“We build the field we grazed…before moving on to build us”Were the words which were the chewing sticks of eldersSo we lived like robots…and grew indebtedWe pay our debts…and are blindsided by time…which wheel us to old age and buy us rage…before our awakeningJust because we have too much to pay IIMother’s joint balmsFather’s eye […]
They say life is not a race True Life is a teacher with a strange whip One that whips you when you trip By making all fake friends die in time of need Only to resurrect in success II They say light decorates a tunnel’s end True Because it gives excuses to all those lost […]
Once a god created a mouseIts squeaks made men meekBut time showed its destructivenessAnd same men began to freak out IIThen the god created a catIts mews wowed mankindIt also went after the mouseForgetting same god created themGetting applause and pats from humansTill fascination turned into indifferenceAnd mankind called for another kind IIIThe same god […]
“Prempeh My pastor says paganism is prison of soul Its profit is pain Its purpose is pitiable And its pleasure is a plague So you must convert or lose me” Mercy Opoku says without lifting her eyes to meet his II Conflicted, Prempeh prepares to meet her pastor on a rainy day He sits in […]
Ignorant teachers!Lawless lawyers!Partial judges!Murderous doctors!Farmless farmers!Flightless pilots!Unbankable bankers!Unpresiding presidents!Actless actorsWriteless writers!Unselling sellers!Driveless drivers!Wayward preachers!Snake sisters!Brutish brothers!Murderous children!Unprofessing professors!Are all like loveless lovers…cheating their ways into revered statusesHiding behind the cloak of fake tiesDeceiving the trying to fry in regrets…of not doing enough IIWhy is our habitat turning into a tree…with wingless birds?Why are chickens acting […]
There is a bunker in every soulWhere dreams, never to be realized screamParcelled in regrets never to be mentionedRegrets which add their marks to eyes…always as sadness IIThere is a basement in every spiritWhere aspirations see their expirations…through impossibility asphyxiationsAsphyxiations caused by fear…judgements made and unmade…procrastinations…failure’s future fussesAdding tears to pillows…like dawn dew added to […]
A part of mother feels very numb When news of her children molested and murdered are reported Because she is a farm untended A blessing intended And a sure blossom which must be attended …to II A part of mother feels odd When news of her regal children report them slaves For she has comfort […]
I don’t want to be your weaknessNeither do I want to be your meeknessI want to be the strength you use…to counter all abuseI want to be the guts you get…to fly your success jetI want to be that light in your dark…to help you make your markI want to be the energy you get […]
Let the hurdles be still So I can, a little bit, chill And rest my poor bleeding quill Halt all the haunting bills So they stop dangling, in my mind’s eyes, murderous pills …which give cold chills For I have been through enough drills II There are flowery lives …I want to taste There are […]
Probity is placing people in places …and keeping pace to let them power II There is the sun for days …and moon for nights When a sun appears in the dark It is like humans walking with their pates …an anomaly The moon knows it can shine not in the day Even a little overstay […]
They bonded…bonded on their hatred like pins on a magnetThey bonded…drawn together by their anger towards him like flies on fecal matterThey bonded…overlooking their personal clashes…promising to crash and burn their foe into ashesAnd so they schemed and haunted himIn that big office IIThere was always tensionWhen they sat together for a moment without his […]
Some people burned their skins …to begin a healing in your favour Some fried their hearts in painful guts …to lay a foundation for you to build But you’re now on the field …playing blame games …digging out the already laid …neglecting the land and emboldening enchroahers 2 One will feel you will scar you […]
See …he loves differently Raining dew to sew warmth …in my cracks II See …he loves differently …giving me space to trace my aces Making his valid cases in my accepting paces III See …he loves differently He craves my arms and trusts their strength …and loves my chest as a treasured pillow IV See […]
Some suns rise …they rise through clouds Some suns rise …they rise through rains Some suns are lucky …to rise through clear skies But some suns …some good good suns never rise to bless their days Still all are suns worthy of mention II Some suns shine They shine through their clouds Some suns shine […]
Sometimes a cock crows to call for help …not to wake the sleeping Sometimes a dog barks in its own danger …and not to alert its owner of the approaching Sometimes, just sometimes Even eagles fall and break their wings …their walk is not a call for laughter and slaughter …but a call for a […]
Once, A man strayed like a cat …into a pleasure realm unmeant for him Leaving his realm of gold a scattered mess Rains of sadness met her beauty But many a higher mind met …and called on his realm to forgive the mess And she complied II Twice, The same man strayed to eat in […]
