Some see the little peacock With flowery feathers of different shades Artfully opened like a colourful fan Showing hens that they are merely plain II Some see the plain comedian Immature and never serious Living large like one immuned to problems Hopping like a little bird with a golden crown III Some see a burdened […]
It is tearing down their roof Some are complacent, sitting aloof Some are hopping looking for a hoof Some are looking to clear their goof All they wanted was a proof And now they have their precious fired proof But they don’t know if it’s a cause on land A cause in the air A […]
Hide in the dark and strike to mark Cajole, I am your ultimate fool Show the world the donkey you’ve tamed Ride me like wheels on a comfy stool II Wear me no shoes in the harmattan Give me your best whips to cut in stripes Let the blood ooze to solidify After all, none […]
Pestle and mortar stay afar Until cassava and yam are well boiled They always meet to melt their guests To create a version smooth to savour II The pestle will be foolish to hit it empty As that will call for their untimely bursts But here I hear tears of fears Of the blasts of […]
Life tires; breath is a crime Dire-wired prime times in rhyme II Life shrines; a breath for dime Pain lines; as will whines in mime III Strong longs, the end of song Win belongs; hands of gong Amoafowaa Sefa Cecilia (c) 2016
When I am prompted by tired limbs And my heart succumbs to pain’s whims Like a lost puppy my fate slims As fear in my doubtful seas swims Oh how the happy world of mine dims But I am always lifted by your beautiful hymns II I know I have a king above all kings […]
As I sat in the dark corner I saw a rat jump past in fright Then a cat chased like a hunter Its paws fat like a curved sword I saw a bat sitting like a judge When its mat of leaves did little shake It flew like a tat cotton in strong wind Chased […]
Tell me a different version of the story The story of Romeo and Juliet Tell me the loving part, And kill the tragic deaths Whose moral uprooted not the roots of feuds in life So I can see hope like a star in lead And follow until I reach my sky II Tell me the […]
(As part of the World Cancer Day, I wrote this piece to commemorate it) Cancer! That canker! The worm that eats the flesh of beings II Cancer! That canker! Can even snake the birth hole of women III Cancer! That canker! Knows no old and knows no young IV Cancer! That canker! The sly can […]
They act like foes Hitting truths like nails They hug like bears Chasing pains and fears They share the weight Of sad and troubled thoughts They compliment without prejudice Play without attitude They laugh without the weirds And care without much stress Real friends Amoafowaa Sefa Cecilia (c) 2016
In that tentacle I see a soul credible And a mind so sensible That my passions become lamentable When given instruction not to cause a spectacle Although the bars are not commendable What these eyes find digestible Is to cut the cords of the tentacle And bond in life so incredible I know my will […]
Agbozo spends all night and day Looking in the pastor’s way Thinking that will Satan flay And cause his goods to sell themselves Hopping on baskets after banking their sales Ha! This mind, isn’t it a playful thing? II Yaa Foowaa prays like a praying mantis Crying to God and being an apprentice To the […]
His every sight triggers a magical goldsmith Who makes a mental pickaxe and shovel Which exhumes dead hurts Leaving the best parts buried II How he caught a young flower And stepped on the fresh he plucked in young How he acted like an ostrich And flew on two legs is still a mystery III […]
Pain Cuts through Hurts so true Doesn’t say much Sheds wings with which it flew Cares not about dying as such But craves for insanity in so much Knowing with a little tightening it will gain Calling shame to wear out legs, cramps in much Tears and fumbling in rage as such Shredding hearts as […]
I laugh like I cry I cry like I laugh Whoever saw a lion hiding behind a rat For protection from what it fears? Show me that being, And I will take bullets meant for the skies II I dance like I wail I wail like I dance Whoever saw an elephant begging an ant […]
Huge sharp blinding stones Fall on what once was gold coast Shielded by mandate II Swords in umbrellas They cover, hit to quiver Fail to deliver III Animals run wild But will forget when swords hide Faking protection IV A little water Few gifts so swift calms all rifts Then mandate again Amoafowaa Sefa Cecilia […]
Fallen in the desert of the unknown Aided by water And the daily murder of plants and animals I look up and I see the skies; House of clouds, sun, moon and stars I look down and I see me and my likes And all that we are harmful to Then I seek your face […]
