You’ve seen the spot …and is catching a lot …of strength …in your learning length And I’m awed! II You’ve bought a lot Of hurts right from your cot But I’m so glad for the many a dot …I’ve opened your eyes to see as hot …in connecting III And as you are this hooked […]
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A TIME OF SILENCE
Eyes well shut Mind on ready …to go back to yesterday …walk back to today …and fly to and fro the future And I saw a great structure II A structure of growth …failure …wins …hardwork …love …support …opposition …hatred …conflict …Friction Which all have blessed me with many a diction III Why I cried […]
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CLIMACHAINS
If the sky’s sun …changes earth’s air …and warms our rivers Normalcy is our thought If sky rains …fill our rivers and seas …even to a point of drowning Normalcy is the thought But let the earth …punch the sky And see the hurts, it rains on us Let the earth, hit the sky And […]
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WEALTHY PAUPERS
If lions turn herbivores …to chew all the grasses of all herbivores A time will come …when all they’ll get are grasses …with no meat on bones Mr. and Mrs. Whom You Know Time is showing who has known whom …in many a plural Hehehe hahaha! A laugh from the wrong part of the stomach! […]
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ODD VARIATION
There is one God …they say One God and one sky But I see this bright sky …even knowing a dark sky …somewhere Apparently, skies vary So do Gods also vary? II There are defeated suns …whose heat have been wrestled down by cold As the bold rains wear their spirits of snow …and transform […]
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MAPLE’S ABLE
As you Maples seek to be staple power for struggling nations Halt the fault in your cot …before it turns cult to salt your snow into unclean water …stinking to destroy you …in an outside projection II From all the guarding and intimidations …thorned on my skin before entry I thought you flawless …all your […]
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AROUND LONG BREAKFAST TABLES
Around long breakfast tablesWhere connections are cables…calling to be brought to existenceFear, pride and shyness are the only scissorsCutting their birth between beingsJaws work in their own rhythmsThroats wait their swallowing turns…chew, swallow, chew, swallow IIHere, colour is just a painting…which every difference hostsHereClass can only come from the mouth of the crass…whose ass needs […]
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CHANGE ENABLED?
You sheaHaving met a weather to your fair…and acting queerKnow she whom you steer! IIYou sheaThinking I can, your stubbornness, bearTo, of you, steer clearYou’ll meet your heating fear IIIYou changing in a small advantageYou hardening in my cold cagingYou refusing to my finger callingActing boss to your masterIs the height I will never takeNo […]
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A BUSINESS OF CLASS
How love dragged…from bonding of hearts…to a business of classBeats meIt still beats me IISo money decides bedmates for havers…to some IIISo name selects…soul mates of others…to some IVSo qualifications yoke lovers to be…to some VAnd the laughable fact remains…complaints bridal walking on the red carpet of tongues of jealousyDisdain shooting from eyes of the […]
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MRS HILLIER’S AND HERBERT’S RIDE
All the time…the blue of the sky…shows after angry clouds fall to turn rain…which drains into gutters…washing the dirt of stressI so know this III walked from my fires of scrutinyInto the warm arms of Mrs Hillier…and an awesome hug from HerbertEven the sun smiled to welcome us,Mischael and I,With handshakes of its winning deceptionA […]
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TAKE ME TO A PLACE
Take me to a placeA place where sadness has no traceA place where sorrow knows not tomorrowA place where hurt memories die IITake me to a placeA place where tears fear no dearsA place where hearts bleed to healA place where pains gain sane rains IIITake me to a placeA place where all, all embraceA […]
If I could bring the sun to these shores I would form a fond …to build a bond …with this scary snow showering shivers …in my pores II If I could fetch some warmth to this place Wearing snow like an overzealous religious believer I’d build a love to think above the shivers …in my […]
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DEAR MR RAPIST
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 […]
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DEAR RAEESA
Storms form in sunny morns …to break norms and act worms on our prized lands But know they always end up inside our lands …dying to fertilize them to help grow our crops of growth So never stop to bow to cops of challenges My dear Raeesa II As we are humans We have our […]
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NOT ANOTHER CHANCE
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 […]
