When the moon dances in the flirting sky With the stars giggling and cheering their mother on And the wind making love with the leavesĀ In the clear view of all shapes of eyes without a care And the fireflies light in love and happiness I shrink into a little ball, hiding in the dark […]
Languishing in thoughts Of failures of satisfying ardent passions under a moonless sky, Ama Okom sits under the talking tree of doubts and anger Little did Kwaku Aponkye know of the words Boiling in her crying bosom He stirred her doubt and suffered the burns Of her hot carefully boiled and arranged words He thinks […]
Red petals Yellow petals One needs no metal Just these will be instrumental Ā Smooth words Beautiful words Those are no puzzled surds Just pour these into ears and bodies will satisfy heads Ā The fist may break The land may shake But words spoken can have no brakes Hence no control once it from […]
I met my first love at the age of eighteen She was as fresh as a blooming flower She exuded the scent of womanhood And her charm, like a magnetic wave, threw me close But she had few words for me “I don’t roll with babies, begone!” Ā I cried and criedĀ Time cleansed this […]
Close trees cross paths Lovingly, Harshly, Both needs make love. Ā Close trees share a space In little, In abundance, Both needs make love. Ā Close trees share a risk Lightly, And in severity, Both needs make love. Ā So in the worst whirlwind Hold my hand Ā In the craziest storm Hug me tight […]
The scent of lust The acrid scent of backbiting The bad odour of hatred The awful scent of theft The foul scent of murder I want to be the lotus flower to disinfect it all The atrocious scent of ethnicity The pungent scent of oppression of women The unpleasant scent of racism The poor […]
Hit the atumpan Hit the agyegyewa Hit the apentenmma Hit the dawuro Hit the nnawuto Hit the dondo, let the bells and rattles sing As we dance adowa. We will dance and give thanks to Otweadeampong Nyankopong Then move on to speak in languages only a royal like you will understand Both hands of mine […]
How much time do we have? At which age do we part? Could be years, could be a year, Could be days, could be a day, What ever the problem, let it go with the wind. Ā A life so sweet A breeze so beautifully felt A face like yours, must be looked and be […]
How will it taste like? What will it be like? Could my heart be a pump? Must be a sweet apple. Ā I shiver when I see I run without a fee Could my heart be a pump? It must be a sweet apple. Ā There are those goosebumps It is me who get the […]
I see in you diamonds of light I see them shining so so bright I will keep you like you deserve If only youāll come to me Or even look at me for once Ā Each day I sit, I look and wait Dying many times as he kills your soul He has a diamond […]
I want to stand on the heels of the stars And kiss the moon increasing my light I want to dance with the whirling of the wind And kill the beats of birds that prey I want to marry fireflies in the night And have them glow even when there is light I want to […]
A million kisses A million smiles A million hugs Are less honours Ā I want to dance And sing along I want to cry And kneel for you Ā Because you believed Enough to follow This sad young life Whose belief had no strength Ā I’m pouring many blessings In your rich corners I’m sending […]
If you can settle your heart I will abdicate my throne And hold your hand Looking in no other eyes but yours Ā If you can only stretch your hands I can cut through a great wodge of pain Throw my crown to my enemies And walk barefooted just to be with you Ā If […]
Lying cold in the dark I see a strong you coming from the dark To draw many a tingly sweet mark Of love, of passion, of pleasure, a mark Of possession, of addictive sweet mild scents, a reassuring mark On this love famished body I see it start from the soles of my feet […]
Farmer, I have some few words for you Today, please let me have your attention You have been coming daily to this farm Your own this farm But when it comes to harvesting I think you do me no good If you open your eyes widely,Ā You will know that I am the most resourceful […]
Walking, walking and walking? Just sit and listen See with your mind’s eye; A very clear blue natural sea Surrounded by beautiful trees On which birds with the most amazing voices live The gentle wind blows As your tired limbs are being massaged by smooth marbles The clear ocean dances to the beat of the […]
Give joy a chance Give your legs a dance Jump and clap your hands Like worry exist not Like worry exist not Ā step out of your zone Never ever mourn If you ever feel alone Jump and clap your hands Like worry exist not Like worry exist not Ā Let the troubles rain Be […]
