Here, Gaza sleeps and snores in peaceThere, Gaza has no eyesHe is a shred of dirty clothes torn to piecesMany are asking the whys IIIt’s amazing how peace stems from eachBut one’s chaos can cost OTHERS their peace There, in Gaza, drums of blood flood floors of each houseMillions of unlived lives and unsaid vows…lay […]
5.Oh AbibaLeaving your young man for BabaI wish you could be money soberSo you’ll see burdens on your future shoulderAs the poor fourth trophy of Baba 4.Dear AbibaPlease tell me, how old is Baba?Who has seen your beautiful flowerAnd has used his many one dollar…to so on you towerDo you know burdens on your future […]
Dear Thandiwe,It is with love that these fingers…have found words on this ringerYour beautiful head with your beautiful perspectivesFooled me to think so high of your nativesBut misunderstandings need clarityJust as quick judging reeks ignorance IIA sage once told meYou look to see…when your mind sees the strangeYou don’t talk in a see…when your mind […]
We’re like trees…and their leavesWe are beautiful until we’re notWhen the yellowish tinge gets our slotWe look at the swaying vibrancy of the youngThe respectable names hit us like beautiful insults“Auntie, Madam, MaUncle, Mister, Pa” The respectful manners fall on us like lovely assaultsBeing offered seats when busses are fullBeing offered help when your muscles […]
Dr. Issaka is a struggling birdShe is like a beautiful bird caged in academic metalsShe flies from the bar of teachingTo the bar of supervisionThen she is blown to the bar of examinationLocking her emotions with a key of frustration IISee her lovely self shockedAbout Amoafowaa’s unspecial topicsAlebia’s fine but no essence topicBrempong’s shockingly disappointing […]
Love is not noisyIt is like fresh waters flowing from uphill into an oceanSo calmSo coolSo refreshingSo excitingIt is amazing how I had to travel hereâĤto find itAmoafowaa Sefa Cecilia Âİ January 26, 2026.
There are many who have pushed me hereHere, where grace seems nearBut I still stand on fear IbThere are many who have helped me to hereHere, where looking down is scaryAnd I can only on this ladder carry IcSo I thank youFor holding my handAnd helping me standSo I thank youFor leading with hopeAnd helping […]
Once upon a timeThere was a Kwaku Ananse…who lived in AdanseHe was agile, calm and had a great familySo he rose to be part of the elites in his nationHe was loved at firstHe was revered at firstHe was praised at firstUntil it startedHe started eating into antsThen went into fliesThen he went into even […]
Today, I was called a bush womanBecause my eyebrows are not drawn like a caricature and paintedMy nails are not fixed long like talons and paintedMy lips are not coloured like a blood soaked suckerMy cheeks are not red like a scared White personMy buttocks are not loose and dancing kpanlogoMy breasts are not peeking […]
ThenIt started like an unfairnessAnd graduated to discipline-shamingIt did reach a point of divisive awarenessAnd rose to naming and shaming NowYoung seeds act as fruits in bloomingSkipping steps in growth to life’s horrid distress They are brazenly leaving their trees and fallingRotting either close to their mother tree or far far in their rollingAmoafowaa Sefa […]
Listen, those days are goneYes, goneThe days when wives were stamped âgood materialsâbuilt to bend,to break,to weather every storm you called tradition… are gone Now they rise…equal imperials,Leveling the pig-like habitsyou passed down like heirlooms of ignoranceThose days?Over! So stitch yourself a new mind like a tailor with skillSail yourself a new course like a […]
I heard him saySay he was jealousJealous of the eagleEagle flying freely in the skyAnd I frozeThinking he is overlooking something Something so deadly IIThe sky, to me, is the most dangerous placeWhere weathers are unfriendlyExperiments are dangerousIt leaves you naked to the eyes of manyMany with cruel intentionsYou’ll know not where will come a […]
Majeed Ali called me “Mr. Mum Cee” todayThat was the first thing he had to say…to me early hours of todayAnd I am still processing itThat stubborn Dagomba boy in the position of manFelt I was too strong to be called a womanCome to think of itIsn’t he too boyish to be called a man? […]
You don’t disturb a tree of bees…and complain of stings from angry beesYou don’t annoy me like a fly disturbing my nap timeAnd give me guidelines as to how to react IbDish and be quiet on that unknown slimeAnd let the served choose how to react IIIt is only an inhuman who can drive a […]
I am the polished version you hoped forTried to account forBut failed to even make sense ofI was like that maths test you always failedYou see me newAnd wished you saw some of these traits, even fewBut time did take its time to work on meThat’s the luck of the one you see with meSo […]
This is a lesson learnedTo not be eager to help one so in needFor those are people who have earned…many mouths acting far helpers of your dying feed IIThis is a great lesson learnedThat you’ll become the broken beadEven if your back burned…to be the soil for a needy’s needed seed IIIBecause minds choose to […]
I did tell youYour weight was like a coupWhich would wait for no time to oust youFrom your throne like a foolWho antagonizes his servants…and loses their trust in an internal rebellion…which he will see not until his ending But you told me you’re big bonedAnd your strength was carved and droned…by a hand which […]