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EARS AND THOUGHTS
The world has turned puzzle …for many a troubled soul Puzzle they can’t solve through their hustles So before a word walks from the chambers of your mind …please vet its wisdom II Borketey got slapped by few words …a week ago Those words followed him home …got shame ropes to hang him dead …just […]
Ei! Agbovi looked at Mawusi Her shea buttered skin repulsing him Her natural nails simple-slapping his ego Her foamy hair angering him Three pimples on her face …disgusting him He booted her out of his house …like a useless football Hwɛ! He went back to his phone …to Maya Her fair skin flawlessly obeyed his […]
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THIS SITUATION
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 […]
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YOURS TO MAKE
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 […]
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NORMALIZING ANOMALIES
When a star pales the moon And the earth swoons As the sky feels baboon Chaos gathers to loom II When the sky gives a ground As the earth floats Will legs understand Without a belling boat? III If legs can think …as head walks If the stomach can feed …as hands stock If ears […]
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STOCKHOLM SYNDROME
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 […]
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FUNNY FISHES
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 […]
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THE REAL GOD
God is the shining smile of the sun …the tasty piety of dew God is the peaceful blanket of the dark …the very thin layer of its dawn God is the many droplets of rain …the refreshing fan of air God is breath II God is spaceful shoulders in sore sorrows God is warm hugs […]
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TEARS – For Maame Ama Donkor
Why do some clouds form to fold …only to unfold when told …then sold to the bold to hold in cold …and fall to mould and sold …to the highest bidders? It hurts …when unfairness stars to shadow the fair World! Oh world! Ib I see angry clouds forming on your sky Adding myth pelts […]
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LAUGHING STOCK
We work our already worked Stocking mocks at our docks …as Wuhan wails their inflamed woes …into a world wide panic Sad! So sad! II As we put expensive make ups …on ambulances And put them on runways to dazzle the gullible …through their modeling Corona drives at top speed …to us? To us! III […]
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SNAKES EATING NORMS AT TROUBLED ERRORS
You sit and see the sins of a sucker And work to block the locker …of truth How dare you chairs …cover clears to share a dark …to fall a mighty with a demented captain? II Who glues mouths with words that be To shut the eyes of those who see To use their strength […]
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FUTURE GHOSTS
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 […]
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SKIN CLASSES
How we get our muses To fight unfair like hippopotamuses Because of skin classes …killing masses And shattering peaceful glasses …to cut through harmony is a horror Why all these blood on our hands? Ib Thoughts have fought Thoughts have poisoned Thoughts have destroyed And thoughts have killed II You watch thoughts killing humans like […]
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THE CURSE OF BEAUTY AND SKILL
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 […]
Ɔmanbapa ne neɛ n’akoma gyina nkɔsodeɛ so Ɛnyɛ neɛ n’ano da sumina so …ɛɛbɔ gyimeɛ bena de fira ne man b Ɔmanbapa ne neɛ odi ne man ni Ɛnyɛ neɛ ɔde fi adane asiesiedeɛ …ɛɛtɔ nwansena de dwan ne man aso d Ɔmanbapa ne neɛ ɔde nokware sekan …dwedwa kɛtɛaseshɛ ne prɔyɛ mu Ɛbɔ suro […]
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 […]
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TO GET MY ATTENTION
I know the mountain I seem to be In the eyes of those who yearn to see The fence I keep The heart I keep But a bad slip can make you trip and flip …to a fall Off my attention II You can build manipulations …into frustrating situations Hoping they cave me in To […]
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VIRTUAL HEARTACHES
Many untruths walk these streets In pencil heels Belling ears to deafness Modeling beauty which sweats out jealousies from the gullible Don’t you see? Can’t you see? II They’ll announce the fall of their enemies When their friends become their frenemies They’ll show brand clothes in try ons And parade foods in their mooching They’ll […]
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THE FORBIDDEN
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 […]
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PILOT OF MY PLANE
