There is nothing beautiful on a being …like clothes of confidence …in jewelry of humility …and shoes of ambition II Low confidence in a self …is poison …which when left for long …can kill opportunities …and dreams III There is no human flaw …without a brandable window Self doubt is like bile around liver …it […]
The leaves walked from Tamale …to Wamale Shiiii, zzziiiiii, shiiii, zziiiiii …like haunting ghosts in humming hymns II The leaves walked from Tamale …to Wamale …happily crying from tiredness and imprisoned hard labour III The leaves living like locusts in loss …a beautiful sight for angels …who have forgotten their God’s commandments Billions of tears […]
The trick stands out in our electricity The harm is boldened …in our preferred pharmacy The ligi, with its silent lɔgɔ, shines out …in our religion The cat in our education …only purrs to manipulations The con in our economy acts star …on our impoverished stage The fence in our defence …has insecured securities …who […]
Harriet has heaped hits …from her husband …into houses of hurts Her hostile home …humming hopelessness …in her haunted hawking heart II How hollow is her hugless heart? How harmed is her hustling head? Holler Harriet to hail her hobbles …to let us heckle her horrible husband …who has hijacked her happiness and is …howling […]
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 […]
The mind is a fertile land …in the head of every being Plant weeds of hurts …and reap seeds of hatred …with its shadow of cruelty …and spirit of harm Plant loving flowers with caring fragrance …and harvest nectar of faith …scent of love …beauty of tenderness …colours of trust …thorns of care …providing fences […]
Your hop …from down to top Scratching itches in ditches …pounding needs of hungry beads …forcing paths in innocent deserts Leaving no skirt towns …trouser cities …knicker corners …and even jumpsuit capitals …unexplored Is a piling crime which will definitely meet …its regret cop …in a troubled future II You pick the best gems and […]
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 […]
There is gold between my thighs …gold I will hold until I’m told of its shine …by a giggling sun There is gold between my thighs …gold I won’t have sold to the cold to mould …into having me poled in penury There is gold between my thighs …gold… II I will refine this gold […]
I don’t know the trick …in your bus stage acting Well, that is what this looks to me II I don’t know the import …of your killer-eardrums-shouting It is oh so a turn off …selling headaches to many with hurdleaches III I don’t know the style of your hygiene …your arm’s pit has a unique […]
Let …let white supremacists sleep white …wake black …with their white winnership in mind And let their mirrors tell them …tell them about the change II Let …let black stooges sleep with their black begging-pillows And wake white …with their marked hunt in mind …only to be told by their mirrors …of the change …at […]
Did I come to the market late? I must have …considering the rotten goods …waiting for selection …or buy Hurtful II What will rotten vegetables and foodstuffs fetch? …Stale taste? …Stomach ache? …Running stomach? …Food poisoning? Yet see them scattered in near filth …on my disappointing market III What will a polluted goat fetch …in […]
I saw you bare your fangs …and try to hang …when your friend’s success bang rang Why? Hush your rush and brush your push II Your current location …is someone’s hopeful destination Your hopeful destination …is someone’s takeoff These are facts fate feeds …beyond understanding So hush your rush and brush your push III Many […]
Now that there are adulterations of clowns …in the prestigious group of crowns This word needs to get to towns So, in knowing differences, ups won’t turn downs II If they use no power …to shower …and get confidences to cower If they use no prestige as plugs …to harvest unwilling hugs If they use […]
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 […]
There are …Souths …Easts …Wests In all Norths II There are …Norths …Easts ..Wests In all Souths III There are …Norths …Souths …Wests In all Easts IV There are …Norths …Souths …Easts In all Wests V Even a room owned by one …has its North, South, East and West So why the pointers of division […]
It was a sigh that ended in a cry …seeing you recall the bye …of your youth’s fly …in a plane so high …into memories’ tie II Now you face the court of eyes All pupils dilate in your fear Because the clothes of beauty …have fled …leaving the monstrous wrinkles …which hid in wait […]
Man your mouth …to mum your mess Many mechanics muster mockery …in marking mouth monsters with many a mar II When Akosua Akonfem Chirped about her escapades …in her drunkenness Yaw Akoko crowed it loudly …the next day …to wake the whole village Oh Odomamkomah! She wore her room as an attire …refusing to take […]