You have lived and livedThrough the firesâĤthe storms, the fair weathersâĤand the aftermathsSo we mourn in gratitude IIFrom shadowing one of the progressive politiciansâĤlike an eagleTo acting like a national prayer warriorRight to wanting a political seatThrough to your defeatAll in a body so beautifulâĤthat it looked forever youthfulWe saw a woman whose needs and […]
There are friends like relativesWho can do it all including changing the narrative…of shame to gloryThis is the image Dr. Gbormittah carries He won’t stand to see any of his own shamedHe won’t stand to see any of his own defamedHe won’t stand while others are apatheticBecause he loathes ends which are patheticThat is Dr. […]
This sadnessThis sadness of seeing a different you…smeared and draped in gold…down to leanHas drained some life out of me This sadnessThis sadness of seeing you aloneOn your last bedAs a show for all who wish toWhile adowa dancers and drummers display Has left a gap deep down in my soul For you were and […]
I have many flowery words I can useâĤto confuse and abuseI have a bubbly personality which I can useâĤfor many to me choose to lay a cruiseI have a head which can trickâĤfor hearts to on me stick without a flickBut I chose to teachâĤand became one who looks like I poverty-preach IIIs that not […]
Abena mÉborÉwa, ewiase bÉ me pusaWÉn de awareÉ danee aban-kawa guu m’anuonyam nsaâĤtwii no kÉtoo aniwuo kokomuMe de Éyiaw ne amanehunu firii mu no,WÉ san de awoÉ bÉÉ me kwaadu wÉ amansan asÉmdibiaâĤma me dii nkuguo pÉtÉÉMe de apiriapireÉ woo ba baako pÉ,âĤna wÉn san de ‘ba koro’ suboÉ bÉÉ m’ahweaseÉAfei wÉn reka m’anim sÉ […]
There are many droplets which make the seaI dare an eye to claim to each know and seeEven witchcraft has its boundsBecause they have many houndsSo when you stand on podiums to talkKnow your generalizations do you mock III hear those who claim women feel good by talkingImplying there is no introverted womanI hear those […]
I am the one from a poor family…not youI am the one with many benefactors…not youI am the one who chose to live for the rural poorSo you can serve nationsSo when you bloom, feel the sunBask in the wetness of the rainAnd breathe the best that every air can giveBecause I am living like […]
Whoever births a greatnessWho shone in the arts and businessAnd stands as the lionessâĤprotecting a constituency bigger than mostIs worth the honour post IISo as you shed your human bodyAnd joins the ancestral bodyWords need to be arranged to show you were somebodyâĤsomebody who lived and shone and gifted us a sheâĤwho does more than […]
In the clouds, where silence weeps,Eight brave souls took their final leapsAbove the earth, in skies so wideThey soared with purpose, hearts full of pride Men of courage, each one uniqueWith lives woven in stories they lived to seekFrom bonds of hardwork, they drew their strengthIn every heartbeat, in every length They answered the call, […]
Your friends are not the wires which aid faceless faces…to write words which you love to embraceYour friends are not the clicky followers…whose unknown footsteps brand you an ambassadorYour friends are not the click baits and the false fansChallenge and call them to realityAnd see if your shadow will meet a shadow from the net […]
I rememberI remember our conversation like it was yesterdayWhen you told me about the medicinal capabilities of cassava leavesAnd the strength of your wife…even in seed-keeping III remember telling you to do a check up once in a whileAnd you laughing it off, encouraging me to turn to our local herbs ratherAll the while fixing […]
She, the whole family on her shoulders, carriesShe, all her people, good and questionable, about worriesShe is the fountain of emotional strengthHer presence in the family is an immense wealthLose her and you lose the light and laughterAnd many good traits go to the slaughter IIShe takes a house and makes it a homeAll in […]
Your “I’m fine” is heavily coated in worryYour “I’ll take care of it” is drowning in doubtYour “help” is always frying in sorries of selfYour “I’m glad you’re happy”…is always deep cries for helpWhy do you do it?Just why do you do it? IIYou love everyone but youBut God gave you yourself before any before […]
1.Like a weaving cobwebThe mind is always under constructionEvery encounter reforms it to fit a growth…or an ungrowthEvery lived encounter murders Making people we meet murderers;… good or bad murderers 2.There are good murderersWho can kill ignorance to birth knowledgeThere are revered murderersWho can kill doubts to birth loyaltyThere are great murderersWho can kill hatred […]
You are one of the many souls we need on this fieldYes, this field of politics to help buildTo help build Black spirits who were brutally killedThrowing development into a coffin firmly nailedBy corruption, destruction, greed IIYou, are;The workable TRActor which is leveling and overturning the corrupted landTo the point of finding game-changing ORE to […]
01How can you murder ethicsOutdoor its skeletons as hens parade their chicksAnd expect moral teeth to wine and dine to your tricks? 04How can you destroy conventionsAnd expect traditions to applaud your convictionsWhen we all see your naked intentions? 03You’re a vulture with a dove structureA dog acting hogYou are a disaster with a moral […]
When you do it wrongWith a conscience so strongYou’ll feel you don’t belongAs rumours ding dong IIWell, your vigour will fallWith integrity on the floorAll below will use you as a ballAnd your respect will out the door IIISo your power can’t towerYour right orders taste frightYour aura runs lowerAs night sleep takes flight IVSo […]
