She said she wanted a man so holy So she changed her nice African name to Molly Caring not about the meaning Only thankful for the rhyming II Kwame Attah was a farm god He did go to church on Sunday basis He lived just right With no known sins But Molly said he was […]
You heeded the call To fast and pray To feel the pain Of the hungry and frail And like good lambs You have crossed the sea Happy Eid Barka de Salah II You are a warrior For battling hunger And reigning supreme For battling thirst And sailing its sails For working for honour And bridging […]
Buses of sainthood Toot their horns Waiting impatiently for the visiting Holy Month Horrid hearts which were shelved Stretch and open eyes Waiting for the right time to descend and blend By tomorrow, a frown will cause a dirty slap All goats must heed their owners’ calls Or risk ending up in strange pots Hot […]
Deep within a burdened heart Is a heat of fear that heartily lights Firing up when love is close Burning deep into fetching tears II Care sits still into defection Future pain rings its deafening bell Burning possibilities in an antagonising hurting pot Leaving the heart to curse its lot III Even angels fail to […]
Birds are singing Like they’ve won their lives Winds are dancing Like they’ve won their lives Trees are praising Like they’ve won their lives What can I do to show you’re worthy? Like a good machine Breath grinds my being Mobility is fine My joints, in sync What can I do to show you’re worthy? […]
Hey mosquito Please do quit o I love my land And you are an unwelcomed guest  II Hey mosquito Please do quit o Who are you to fetch and infest On a land which is not thine?  III Hey mosquito I have a plan o I will get my palm wet And wait […]
 When I am down I think of a clown Who gets a crown For wiping many a frown In a sad sad town  II Described by children as foolish And by the critiqued as brutish Described by the stressed as funny And by a lover as a bunny What reigns supreme is he […]
Excited, I felt the pangs of passions Anxious, I yearned for thoughts of favour Loving, I waited for the angelic verdict But in he came with a plan to have And hold firm another flower in bloom Oh God! And I felt dirty in gentle thoughts II How odd I could have shrugged it off […]
Colour is choice Of the artist turned creator Colour is naught But a paint to grace II Colour is naught But misinterpretation hails some And like the idiots who fight for paints And leave the house for ants and rats We hail it so, living in hate III Black is deep White is pale A […]
Deeds abound Calling all around To pick their choices In the wake of their voices Choices of good Will be the soul’s food Choices of bad Will beat the soul hard So through the torture and the pain Through the suns and through the rain Through the Shame and all the fame Through the smart […]
 God, I hate to ask this of You But I have to ask anyway I need an erection Give me an erection An erection as hard as the Kwahu Mountains To gain the attention of all domineering To call them to order  II I need to replace this flat land With a gargantuan […]
‘Wↄi wↄi, wↄi, wↄi wↄi!’ Islamic rules wear traditional smocks Sweating under oblivion in locks Powering croaky voices and attracting flocks Who open fem-stalls and put in stocks Hammering submission like traveling seconds of clocks They proudly say they are the cocks  II ‘Wↄi wↄi, wↄi, wↄi wↄi!’ I am sure when Islam reached […]
Part stone, part metal, covered in mud She is carved Even sharpened venomous teeth seep not They only scratch her mud coverings which you easily rebuild Your mood while carving, I am curious Packing so much strength in that small a frame Carving so many angels to watch over her This soul stands afar and […]
Birds sing tunes in happy dew Dozing leaves are far from few Winds stir pots with unknown brew Another test of life is simply due II I know that God does keenly peek From clear spectacles He does right seek Many of His homes do corruption leak Sneak peek at its peak, a stenchful reek […]
Sun bathes in cold clouds Stars giggle following moon Descending dawn stairs Amoafowaa Sefa Cecilia (c) 2015
When dawns rise And hide stages of surprise Unleashing the suns On those in filthy cans They feel the pressure Like an unskilled hunter looking for a treasure They feel the many eyes burn And the many heads turn To their directions Pointing at all omissions What is man to do? When the stage is […]
I When hurdles pile dirty in a long long while And visions get blurry like a mirror in steam Then you are almost getting to the end of the cliff II When passions get confusing like illusion so sore As hearts battle heads at the crossroad of sanity and madness Know you are almost getting […]