There is a song on every lips Mine is a song of peace A song of love A song of tolerance A song of freedom A song of merriment A song of positive celebrations A song of good living A song of happiness A song of flying colours A song which gives wings to the […]
Words feeling soothed Ears identifying sweetness Brains springing alive Brains sending signals Body shedding goosebumps That is how I need to feel Ā It may sound childish It may seem odd It may sound stupid But mine is mine And this is my test. Ā Ā Amoafowaa Sefa Cecilia (c) 2014 Ā
He says she is a woman of substance He says she is God fearing He says she is beautiful He says she is honest He said everything looks good And he hopes for all to static remain Ā She says he is God fearing She says he is honest She says he is all she […]
All white Snow white Without a blemish And an Impeccable ceremony That brings smiles to all mouths I am smiling and loving every bit of it Ā Balloons of beauty light Fabrics of colour bright A moment I will forever cherish Surrealistic feeling as sweet as honey Dripping as all aim for it with their […]
See it with your brain As I touch your feet with my bare hands Feel it with your brain As I move up your leg with my imaginary hand Revel in the moment and relax your brain As I reach your upper hips still with my hands Try standing these with your […]
These little arms want to take you in And make this chest your pillow As this little mouth sings you a sweet lullaby Turning this little tongue into a thousand tunes Until peace engulfs you Anytime I see dark clouds on your face The storms are mad The clouds fail to come down The lightening […]
Looking at you Looking at me is funny Why? Why do you ask when you carry all those baggages? A baggage of deceit A baggage of digging gold A baggage of thousand tongues A baggage of hiding many mortars A baggage of being the centre of the world A baggage of carrying the most hated […]
I am restless And breathless What will you have me do? What can I say to stay there just for a minute? Will I convince you if I sing in an unheard tongue? What if I write in a writeless alphabet? What if I prepare a preparedless meal? What if I walk on my hands […]
I take my first step to wherever And the ugly song that sings itself in my mind echoes Ā Ā āį¼ba yi hena ba ni? Agya Kodwo ba ni Wānfa no nkā abį¼ ase Abį¼ ase wā nsāisāi Wānfa no nkāto onyina ase Onyina bį¼bu abā me ba Abā me bayi Abā me bayi Onyina bį¼bu […]
They will look They will keenly look As some stalk When we take a walk And they will talk But let us write our own story They will taunt They will jealously taunt As we embrace in love When we, the bad omens, look above And stay in love So let us write our […]
Just let me tag along Get a strong guitar and make me your song Because your heart wandering takes the part of me that is strong What rings in my heart like a sad song? Is the thought that you feel you donāt belong Hold your heart and make it me long Help your heart […]
You are me And I am you You stayed in me And I felt your every move, Your every struggle, Your every discomfort, And your every pain, With my heart. I saw you not with my eyes But I felt your pulse with every breath It isnāt proper, but I fell in love with you […]
I have kissed your lips a thousand times And you have kissed mine I have sang and danced to your thousand rhymes And you have danced to mine I have laughed and cried to your many jokes And you have danced and laughed to mine There are no parts of you I havenāt explored And […]
Let us sail Let’s sail across the sea Where there is no wail And no tax biller to collect a fee. Ā Let us hug Hug so tight our temperatures will merge And none will us bug And contentment will our hearts surge Ā Then hunger will flee Flee from our mortal carriers As eternal […]
Please good heart, Have eyes And look intently and rightly. Please kind heart, Have ears Ears which will listen well and leave no detail. Please breakable heart, Have a clear nose And smell every corner of the air around every being. Great little heart, Have a mouth, And ask wise questions which will make the […]
They will get all the attention They will definitely get all the attention Why? Because they have inbuilt houses Which all beings are housed before entering earthly houses Sharing their blood And even their good flood For a good nine moons Without separate legs to bolt in the doom Making them swoon Even in pain […]