I thought common sense …has written boldly that stance determines chance …and enhance the dance of thoughts and tongues But tongues wag in nags to push our nation …to lag behind By engaging in tug of wars …dividing many a gullible in their support And forcing nobel hearts and capable minds …to climb the fence […]
A little spark of fire …can raze down a living desire …of a successful empire Put Corona in place of fire And you’ll see the problem for its worth; dire II When fear tiptoes around a working mind Mistakes take wheels and grind Which soul can sit through danger …not only of self But of […]
They hang on top of tall trees …like shadows in the dark Their noses on radar …searching for who and or what will fall In order to swoop down for feasts II They are the best friends of death …those vultures! They are one of the biggest benefactories of death …those vultures! They are part […]
When humans play life’s pet And their good suns set They leave memories of their shine And cause their beloved to whine That’s the analogy you’ve left behind …in my mind II I hear the pleasing sounds of impeccable English I hear the beautiful sound of a laughter so ticklish I see your shadow even […]
Play a good trumpet Not one with rusted channels …and broken tunnels To stop you from turning puppet …on a fool’s set II Play a good trumpet So you can cut the cowering clowning …of your sewing tempers Just as the sun lights the earth …at a good positioning Your posture tells your stature III […]
0 Why future’s bells rang not …in warning Why a virus’ wires sparked not …for a knowing Why many a fear piled on pates after pates …to distort our fate Drive madness on killing roads …in fearful vehicles 1 We must go and we must come We must sell and care for our kids We […]
Once upon a time, Bamboos were the most feared plants in the forest They wore their honour like warriors And were ready to fight any leaf, …any branches …any stone Which as much as touched their sticks Even rains were not spared their brunts II One day, A very desperate woodworker was roaming the forest […]
I’ve waited on you for a decade Hoping for stability Praying for the station in your love nation But you keep switching off and on Making me stuck in your mud …and never moving on I need you to please stop now …this play of here and there II Please don’t act like waves …courting […]
Once, Fruits fought for fairness Fainting and fencing Fisting and flapping Saying threat loomed because Pawpaw was made the king of the Fruitdom II Some fruits nitpicked on the everchanging colour of Pawpaw Claiming he was like an animal …green in youth …yellow when ripe …brown when rotting …black when destroyed It annoyed many others […]
There are many instances love turns sour Spreading through all corners of head and heart a sore …always pushed to the fore I believe no rat should live with a cat Because in famine, one will use the other for sacrifice We all know who will lose II In a situation where you have to […]
“I’ll meet you under the Sokoto Bridge Through the Akuase Ridge Bearing a love letter carefully typed by an honoured cartridge You need to be there if you don’t want to think me in a fridge II I hold the ails of my heart …in the cave of my hat Ready to turn your cuddling […]
There will always be a cause Which will always duely force …advocacy even when false Because conflict is the mill of life Ib There will always be a situation Which will always seduce due affiliation And push for a dire demonstration in a quest for emancipation Because conflict is the mill of life Ic There […]
Smoke is not fire But duly points at a fire …even without a visible source Sometimes a rumour is louder than a shouted statement Because it forces ears of their characters …to walk farther to decipher Forcing a knowing through a hearing …backed by taboos of why it exists So think not that you say […]
When your best calls out your rest And your crest pounds on your breast Turn and learn Ditch the churn of your bruised and battered pride II For our lives are ladders to climb And our faults are blocks to build Shield with no defensiveness …walk your thoughts Relegating your best to better …to push […]
Let’s get uncomfortable You rolling your eyes at a police stop Knowing you’ll, with ease, go through unscathed While a Black you …goes into submission …begging in their rightness …while panicking at a gun which might take their lives before judging to ascertain their “crime” II Let’s get uncomfortable Shall we? You, free to think […]
It is true two suns …can never occupy a sky …at the same time But the sky liveth not to day And changeth its suns by day While growing into fullness …its moon by night Shedding to birth another by the month So think not only of today II Your power towers to cower Your […]
I’m sure they’re fuming …fuming at how devilish he is They sure might be cursing …cursing at him for putting out a tool …which outs their foolishness …by empowering minorities against their clouts They surely are not amused II But for this camera in a phone Who could’ve known some white perfectionists …are trouble makers […]