I wan say am But ibi like say I can’t Why? Last time, when person opened im mouth And said those people be fools, dem cut im head like chicken Another person too go say that them be like dogs And cats and lions He too, im body turn meat wey was shared for dogs […]
Mother Ghana wake! Wake from thy slumber! Wake too late and you shall curse your fate!! II Mother Ghana wake! Suns are roasting heads of your savannah children Meat has sanity beaten, causing peace to flee III For meat, your children turn meat Slashing ears and slashing heads Piercing eyes and pulling hearts like dogs. […]
Hearts intertwined like threads  lost in channels Crossing each other, hurting each other Pulling at each other, tearing each other A world of chaos and anarchy As they knot in frost Soon, we might need a scissor-like equipment To cut through in order to save ourselves Amoafowaa Sefa Cecilia (c) 2015
SHAMIMA “I am going to kill myself Yes, kill myself Society says an old man is my portion Because his white hairs shine wisdom and care I can’t live like a defiant fighting death off him So I will kill myself” ABLAVI “Kill yourself? Wait let me join you to kill ourselves Society says I […]
I Deep within each heart Are halves searching for their completion Once time stalls, frights start And bitterness takes control after yearning’s depletion II Deep within each heart Are arts to cart the right To attract even those asleep on many a mat To be drawn to features loving and bright III Deep within each […]
Policing the corrupting Ordering and removing the pious Liaising with the needy and greedy Instilling stealing tips in hearts of indifference Telling huge fake tales of expenses made In light of coercion for mandate Calling on propagandists to propagate deceits Allowing aliens to rule to turn indigines stooges Let us stop and think, Ghana, my […]
Sweet sensational pangs Hold my being and hangs Twisting my heart and lungs Showing their powers and fangs My passion’s head is in their fangs as they bang Making it forget the song that sanity sang When it once fell into hands of cruel boiling gangs II I swear I want to feel like Ana […]
Beginners were educated by nature No barter education Money now changes hands for a paper future Like it changes hands for the pride of the nation Crumbling the nation No skills seep through head veins of many creatures But they hold certificates worth the adoration Who are we cheating? Fake peacocks’ wings will be revealed […]
Indomie and ‘deli-aliens’ replace ‘akara, tubani’ Because African televisions scream they are the ‘ish’ Banku, fufu, tz, local rice Are but bush foods meant for bush people No wonder ‘etor’ is fading in minds No wonder ‘aprapransah’ is deemed so evil No wonder we hide to ‘face the wall’ See, we are like cocks without […]
When a storm uproot mighty trees And catches the seas in its palms and splatters Causing sands to hug in marriage As its anger burns shelters to ashes, Only brave hearts can brave the storms II When chaos sings a duet with pain And clapping eyes throw punches insane Hurts cover possibility of gain Like […]
Death painful, sad abandoning, scarring, shocking hurts, tears, relief, ends dissipating, spoiling, burrying hugs, love passing Amoafowaa Sefa Cecilia (c) 2015
Fondness burns As the spirit turns It may have a spiritual lens To see our yearns Eyes fetches from the drum of pain Sad II The left space Who can find the trace And be that face? None, so legs pace As pain embraces giving us its weight Sad III Additions heal no subtractions These […]
You need the humble I’ll make it double So keep me out of trouble Hurdles are troubly bubbly I need You to be cuddly II I am like a thin cloud Hanging between earth and thick clouds Knowing not whose pull Will honour the beckoning of its tool Make, the pain, cool III Do I […]
Ao! She has told me blankly I went to bath my hair But I ended up staining my ears Abena, I have heard it all now II She says I have a hole like her And I need a digger, lest it fills up with dirt She said she has been studying me like a […]
Earth has peeled off its dark pull over once again Sun will show its muscles No matter how much it heats Some will survive Others hellishly will perish to nourish him Others giving him their hands seeking for rest II I am in love with watching his muscles The way it moves and gives his […]
Mama said I needed a man A man who will care and be my fan A man who will take an arrow And hide me in his shadow But she warned me not to borrow Or I will get stuck when I become an unknown widow II Mama said I needed a clan To form […]