Smell up Smell down Smell left Smell right What fills your nostril? Filth. Look left, look right Look up Look down What fills your vision? Filth. Run up Run down Run right Run left What fills your skin? Water? No, it is filth. Eat poor Eat rich Eat nutritious Eat junk What fills the water […]
It is uncontaminated and heavenly around It is sparkling and golden to have been found Wow! The beautiful oceans, rivers and beaches lie so serene and welcoming That the last straggler of non-humans might have been here thousands of years ago Wait, even the bushes are as clean as the morning dew To see defecation […]
Ā I am not neglecting you Not at all My mind happens to contain features, Features of those days. Yes, my body happens to be a feature among the many in days long gone, Days before my habitation. In my mind’s eye I see those days When minds were very pure As to allow the […]
My father was the very best friend of the chief of our village and so wielded so much power. Our household was one of the most important in the village and many people would die to marry someone from my home. But no one wanted to marry me. They thought I was either too short […]
Let’s meet at the boarders of Ayaase Where the strong tree stands tall And the divided earth lies strong Ā Let’s meet at the Ā boarder of ayaase Where one hole leads to life And not doom Ā Let’s meet at the boarder of ayaase Where the tree is ripe with unseen fruits And the fertilized […]
Write my name in your heart write my name not on your heart Where strangers may see and wipe clean Ā Write my name in your mind Write my name not on your mind Where problems may delete Ā I yearn to be a part of your thoughts Where my office will be static Without […]
We are like birds holding feathers in the sky We are the bed and mattress We go no where without each other We are like the pestle and the mortarĀ We work together and attract queer looks from passers by Ā Yes, we clash Hurting each other And we lock in loving embrace, blocking even […]
Ā Back in august 2015, on a very sunny Sunday stood a family that is reuniting after four years of separation. The Apau family was a happy family. The love the mother and father exhibited was inculcated into their only seed, Angel. Her intelligence had earned her a place in the University of Ghana, Legon […]
Iāve conquered Iāve conquered egoistic traits That sought to battle my courtship Now Iām staring at the smiling face of the sun. Iāve been forced into heaven, Iāve been forced into the chambers of heaven, Being suckled by the mouth of a tintinnabulated angelic beast And afterwards docked in pleasurable shyness Now I share the […]
Our young years, decades ago Saw us scaling the walls, Saw us breaking the sills, Made us break all rules. We plied this route and hid under those bushes We kissed and shivered openly wavering new converts Our cocoon of sleep was never peaceful As it was kept busy even when all rekindle their fatigued […]
My love, Iād like for you to look Iād like for you to look only at me. My sunshine, Iād like for you to come close Iād like for you to come close when I am weak and hold me, And hold only me. My darling, Iād like for you to kiss me, Iād like […]
I am here You are here We are here With tools of love Tools that need no gloves Tools that will spill no blood So letās make love Ā The stethoscopical hands can revive Any heart and make it come alive It can then work to bitterness deprive The healing arms can encircle me When […]
I sin and stray He begs me to stay I decline and he gets sad Yet he forgives and to his children he add No other than me In hopes of me Changing my spot But no, my sport Is indulging in sin But I still remain his kin Although I wish to change, My […]
We are in the month of love and many lovers are very expectant. Whereas foreign movies show men and women receiving kisses, flowers and having good dates on Valentineās Day, we see in our local movies disappointed materialistic lovers who do not get gifts like clothes, cars etcā¦ grumbling, with some shameless ones openly asking […]
I am that morning sun That refreshes and enhances the skin And paves way for the heat. I am that bright moon That lights your path through the darkness Only to leave to the unknown when morning comes. I am that star That leads you to your destination when you miss your way Only to […]
Men women with wings should never go in for: Married men; I donāt need to say much. Extremely jealous men; theyāll embarrass you in places you can never imagine. Men who want you to foot bills during outings, they may never be responsible towards their children. Men who talk nonstop, theyāll never listen to reason. […]
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