Give me Love without hushes No clashes And no rushes II Hold me Fun with no evil No watching devil And be civil III Call me Name of no bitches Thinking of no riches Pushing into no stitches IV For the moon stands tall to watch And the stars flung her to […]
I smile As I make the miles For I’ve known more than a while And have tasted livers from biles Like a swift alikoto, I have swirled Like the boss fishes of some rivers, I have swarm Like the nightingale with the tinniest vocal chord, I have sang Some say I am a tortoise, but […]
As the sun lights the world You light my life With your follows, reads, likes and comments I’ve flown like an eagle Through the WordPress skies And travelled so wide Just in years of two You’ve been my armour You’ve been my strength You’ve taken me higher With your care and love Thank you for […]
May I? May I sip from the calabash of truth And spit on the lies which lie like parcelled beauty In the minds of those with power hands of command? May I? May I? II May I? May I step on the heart of deceit As truth blocks gates of ears which lies have VVIP […]
As to how we got here I do not know Except that, like a sun awoken in the night I am burning my eyes but there is no heat in sight How eagles have now turned hawks And catching little chicks to far away trees Which needs days and days of travel Beats my mind’s […]
Abena Mansa is a great cook It is not that she knows book She knows that tomatoes stand on their feet When pepper stays to beat And salt stops the bragging of onions When it steps into the zone of the house of oil What is good is they all make an army To trash […]
There is a reason Even the spelling of hell Is shorter than that of heaven All fingers of suffering Point to the breasts of heaven As eyes of fun invite From the gates of hell But why does the way to hell seem farther? II As heaven promises a smooth end It taunts and haunts […]
Run after the deer In full gear without fear And forget claws which can tear Follow your rear When the claws dip your skin to tear Talk of no pain you cannot bear For the life of the deer Is like yours, very dear Hear it though queer Amoafowaa Sefa Cecilia (c)2016 (Photo Credit: www.designzzz.com)
I want to be like the tree Planted beside the Okuafuom well So I will never lack as I stand guard And will never have to be cut down “Ahunuabobirim”, please be my planter II I need to be like a pious lamb Kept in the house of sinful innocence Serving all scrupulous like a […]
The same water Which quenches the flames Of the body Comes out like humans from different temples of women And change their names from water To sweat Water to urine Water to tears Water to saliva Let’s spare ourselves of its thick transformations Bottom line is We came like water into throats As to where […]
Suns so differ From breathers They rise like smiling golden crowns And set with clothes of serenity Although they bite at their peak And show their youthful exuberance They leave with an aura of contentment Leaving sights blessed with their partings in great reverence II Breathing beings shout shrilly When they appear Only to grow […]
I heard the deafening silence Of the shocked New Year, In the belly of a hall called mall Which sits on the streets of Accra, Right before its first day’s neck Touched the knife of the dreary executioner II A deafening silence which spoke volumes Into ears which deflected the messages And caused my mouth […]
A death and a birth Sorrowful happiness hang like a cross and a hope The dead year not being given a death bed In the jurisdiction of the new born Its death chained by unfulfilled dreams And banished into the evil forest archives of failure Never to return ever II Harsh words are not said […]
No matter how tight A rope ties a tree In order to see the face of the sky In ambitions to tie the sky To see the heavens It coils back to hug The head of the tree After realizing the sky gives no ladder II We of the “dumsor”clan Danced to the disco rhythms […]
When I hear the death of death I shall be a worthy ghost One lower spirits will fail to host And higher spirits will use to boast As satisfaction sits like a queen on my coast Watching pain roast Like a live coward losing breath II When I do hear news of the death of […]
The compass Did come to pass Amidst the chaos of sinful bass And the hellwind of confused gas Which nature has come to has II Now there is a peace storm A non-conforming form Sublime chaos Surrealistic realism Bad-good consciences Archiac modernity And like a mystic order An earthly sun Drawing in sky dust III […]
I have hind eyes Which see behind masks of Christ Masks wrapping traditional spirits Like prized gifts Giving them out as miracles For those who hate their very essence Chai! II I see behind these masks Faces of greed masked With appeals for the Lord When I see monies needed for needs dire Walking into […]
