankomah …called on Odomankomah ..to bless Kwame Ankomah For choosing her over Adomah In front of all the people of Kromansah II They say her back barked to scare the air …and even blinded eyes …before her thanksgiving Her chest was the prized home …all hungry emotions fed from in fantasy They […]
Like stainless skies Every being is born without a blemish We fall from birth into ignorance …with abundance of opinions Some trashy …others great Days help us sift the good …through knowledge seeking Until we reach near perfection And are able to note that labels …are for uncouth and lazy learners II We grow …through […]
The elders did say Those who host our hands in their mouths Need no hit on their pates In fact, I posit that Care routes must be taken To even tickle as a giggle can mean a bite It is a mess that dresses in a curse even for the blessed II To hit a […]
I have been on for so long …ki ki kikim …gi di gigim My oil has run out due to friction My strength has zapped due to exhaustion With critics piling their meanings …on my doings I am back at zero in productivity So help shut me down …like a computer …only for a moment […]
Days when fear marched many – …like cattle …into the fences of many Yahwehs …are over II Days when hell’s description …forced hearts into cuffs of religion …just as innocent people are forcefully imprisoned …are so so over III So tell me about hell And I will show you a shell of thick skin Which […]
Little bird …you’re no duck …you’re no eagle You’re a nameless little bird …blessed with wings So fly easy …fly slowly …fly rightly So you don’t get swallowed by the sky Your swiftness in flying high …might cover your steps …making none see you …making many forget you …in your high loss Amoafowaa Sefa Cecilia […]
You there – …looking so darkingly fair Can’t you see my interest …caught in the rays of your awesome shine? II You there – …making me fidget like a bad queer …looking like a treasure in a dream land Can’t you see me searching your eyes …amidst the many star bugged ones looking? How are […]
Our yearning calls for explorations pelagic As fear hangs surrealism on a wagic …stick while we hope for magic …fearing we’ll turn tragic So we pray for magic to fix the tragic and dispose of the wagic When the inevitable swoops like a hawk Always asking why we can’t freeze …the now into a static […]
Check the neck you peck to wreck …with your beaky specks …you sheck looking like a steck …needing a wash in a beck II Throw the stone …if the mistake bone …is not a clone …inherited by every gene …from the first homo sapien III Abuse the accused with the excuse of fallible confusion But […]
We have been on this battlefield …for too long Enduring torture through fears …and hurts and pain …tasting shameful bites of sand Today let’s turn savages II Stone down your doubts …as David stoned down Goliath …and walk into the gate of confidence …for a fresh bath of your spirit …and a fill of can-do […]
They move They move like automatic scanners …to register the front …and especially the back No matter the hard hitting bricks …that prick their dicks …to prompt a trick They can’t help it Such is their wiring II Let the goddess of beauty be in arms …a demonic spirit …dressed in dying plantain leaves …in […]
Trauma is like stroke It strikes at once …but heals …if it will …like a star famished conceited bride walking down the aisle Hanging breaths with the rope of anxiety II A brush of hardwork A clash of fear A rush of impatience A flush of hope A gush of anticipation A hush of pessimism […]
There are many shiny glasses …showing me in cool classes Acting editors of my reality Ably aided by clothes of my smiles But be not fooled II I am a garden …a garden with varying tenders …who left dents …which their followers rent to further dent …and soon register their can’ts …leaving close watchers with […]
I’ve walked through the gates of hell Without even a wailing well Life, like a wicked trader, did me needs sell In a struggling shell Always rising through the fell Heeding determination’s bell To think I’ve lived to this tale tell… II Who am I to say I’ve lived to dues on end pay Before […]
She says “shush” …when her side swerves …the best’s serve And claims a marked miss …after her heart sinks in defeat II He hisses a diss …if his target bounces to another …in an obvious miss Eyes see the shudder …but only an insensitive chameleon …hits hard a hurt in loss III It is a […]
If I wanted your game I would have more than that …in less than the sweat of your hunt If I wanted your game …the game you so vilely parade …trying so hard to cover the charade …with my taunting, I would never break so much as a sweat …in fencing me with many …better […]
Goat …get green grass to graze …to get grace in your growth Be no bird bedder …begging births to bird your goat II You’re a goat …whose wishes and gloat …won’t grow you wings You might see no wisdom …walking in this caution But be sure not to act like the cat …which got caught […]
You’re now new …selected from few …enjoying your mew …as you, others chew Oh, Today’s-Hot-Cake, change your view For every dawn comes with its dew II If you think I lie …ask the seamstresses …about the beautiful clothes they made …for their classy clients …a decade past You’ll know, the best turned rags …because love […]
See … I was branded a seed destroyed Because I clung onto the fearful bus …of impossibilities Look at me through the eyes of the wise …who played my crazy card …as I live within the biggest nation of impossibilities II I was constantly threatened by failure …sometimes losing to its punches …sometimes winning through […]
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