I grew up …a blew up …in a shrew strap Drinking shame brewed before birth Eating discomforts whose cooking crews …knew their hurtful ingredients So shame became a mountain …I had to beat …to survive Why won’t I be beyond shame? II I have crossed the bridge …where I shiver in front of Asante kwadu […]
From far and far …flimsy fleas …forced fiercely in fences …flip flaps to fires’ fuss Forking fins …filing fears …facing the future II Baking in breakages …burning in bossing barns Burns bellowing in bellies of bodies …bolden in brights …beneath their- III …Ashes Allowing arms to air …attracting arrows in alms Atrociously aiming attacks …in […]
There are birds who visit …in blessful transit There are cool airs …which bless our flopped fairs …only to pass us on to brutal bottled beers There are suns …whose warmth we worship …but their steps never sync ours …so we’re always left behind Think of these …really deeply II Cherish the times recorded in […]
Serenity swims like swans …serenading spirits seeking sanes …soothing sanes with sores …sweeping sufferings with sobbing stucks …from souls II I am wondering …why guy-gun growers …with their sweetening atadwes …are the going givings …on hawking pates …of every trader III Do you have ready restrooms …in the ayaase of your blooms …needing erected bodies […]
Winners without woes …are like boxers who have never tasted punches The world was built …for the punch takers …students of problems …truck pushers of hurdles …curious travellers slapped with many shut outcomes To find their ways through the puzzle of suffering …to success …always armoured with determined spirits …questioning souls …and fatigued bodies II […]
Fathers are not the feathers so fluffy …with sperm supermakets Forcing their wares in buildings …without paying their rent II Fathers are not mouths …with boastful words …which wake from useless tongue beds …to order hands to tap their chests …to brag and drag fame of a built human …to their cruel stages III Fathers […]
Fathers …fearless farmers who ferry us onto …fine fields …to flow in growth II Fathers …fine feathers who fly us farther …from our fears …to grow in strength III Fathers …frames which face forces …flagging our favorites …Knights in our dreadful nights! We hail your wondrousness …in our celebration of you …this and every day […]
You sit there Calling on what is and not fair Tagging others queer Pray problems you never steer II A bee in another’s bite …draws laughter …wait until it turns to you You follow the sorrow of another …and party hard today III Know troubles hawk like traders …in their many faces No house escapes […]
How can you compare fake flowers …to the real? …When the latter are durably made …to stand robotically time’s rotten test …devoid of feelings? II How can you compare touch up and real? When Odomankomah himself made the former Is it because the expiration tag draws its line …in clarity? III Didn’t you see Adwoa […]
I feel …I feel your finger-breaths …counting your heartbeats in seconds …holding mine to sync yours I easily count your every blink 2. I know … I know every corner of your body …just as an explorer and her familiar map …and I know your body rap …the sounds of your goosebumps …the horn of […]
Wait and check! Is she in yet? She might be …with her grains of gossips …on her public pan Pleading patronizers perfect or porting Akeka-muna- …fiki, fiki, fiki, fiki II Wait and survey! Is he in yet? He must be …with his Nsawam Road mouth …and Tema Motorway tongue …where no vehicular news escapes passage […]
Lord It’s been a while I’ve gone miles with smiles without your dial Hosting your bitter bile …in my heart’s file As thoughts pile on talking tiles What do you say? II God I have traveled abroad your favour hoarding Cruising in peace I can afford …in your danger Ford Should I expect your anger […]
Let us use the pot of sense …to go fetch the river of knowledge …for the dreaded visitor called relativity …is coming with his trick sticks …anuanom II A chicken caught in the evil forest …and kept under the umbrella of an armpit …might be a lucky one no matter the dancing heat …and aromatic […]
Sucking sights Sulking steps Whirling walks Sickening stomach Headaches holding hammer …hitting my head Why do you do this to yourself? II Didn’t you tell me? Didn’t you tell me …forgetfulness resided in its potion? Didn’t you assure me? Didn’t you assure me the hurdles …will fold their mats …and leave my body? So why […]
Power pulls persons …with pure promises …from pious paths …to perishings II Sad …since sincerities stick to see Sick …since supporters stand in sures Shocking …since softened sardines turn sharks to shred III Like lost leaks …lookers learn in leans …then learn to leach …in launching leagues longingly latented IV Poor prisoners priding in pens! […]