Before our rivers become a sea We need to put out smoke from the fires of hatred …with love II Before our rivers become a sea We need to shed minds Which have stored videos of affiliated cruelty …with time III Before our rivers become a sea We need riverways of trust Devoid of stumps […]
Faultless fathers flame-out faults …and form fenceful friends Filing forcefulness with flair Filling feelings with firmness II And their affection drives us through directions Better pathed to bolden our strives Pushing dreams to cut out screams In our Cupid land of love III Living in their shelters Drive off predators For they’re like bullet proof […]
Amidst a storm Some leaves will survive But their branches won’t Some branches will survive But their stems won’t Some stems will survive But their roots won’t And their survival promise not their survival in their next storms The world is a tree Humans are the roots …the stem …the branches …and the leaves Whoever […]
Before your sun sets Be sure to be in lust and in love Be sure to bite the dust and be, in tempers, above II Before your sun sets Be sure to be a sore and be a cure Oh be a bore and a fun III Before your sun sets Be sure to burn […]
I housed the cage of my rage in my image My tears climbing a mountain …and pouring in and out of an internal fountain Making my smiles painful even on an eventful stage Until you walked in II Never knew I would see me In a blessed be Footwear put on my legs by hands […]
I was a visitor Never wanting to be inquisitive But I ended up in their hall …with no ear plugs As Maame Duku watched in horror The full “glamour” of her grandchildren As they tell us of their grand outing II “I’ll never understand this The heat and your layers of shrouds! I’ll never ever […]
Sometimes, in the face of anger and accusations The heart pushes the mind to drain all insanities …for its calm While blocking the mind and its thoughts II Sometimes, defeat dangles deceit of shame …attaching it to silence But words unsaid have no judgments III So you can cripple me with your curses You can […]
Those born with silver spoons in their mouths Mostly have heated knives stuck in their asses Making it difficult for them to breathe But the shine also ban them from crying Creating fountains of tears in their hearts Fountains of tears which contaminate with years Turning bitterness into bullying …and looking down on others II […]
They all saw the hawk Swooping and gaging the chick But they all connived to gawk As the hawk caught the chick II They then turned around to hypocritically moan Showing their faces to the hen When they saw how it, with its cock, mourn Claiming they feared the hawk’s den IIb Are hawks lions? […]
If nothing goes to touch the bamboo No sound will tamper with the silence ears enjoy If none commits a taboo Nothing will force many to break a peaceful joy We’re here because of the parading fear Of the eight minutes forty six seconds …on minority minds We’re here because of the exploring fears Of […]
You court China like blind cockerels Crowing in thanksgiving to quick loans Which leave debts and aid fraud As our seas suffer invasion And our scrupulous watchers lose their lives Amid fraudsters taking bribes From some Chinese crooks! II You court China like naive maidens Croacking to their ingenious industries As most see you as […]
The gin …gave him a wide grin …doubling his chin Although his personality was drowning in a bin …of societal sin …marring his win II His own kin Pointed out his sin But he tossed his hands saying they were many a fin All in confidence of the gin Acting like one with a jinn […]
“I called for a burn …but you left me a yearn I called for a whip …but you showed me a bib I called for a scar …but you left me a “duh”! What is this? What at all is this? Ib When my lust comes to feed I need a bone that can take […]
To a fault finder A “How are you?” is a disgusting robbery “Where are you going?” is an uncalled for treason And “I love you” is a threat II To a fault finder A walk is an unprovoked slap A run is a murderous punch Holding hands is a fatal shot III To a fault […]
I’m in the circle of deviancy As Tongues rage fire on me from the square of holiness Amazing how a fire sparks in my rebelling heart As my head holds a naughty stance II As my heart wobbles in faith My head’s explanatory researches flaw all facts I’ve been bombarded with Reality holds a major […]
They called They called for all to come and dine …at the table of duty II They did call They did call for all to represent …at that duty table Only few showed III Funny, Those whose shadows were never seen Were those whose mouths were heard …and seen after At the table of criticism […]
Sores from our sins …score frowns owing to our stubbornness Shooing peace from our calls Pushing chaos to us And still writing terror on balls of our eyes This is the irony that is ironing humanity II At all times …some are bubbles and others are arrows The latter aiming for the former in shots […]
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