I look at you and can’t believe my luckI ask myself which of life’s hack…I successfully used to get youJust by a lookI know I was made through you III know I was made through youFor you feel my emotionsAnd love me with such devotionThat the intense love pollution…which nearly poisoned my very coreHas evaporated […]
Once upon a timeThere was a lion whose personality did not rhyme…with many others in its jungleThere were many who wanted to it strangleBut this unlikeable lion rose and took power which it did dangleIn front of all those who wanted to it strangle IIThe lion uprooted respect with fearAnd made many live with at […]
Those standing left and those standing rightCome, let’s engage in a destructive fightLike two elephants at their destructive heightWhen we work for power…and see ourselves tower IIOh come and let’s fightLet’s destroy all that past toil did buildAnd go right back to the nothing fieldHoping to use weak minds as many a strong shieldTo push […]
I know no one can taste the fruit of this treeAnd not yearn for it daily by their soul’s decreeBut once this tree cuts you offYou need to see all your feelings offFor you were tested and failedOur ship sunk after we sailed IIYou were not the right tenderYou can’t now be a menderYou failed […]
I dream a dream we cease to screamDivisions and blames oh so extremeAnd tend to the land we collectively ownSo corruption and lies will be overthrown III dream a dream where elections endAnd all the parts form whole to defendThe Motherland which needs all our working careFor life for her children which she holds so […]
When the stakes turn in the lowsAnd leaders become foesMinds thought dumb fight egos thought highestGhana’s pulse beats as a political conquest IIBut we wait with held breathsFor freedom in life or socially horrific deathsOh we are still in greyAs we can be led astrayIn a corrupt decay and gagged say IIIFor we walk like […]
Like market sellers, you can sell your thumpsAnd like poor passengers, you’ll feel the rough bumpsIf you recklessly cast your voteThere are many things you have to noteLike not electing ones who will themselves devote IIThere are many buying your peace with future chaosWearing angelic wings to cover their true apparels so deviousThere are those […]
Dear God,When times are rough and I can’t be toughRemind me that I am enoughâĤfaults and all IIDear God,When times I need are times unrightRemind me that You fitted times to be rightâĤeven when I dread a fall IIIDear God,When I feel pressure before a treasureRemind me that all great things are yours to measureâĤ […]
I look at herShe who was thought uglyNow nearing a time deemed wrigglyAnd I can’t help but her beauty unbearWhy ugliness stood out of her beautyâĤis something age is yet to answer III look at herStrong from many broken piecesOne who lived under losses as bossesAnd walked through chaos to find peaceStill struggling from sudden […]
I turned into the devilSitting on necks of the pious with my evilForcing them to collect hammers from heavenTo hit me with an unsolvable burdenHow so? IIThey called heavenly fireWhen Saturday stood in front of a fading FridayAnd pushed a sleeping MassiahTo shut me down like a weevil with no sayWhy? IIIBecause I called them […]
It sucks the life outAs your inners like angry hippos shoutIt pushes your soul into a boxing ringAnd forces you to walk aboutâĤwaiting for a heavyweight who you will flingâĤto your many hurtsAs shame with you flirtsYou feel more sadness than a clean lossAs your conscience do you tossPushing your head into a bowed positionEven […]
Never have I seen intelligence metamorphosing into dumbnessâĤat a primeSo have I never seen diligence dressing downâĤin growth timeI stand in this mirrorTo narrow down this horrorOf me wearing a tag of dumbnessâĤin my prime IICould it be?Could it be I’ve run out of knowledgeâĤdrained by muses into a sewageAnd standing as a sorry storageâĤof […]
Losing is not a sweet potionAs it is like a stinky river of emotionWhich touches sanity and causes corrosionAnd causes spirit’s demotionBut losing humbles highed-arroganceAnd gives humanity in heart a chance IISo I am taking off my clothes of winsAnd accepting my gaps as sins I am willingly sitting in the tutoring binAccepting critiques as […]
I always wondered what failure felt likeI now know what it feels likeIt feels like sitting on a thorn-spiked bikeWith the inns of your soul hollowWearing sad clothes of sorrowWondering how you can face tomorrowI felt this only under the umbrella of Guns III did know what those who failed looked likeMany looked like they […]
One will ask what is required to retireâĤas a teacherIt requires wearing resilience as an attireLiving like a pillar of strengthâĤand a fountain of sorrowIt requires eating disrespectâĤand commanding respectIt requires dancing to the whims and caprices of studentsAnd facing the judgements of colleaguesIt requires talking, watching and listeningâĤlike a god who is always on […]
This is the taleThat it went to a dead mailThey didn’t bother to callAnd watched my spirits fall III remember my many a callOh they keep playing my emotions like a ballTelling me to prayAs that was all they could say IIIWhatever makes grown learners’ leaders workProbably pushes them to shirkWhatever makes learners’ leaders get […]
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