As I look through this glass of ridiculousness And chuckle through this surprise of your shamelessness I’m left with no words to describe your kind II Your ego sits on the highest stool of your king Thanks to your born feathers of riches So you call that sweet soul – …your dog And call those […]
Daring to dress to draw darts …to get drawns to drool …needs a different discipline For doolittles will drool …maybe dent while drafting So carry your cunny in what your hurry can marry II If you flaunt to haunt …the haunted will fight …a flight for the hots …a hump in a fit Because eyes […]
You can step on charcoal unlighted …and crush its darks …showing the sameness of its skin and intestines But prepare for the flaming coal! II You can smooch the cat …hold its mouth and throw it off …sack it up and hit it dead …into your meat But prepare for the lion …even worse, the […]
He wanted his rod …in her pod …thrusting in “Oh my Gods” And couldn’t, so got bored …and bitterness stored …to be dished out when he could afford II The perfect time came When he saw her hassled …by the bow legged man He watched as she struggled like a fowl …almost caught as the […]
You’re a dream …a dream I don’t want to soil …with the touch of reality You’re a stream …a stream I don’t want to swim in …with my dirty insanity You’re a cream …a cream I only want to smell …to leave it full till my flight of soul You’re a beam …a beam I […]
That sau– …sage Knowing not its foo- …tage Drives me wild II That sau- …sage What is its mile- …age? Wants are piled III That sau- …sage If I get in my co- …ttage I’ll drive it wild IV That sau- …sage Give me on a mort- …gage I promise to go mild V That […]
Lone lanes lie like locusts …everywhere they turn Suspicions steal their smiles …cutting off family …then friends …just as dorma machines do great trees Always drumming in their heads: … “A judge should not budge to protect his badge …of honour” Imagine the heat in that tight box II While polis trick to pave their […]
Imagine Imagine lying still …embarrassingly raining on bed …turning baby through the age of adulthood Your will broken by your can’t II Imagine, Imagine losing the light in your eyes …and having to live with same things in abstraction …losing sight of all the attractions III Imagine Imagine losing the miles in your legs …to […]
You acting bricks …scheming tricks …to be have as chicks …mostly end up with dreaded dicks …who master tricks …to break your bricks Oops! Did I just bend a nail by hitting its head? II In an era where promises scatter …before flutters shatter Bitches need to know their love for bones …and grab them […]
Listen! Listen to the crickets …crying clones for better tones For they are the signs of continuity II Listen! Listen to the frogs …croaking chaos in our sleep …even if higher percentage spells hoax For they are the canes …which shape our sanes …in right care lanes III Listen! Listen to the horses …for they […]
Continue to cast the white Continue to pair the white Continue to pamper the white Continue to be a white Continue to bleach to white Continue to neglect the black …isn’t it weird to shame your same? II Once a white dog visited …black Catland Aided by its size and roars It acted king and […]
I’ll meet you at the church …for clubbing I’ll meet you at the club …for prayers I’ll meet you in the bedroom …for cooking I’ll meet you under naked sky eyes …for sleeping You know I deflect norms …and blow storms II I’ll meet you in school …for playing I’ll meet you at the playground […]
Pɔɔpii pɔpɔpii …Yeeess ɛyɛ ice water, emi ejɔ eee ice …Mile 7, St. Johns, Barrier, Amasaman, Nsawam! …Sister bɛtɔ bi ma me wai, ɛda fɔm paa …Chain, watches, dog chains …Sister please come here for your phone repairs …Ntama no bo da fɛm o! …Meatpie o, meatpie! …Yeees, nkosua y’anua no bi ni o! …Sister […]
A cuckold couldn’t hold – …on to his wife And couldn’t be bold …so hated his life II He laid a trap …to bait her lover But got a slap …which made him see clearer III He was like a lost puppet …on a dangerous ground And became a vacant socket …who no mercy found […]
I am stuck in this place Where thoughts upon thoughts race I am stuck between a lone journey and a choice Each having its distinct voice II Where is the roaring readiness? Where is the hopeful happiness? Where is the fine fitting? Why is societal sentimentalism The only whipping whip? III Is it wenching wickedness […]
Love is like a seed …in an unknown soil Whether it’ll germinate or not …after planting an interest …is like the hawk of death …and its hunting human fowl II A heart undergoes the process of oneness …just as the seed battles its new soil …in hope of birthing a new shoot There can be […]
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