Dimples are jingling Simples are singling Principles are mingling Let your tight clothes loose baby II You wear your disciplines like a corset Wearing your pride like a huge helmet You wear your need like your underpants Who will tear through to see its needles? Let your tight clothes loose baby Amoafowaa Sefa Cecilia (c) […]
If Jesus was bruised and killed Then I think this is karma Oh! What else can best explain this enigma? Of sticks needing sticks And mortars needing mortars? II If indeed Jesus was bruised and killed And He was sent by a human-like God Then who can stand and watch his own abused? Oh! This […]
I Bats and owls have gone to bed On huge trees with great great shade Cats and bowls may be in shed In an Ewe’s cravings grade II I am here like a soldiery bridge Having crossed from a darkened night I may be faced with a hardened ridge But I’ll make sure I get […]
Righteous to a fault Too pious, Satan fears to stain A voice like the softest touch Eyes like the vastest, cleanest ocean Many climb and reach far But he stands supreme II Innocent and fine Funny with unbended trust flowing like a fountain A vine without doubts A shelter ready to protect Many climb and […]
The breezes are whispering After they hid in the whirlwinds To swell the dust As the sky threatened to spit In the face of the earth II The breezes are fanning After they stirred the pots of dust And blinded eyes to shut As the sky frowned and yelled Sending beings to seek cover III […]
I have reached the middle of a rose Through the bushes And all the thorns Seeking more colour to brighten Seeking more scent to attract I pray the Sky gives its nurturing II I need the sun in gentle doses I need the breeze like livers need breath I need the rain in moderate doses […]
Time takes off the mask of manhood And shows the real faces of boys Boys who throw tantrums When they feel pangs of confusion II A heart of grace Swerving disgrace Widening the pace And saving face Busy beings need no drama Amoafowaa Sefa Cecilia (c) 2015
I Amidst the tiresome run And the freedom ban Amidst the horrid fan And the dirty empty national pan I know we can Yes, we certainly can II Though there be trails Though there be pains Though the future may look Dull and bleak I believe we can Yes we certainly can III Over the […]
Golden shores With zeal that snores Mother Ghana calls for cleaning chores To shut low confidence doors Whinning, she abhors II Form a circle Working for the miracle Get truthful oracles Who can trash all obstacles To rid us of all ridicules III We need to be like the peacocks Prideful in beauty not like […]
I, protest Because my heart, in this detest But she calls herself old in age Saying she knows the running of this stage And I am in rage II I do as she wishes Because, her, this heart cherishes But I keep hurt in shame I hate the chains of her tame I know I […]
I go from hand to hand A cuff and a band A sit and a stand I keep on walking And running I keep on flying And breaking I keep on singing And laughing Crying is like salt dipped in my blood for cleansing So I cleanse II Chai! I cause some headaches And toothaches […]
When I turn cold I know you hurt But I hurt in ten-fold And I need an outlet II When I turn cold I know you fret But to you I am sold As you cuddle a safe bet III I am bold I need, to strength, get I need a hold Or I will […]
When I said I loved I was like a caught bird Under heated water in the saucepan of society Being cooked for being alone Now that I see a hole in the pan I see my true heart and I am sorry II When I said I loved I was like a lone soul Deserted […]
Never falter When you are at the alter Allah is Lord And He is on board II Never whine For you are fine Allah, with you, does dine And he will add to your table blessed wine III You are a messenger Not a stranger Allah needs your devotion So don’t be drowned in the […]
Waking to smiles from naughty faces I see the hidden naughties’ paces Like the happening of yesterday left no traces The humurous battle is drawn “Mrs. Phone, Fufu Mafia, Poetry Eater” My few nickies But I smile Knowing a mile has been reached I call far away home Everyone is fine A few business calls […]
Abena says Kwaku Bonsam is a liar He feeds on lies And hoards them in his bloated belly He needs mere friends as brothers and cousins He needs his ugly face as handsome He needs his piggy beddy bounces As the best ride on a smooth road II Bonsam says Abena feeds fat on lies […]
I hear sounds Dancing like dew all around I feel bounds Crying like attention seekers, to be found And I am astonished II I feel fear Gathering, like seas, much tears I feel cheer Taunting, like pain, all the queers And I am perplexed III I smell conflicts Ready, like doped soldiers, to conflict I […]
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