Even with the carbin crew …and the other mates Pilots fly their planes …always in charge to the end They get the final say in adding on heights …general navigation And landing Just as they work I am the lead in my life II I’ll listen to the air But I know they pass …never […]
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BLOOD IN THOUGHT
As I sit under this shade In a pit dug by this spade Needing a chit to be a shade Will my bit in this here be made? II Let’s say I quit thinking it charade And I fit into fate’s forbade Will a hit bite in a decade And tit a tat for my […]
Now …traps wrap our craps Making escape seem like raps …from failing jabs on losing laps So if you don’t snap out of your craps …under public scrutiny You’ll be tapped and slapped …in your happy naps II So beware When you Dare to Risk Everything All to Make Special And are careless III Pardon […]
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A DENT IN THE WHITE HOUSE
There’s a dent in the White House …hell bent on ruining prestige meant …to glitter on world stages Rage consumes sages …in ridicule cages …soiling adages And writing shame on history pages II It barks like a dog …at the croak of a frog It roars like a lion …even in a meditating Zion It […]
You ask “Are you sick?” When you are the sickness And I’m the infected II You ask “Is there something you need?” When you are the something The something I am needing III You ask “Can I get you some food?” And I sigh Because you have the meal I need …a heart I need […]
Wo de su n’ɛfrɛ obuo Nso wo de obideɛ n’ayɛ ebuo A emu …wo tɔ di …wo tɔ nom …wo tɔ shɛ …wo tɔ sra …wo tɔ tutugu wo ho Nna kra nna yi nyinaa W’adane abrokyire aboduaba …wo kyia esisi wɔn kro mu Ɛbɛ yɛ dɛn na wo deɛ akɔ so? b Saa kasabɛbuo […]
When light bleeds out of day And the sky swallows the moon And fireflies kill their light And the world’s energy fails What will lead eyes to see …amidst the fear of minds As frantic hands try a feel? II When the earth gulps seas …and rivers And clouds decide to hide When saliva evaporate […]
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AS YOU SAMPLE YOUR MATCHES
I felt you …at a sight And knew that you …can be light …of mine Ib From your demeanor …to the colour of your eyes From your thoughts …to the songs from your lips I felt you I still feel you Hoping a one from our two II But your readiness is far And your […]
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FROM THE OTHER SIDE
Sometimes …sitting in your shed …sad Strings shaddy shocks all over So you’ve got to relocate into your opponent …to refurbish you to your comfy taste …before self settlement Best believe it! II A body can scatter a bullet …and burn a bomb Honey can make a bee …and sting predators A stone can break […]
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ABROKWAH MMADWOA
Abrokwah mmadwoa nni dwoa nti Na ɔsonsɔn ne ho te sɛ aboa oguan Na baabi a mmayowa di asa nnyɛ ne tenabea Baabia ɔdɔ ntoklo deda nnyɛ ne kwan Mpo na w’akɔ tena ɔdɔ dua ase …n’ankampɛsɛ w’akɔte bi adi b Na ne sumyɛ mu mmakɔm nisuo …bɛtumi ahyɛ Akwasua mma Nso na onyin papa […]
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MARRY YOUR BAD
When you love the taste of pepper And you choose to buy tomato Thinking pepper is hot Tomato is mild Know a vomit awaits …to publicly shame you A cleanup will wait …to hardly strain you A stress will toe …to emotionally drain you And a scar will birth …to befriend to your death So […]
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CYBERCITIZENS
Netizens …are global citizens …known as cybercitizens Without cultural boundaries II Though prejudices walk through fingers and voices And friendships are made through interests and choices Curiosity beats all label noises Making it a nation without boundaries III Surely clashing interests end in bouts Horrid hobbies get the shouts But dreams have a supportive channel […]
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ALL THINGS NEW
(Wishing all followers a prosperous New Year!) Channel your fears into dears of mere And fall your tears into cheers oh queer For you are the hands which steer your years And are the gears which can clear from your rear You …with a breathing chit II You have new days with awesome rays And […]
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THE DANCE WATCH
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 […]
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POLITICOFAIR
Whiskers on rabbits …feeding fat From juices of ants …who are tasting bats Fair! So fair! II Crumbs of peace …drowning in pieces As tiring muscles …push protruding tummies …on ceremonial trucks Fair! So fair! III Like Oliver Twist …now it is a demanding twist …blood is the more …they need to store their failing […]
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JUDGE NO AIR
There are good air …bad air …fair air …and rotten air But judge no air …by root II Some good air can turn bad Some bad air can turn good Some fair air can turn unfair Some rotten air can grow to smell sweet So judge no air by its root III Fates turn upside […]
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