Sorrowful happiness Painless tears Heavenly gentleness Bloody cheers Like food doped in bitter sweetness Erasing hunger fears Innocent blood which earth tasted Were justified Christ Jesus set His foot On our messy paths To clean II The server Deserver The driver Turned us observers The clever Decided to save us Happy cheers A seer of […]
As Ananse weaves his nest So will I weave these words given to me in simple terms Well, many claim to be holy spirits So seek out their Marys in the physical Ably aided by “Waist and Power” Hopefully, they aim at digging wells In their Marys who also deserve to carry wells To feed […]
Clips of slips Drips of flips Grips of ribs and hips Rips of lips When shame sits Like a loser-king In your mind Pounding like a slave Who lost a golden stamp II Craves for braves Waves of graves Long of strong Gongs for belongs When the conscience holds whips Like a crazy teacher in […]
It is appalling Very shocking What is served on various plates In various cups For young ones to feed into growth Based on the physical When there is no green blood II Whitemen serve foods of superiority Water of black inferiority Dessert of black boycotting And pay for excercise for black annihilation Sowing seeds of […]
I thought I was Kwaku Ananse I had it all together After having the wisest Asante men learn from me To clothe themselves beautifully So hid and struck intruders Showed and flawed the confident Worked to uproot the rude Who acted like “kwabenani atu ata” Knowing not a master planner lurked One unaffected by nothing […]
I need a huge favour A favour to savour To savour forever From the mountains with all the voices Where my half hanged Until it met the egg of my host II It is a coast I have come to love But a ghost which is so towering above I need the favour of release […]
This air Blowing me here Blowing me there Are you being fair? II This air Giving all your share Of fraustration for me to bear Are you being fair? III That I am dust Makes me no just My lightness is not your lust Water for me is now a must IV What will you […]
I believe in doubt No matter how much disadvantages shout I love to the taunts of bouts flout No matter how long prides pout Because no matter how stout Fear stands, I know I will rout Like a responsible traditionalist, I fail to flout Even if horrors turn my gout Amoafowaa Sefa Cecilia (c) 2015
Youngsters are dreaming of Santa Their block of heavenly gifts in counter Elders are thinking of barter As delicious animals think of how discriminatory Jesus’ birth is So pray in chants For the slaughter of all machetes Just as saucepans pray For all fires to taste their heats So their bruised minds will quench themselves […]
In this very wake Some elephants are uprooting grass Like angry farmers battling weeds Under their precious crops The only difference Is they don’t turn back To gather, eat or mulch All they desire is to pass and kill with no apologies II In this very wake Some antelopes feel their boneless grinds In the […]
Under starful skies With many my mindless sighs And many a boozing sessions He looked into my eyes Touched my cold cheeks like his goddess And with a strained voice Confessed “I love you a bit tipsy I see no building of intimidation Which craves for bombs and guns to break I can come close […]
First, hold my left hand And let’s together stand Pull me like an egg on a little plate to you And with your right hand Feel my heart Close your eyes Think of your heartbeats See if you have or have had the same rhythm Put on your sage hat And let’s dance II I […]
A hand of the mind in the hands of the holy A hand of the mind in the hand of the devil All eyes see is a tranqil and cute creation A catalyst of oppression helping the latter A loser of conscience backing the former I am a chaos in storm A weak pillar in […]
We are like a little herd of land Parading ungratefully on her face Spitting, digging, rigging and deficating Into her mouth Looking down upon her toil Slapping many parts to spoil their coil Heating parts to mostly boil As many animals use them as foil Soil II We erupt volcanic hurts Caring not her skin […]
I know a turkey from Turkey Who thinks Thanksgiving and Christmas are red and dark Their final destinations are so murky That they find no way to their presence mark II The turkey complained about usurpers in Turkey And how they colonised them in charm And threw their beauties in the murky To spice their […]
I am just a visitor thrown to tour I want to use patience to view and store The beauties of life and feel its happiness to the core But time’s wheels come to the fore II It runs like hell’s flame is in a craze Leaving me like a hawk in an eagle’s daze On […]
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